Kidney-Link winter 2015

Kidney Link Winter 2015

donatingakidney.ca A new guide for potential donors

The Kidney Foundation of Canada – Quebec Branch

The Kidney Foundation of Canada is proud to introduce donatingakidney.ca, an all-new website about kidney donation, for both donors and recipients. The site helps potential kidney donors make an informed decision.

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Pre-registration for The Kidney Walk is now open

1 888 228-8673 • kidney.ca/kidneycar.qc

Pre-register for The Kidney Walk today and mark May 24, 2015, on your calendar. Page 10

New President’s Message ................................ page 2

Organ Donation .................................................. page 8

Patient Services .................................................. page 3

Research ........................................................... page 10

News from the Chapters ..................................... page 4

Bulletin Board .................................................... page 11

Our Volunteers ................................................... page 6

Becoming a Member ......................................... page 12

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A new president for The Kidney Foundation of Canada – Quebec Branch

Why we’ve needed you for the past 50 years!

I would like to begin by thanking the members of The Kidney Foundation of Canada, who have put their trust in me by appointing me as the head of the Quebec Branch board of directors at our annual general meeting last June. It is an honour and a privilege to take on this important role alongside all of you.

Dear readers: You can help enrich our newsletter by sharing your experiences with kidney disease or transplants. Please send a text of up to 300 words, along with a high-resolution photo, to infoquebec@kidney.ca.

COORDINATION AND WRITING Antoine Ardiley GRAPHICS AND PUBLISHING Ardecom PRODUCTION Ardecom CONTACT US: The Kidney Foundation of Canada – Quebec Branch 2300 René-Lévesque Blvd West, Montreal, QC H3H 2R5 TELEPHONE 514-938-4515 or 1-800-565-4515 FAX 514-938-4757 E-MAIL infoquebec@kidney.ca Circulation: 10,000 copies The Kidney Link newsletter is published three times a year by the Quebec Branch of The Kidney Foundation of Canada. Distributed in English and French to people suffering from kidney failure, the newsletter provides valuable i n formation on the Foundation’s services and activities, including the latest findings on kidney disease and organ donation.

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Simon Brodeur President of The Kidney Foundation of Canada – Quebec Branch

I have been active at the Foundation for a few years already, and that’s no accident: until very recently, my wife suffered from end-stage renal failure. After being on dialysis for five years and then seeing her first transplanted kidney rejected in 2011, she received a second graft last July. Life is slowly getting back to normal for her and our family.

Over these past few years, I’ve spent time with medical staff who are talented, dedicated and sympathetic to our cause, people who are passionate about medicine. I have also met patients who are tough, courageous and full of hope, despite having to spend long days on dialysis to replace the functions of their failed kidneys. All of them, young and old, were worried about their future. They convinced me that our cause was worthwhile and that we could and should have hope for the future.

Today, the Foundation is 50 years old. What a ride it has been! In the early 60s, when your doctor told you that you were suffering from end-stage renal failure, the only part that mattered was the word “end.” Patients knew that, slowly but surely, they were dying.

Not surprisingly, doctors back then were moved by what their patients were going through. But years of research has led to the development of palliative treatments, such as hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis and kidney transplants.

Today, patients have reason to be hopeful! As nephrologist Mohamed Garbi de Casablanca put it so poetically, a new graft is like a flower in bloom.

In 1964, the Foundation opened its doors and ever since, thanks to the funds raised, we have invested over $110 million in research that has yielded improvements in diagnosis times and medication quality, as well as reductions in the number of organ rejections, giving thousands of patients hope of brighter days ahead.

Yet we are still a long way from winning the fight. Because of the increasing number of people affected by kidney disease, our needs throughout Quebec are only growing.

There’s a lack of living and deceased donors, research is becoming increasingly expensive and complex, and our governments, already strapped for cash, are cutting programs and direct support. While one in 14 Quebecers suffers from kidney failure, other causes more easily draw the public’s and politicians’ sympathy.

In Quebec, nearly 10,000 people a year receive dialysis treatments in Quebec at a cost of $60,000 per patient.

Today, around 1,000 people are on the waiting list for a kidney transplant, while the number of available organs is far from reaching that number. Yet despite this, 2013 was a very good year during which 328 kidney transplants were performed in Quebec.

The Kidney Foundation of Canada approached the Government of Quebec in 2013 to raise awareness of the many concrete measures that could be used to increase the number of kidney transplants from living and deceased donors. Our recommendations were warmly received and we are now hoping that they will be implemented promptly.

Over the past few years, a multitude of public awareness campaigns were launched to get people to realize the importance of organ donation. More and more of us are signing the back of our health insurance cards or registering with the national organ donor registry as potential organ donors through the RAMQ website. Through this immensely generous act, consenting adults can attest that they have given the matter a lot of thought and wish to donate their organs when they die.

Did you know that a single donor can save the lives of many people? (Heart, kidney, lungs, liver, pancreas, intestines, etc.) You would probably be surprised to learn that around 30% of families refuse to allow the organs of their loved ones who pass away to be donated, even when they’ve consented explicitly! So if you have consented to organ donation by affixing the appropriate sticker to the back of your health insurance card, speak with your family and remind them that, should the unthinkable ever happen, you would like them to honour your choice. It’s a moral issue that’s really about respecting people’s last wishes.

In 2013, almost 40 people died in Quebec while awaiting an organ, and my hunch is that the 2014 figure will be even higher. We are hopeful that, with the help of research, government contributions, respect for the last wishes of those who have consented by affixing a sticker to the back of their RAMQ cards and living donation public awareness campaigns, we will one day win our battle.

In the meantime, your Kidney Foundation, its volunteers and its staff continue to work for those affected, directly or indirectly, by this disease. We fund research, lobby the government on your behalf, hold prevention activities and support patients by keeping them informed, providing day-to-day assistance, and last but not least, organizing a summer camp for young kidney and dialysis patients for the past 20 years.

The Kidney Foundation of Canada urgently needs members and volunteers for all its chapters in Quebec.

Generous donors are also essential to pursuing our mission. I would like to thank everyone who has been with us from the start.

With this new year underway, we must remind ourselves that if we all commit to doing just a little more, we’ll have cause for great hope.

Together we can make a difference

Patient Services – Tax Info For documentation or information on available programs, contact: Hélène Boisvert, Programs Director

Tax Info

The Kidney Foundation of Canada – Quebec Branch 2300 René-Lévesque Blvd West, Montreal, Quebec H3H 2R5 Tel.: 514-938-4515, ext. 224, or 1-800-565-4515 E-mail: helene.boisvert@kidney.ca

Every year leading up to tax season, The Kidney Foundation of Canada prepares a list of tax tips for dialysis patients and kidney transplant recipients. The fiscal aid measures most commonly used by nephrology patients are the Medical Expense Tax Credit and the Disability Tax Credit.

Medical Expense Tax Credit The Medical Expense Tax Credit is a non-refundable tax credit that can be applied to a wide range of medical and related expenses, such as health care, transportation costs, medications, dental expenses, health insurance and home alterations to accommodate a dialysis machine.

Medical costs incurred outside the patient’s home province can also be included. You are allowed to claim medical costs for yourself, your spouse or common-law partner, and with certain restrictions, other dependents. With some exceptions (transportation), you must produce receipts for all expenses.

Transportation and meals Transportation and travel expenses may be included in the eligible medical costs for people who need to travel at least 40 kilometres in each direction to receive medical services.

Those who must travel at least 80 kilometres in each direction to receive medical services are also entitled to claim credit for meals and accommodation expenses.

If you require the assistance of an accompanying individual while travelling for medical purposes, you may also claim the individual’s travel expenses, provided that a medical practitioner has certified the need for this assistance.

The cost of transportation by ambulance to the hospital and back are also eligible medical expenses. To claim transportation and travel expenses, you must produce receipts for all expenses incurred except those relating to meals and the use of a vehicle. The province of Quebec reimburses 57 cents/kilometre when a personal vehicle is used. We suggest that you keep a detailed log of kilometres travelled and keep your receipts for all expenses incurred.

You should also obtain a letter from your doctor or dialysis unit in case

you are asked to submit proof of the number of trips you have made.

Artificial kidney (machine) and home dialysis Individuals who have installed a hemodialysis device (artificial kidney) in their home may claim the following expenses: •

repairs, maintenance and supplies for the machine

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water and electricity to operate the machine

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the cost of housing the machine (that is, municipal taxes, insurance, heating, lighting, and maintenance and repairs, but not capital cost allowance or mortgage interest), or the portion of rent attributable to the room where the machine is kept

Organ transplantation Individuals may claim reasonable costs incurred to locate a compatible donor, to plan the transplant operation including legal fees, insurance premiums and reasonable travel expenses such as accommodation for the patient, donor and accompanying individuals. If the donor assumes his or her own expenses and has not been reimbursed, these items may be claimed on the donor’s own income tax return.

Refundable medical expense credit A refundable credit of $1,119.00 may be deducted by low-income wage earners with high medical costs.

Medications or medical instruments Health Canada offers access to yet-to-be marketed medications and medical instruments not yet approved for sale in Canada through its Special Access Program (SAP) for physicians treating patients with life-threatening conditions for which convention therapies have not been successful, are not available or are unsuitable.

Disability Tax Credit The Disability Tax Credit is a non-refundable tax credit that reduces the tax payable on the tax returns of people with a disability or those who support them.

If you are eligible, the credit could reduce the amount of taxes you pay.

If you have no taxes to pay, you may transfer the credit to a spouse or other person who supports you. We recommend that all dialysis patients submit a Disability Tax Credit form. The eligible amount for people with a disability who have a certificate from a qualified medical practitioner was $7,546.00 in 2012. Individuals under 18 years of age may able be eligible for a supplement.

If you have undergone a kidney transplant, you will no longer be eligible for the credit, unless you have another disability, e.g. blindness. You may claim a credit for the portion of the tax year during which you were still receiving dialysis treatment.

Note: The information provided below is general in nature and does not necessarily apply to all circumstances.

This information is available on the CRA website at www.cra-arc.gc.ca, at your local tax office or by calling 1-800-959-8281.

For more details about other tax credits applicable to your situation, visit our “Tax Info” section in the “Programs and Support” tab on our website at www.kidney.ca.

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News from the Chapters The Foundation gets a new South Shore Chapter Members of The Kidney Foundation of Canada’s South Shore Chapter met on November 4, 2014, to elect their first board of directors so that the chapter could start meeting the specific needs of residents of Montreal’s South Shore. Chaired by Dr. Olivier Diec, the board is made up of patients, their loved ones and staff from Hôpital Charles-LeMoyne.

The Foundation wishes to congratulate the whole team for its involvement and for all the hard work that went into creating this new chapter.

The 20th Jean-Jacques Bégin gala dinner raises $21,500!

The 20th annual Jean-Jacques Bégin benefit dinner was held on October 16, 2014. Attended by 180 guests and overseen by honorary president Denis Paré, notary, Vice-president of the Mouvement Desjardins board of directors and chairman of the Conseil régional des caisses Desjardins des Cantons-de-l’Est, the event raised $21,500 for the Quebec Branch of The Kidney Foundation of Canada.

“One of Desjardins’ missions is to contribute to the community, not only economically but also socially. This was just one of the reasons I agreed to support this cause on Desjardins’ behalf.

I also got on board to show my support for Maurice Bernier, a man who is involved with his community and Mouvement Desjardins, and who suffers from kidney disease himself. Thank you for your support and solidarity,” said Mr. Paré.

Maurice Bernier, former prefect for the municipality of Granit, told a touching story to those in attendance. “Thanks to research and to the support and follow-up I’ve received from the nephrology team, I, like many other patients, have access to peritoneal dialysis, an alternative to hemodialysis. Since July, I’ve regained a lot of my energy, I’ve been able to play golf and I’ve returned to some of my activities. Although I’m still awaiting a kidney, I’m living with less stress and anxiety. Thank you for supporting our cause.”

“Since it was created, The Kidney Foundation of Canada has invested over $110 million in research, without receiving government help. We also offer patients and their families all kinds of

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Left to right: Maurice Bernier, Josée Parenteau, Denis Paré and Simon Brodeur

help, including summer camps for kids and scholarships,” said Quebec Branch president, Simon Brodeur.

“As five-year president of the Eastern Townships Chapter, and having had a transplant myself eight years ago, I am especially grateful for the generosity each and every one of you has shown. It will enable us to persevere in our public awareness and patient support activities, and will also allow us to keep advancing kidney research,” added Eastern Townships Chapter president Josée Parenteau while thanking the 180 or so people in attendance.

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News from the Chapters Founder’s Award Campaign Golf Tournament a resounding success The Kidney Foundation of Canada’s 16th annual Founder’s Award Campaign Golf Tournament, held on September 15, 2014, at the Royal Montreal Golf Club, raised $170,000 for our cause.

The funds will be used to support research, streamline access to quality health care and promote organ donation.

The tournament, a resounding success in all respects, took place under the watchful eye of honorary chairman Tony Loffreda, CPA (Illinois), Regional VP, Commercial Financial Services, Western Quebec, RBC Royal Bank; chairman Luciano D’Ignazio, CA, CPA and partner at Schwartz Levitsky Feldman; co-chair Alain Belcourt, VP, Commercial Financial Services, RBC Royal Bank; and co-chair Ghassan Deko, VP, Commercial Financial Services, RBC Royal Bank.

The Foundation hosts a Christmas dinner for patients at Abitibi-Témiscamingue’s dialysis centres On December 12, nurse Nicole Bourbeau, her staff and 15 patients of the Rouyn-Noranda dialysis centre warmly welcomed 2015 Kidney Walk honorary chairman Yves Dumulon.

Yves himself first went on dialysis at age 14 and was among the first to be treated at the Rouyn-Noranda centre. Clearly feeling right at home, he shared his experience with dialysis machines and kidney transplantation with the nursing staff and patients, as well as with nephrologist Dr. Cartier at Hôpital Saint-Jérôme, who visits the region’s patients every month.

Nurse Nicole Bourbeau and nephrologist Dr. Pierre Cartier

The atmosphere was festive and the meal, scrumptious.

In response, patients and staff all promised to promote or take part in the 2015 Kidney Walk.

Christmas dinners were also held at the dialysis centres in Ville-Marie, Val-d’Or and La Sarre.

Nicole Jalbert, Françoise Gauthier, Lise Lapierre, Yves Dumulon and Nelson Bellavance at the La Sarre dialysis centre Kidney Link • Winter 2015

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Our Volunteers Volunteers acknowledged for their involvement on the occasion of the Foundation’s 50th anniversary Last fall, the Foundation held local events in Abitibi, Outaouais, Montreal, Quebec City and Sherbrooke to highlight the outstanding dedication of many of its volunteers.

In 2014, the Foundation celebrated its 50th anniversary and wanted to take the opportunity to thank all its volunteers, people who are the bedrock of our foundation and without whom it could never carry out its mission.

A big thanks goes out to all those who so generously give of their time and energy.

Volunteers from the Quebec City Chapter proudly pose for the camera with their recognition award

Every year, Maryse and Normand Pineault organize a family Christmas party at Sainte-Justine Hospital’s dialysis and kidney transplant unit

Dr. Isabelle Houde, delighted to receive this distinction from the Foundation

Every year, Dr. Beth Foster and her team take part in the Kidney Walk

2015 Annual General Meeting The Quebec Branch of The Kidney Foundation of Canada will hold its annual general meeting (AGM) on May 2, 2015, at Manoir Saint-Sauveur • 246 Lac Millette Road, Saint-Sauveur Kindly register no later than April 2, 2015, by contacting Jocelyne Renaud at 514-938-4515, ext. 230, or 1-800-565-4515.

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Portraits of Our Volunteers Louise Laviolette, the Foundation’s energizer Louise Laviolette is not the type to let failing health get her down. Although she underwent a kidney transplant when she was 60, she has never been one to give up in the face of adversity. Louise was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease (PKD); the symptoms of irreversible kidney disease only appeared when she was 55. It turns out that Louise inherited the disease from her father, who also suffered from it. Louise’s sister also has PKD and had a transplant 16 years ago.

Louise’s symptoms first appeared in her early 20s, at which point she had to learn to control her illness, which she did for over 30 years. The Foundation’s prevention activities were important to her in that journey.

From the moment the symptoms appeared, Louise knew that she would one day need dialysis and, like her sister, a new kidney. At 55, when her kidney failure became irreversible, she was seen by doctors at Hôpital Saint-Luc and put in predialysis, and her name was placed on a kidney transplant waiting list.

A year and a half later, Louise’s kidneys had degenerated to the point that dialysis became necessary. She underwent peritoneal dialysis at home every night for three years. She knew she did not want to have to be on hemodialysis, which would have spend three days a week at a dialysis centre. She wanted to live her life and continue working full-time at the job she loved.

Gradually, Louise’s kidneys degenerated to the point that she could no longer work. That was six months before the transplant, by which point she was losing three kilograms a month, forcing her to go on a special weight-gain diet. During those difficult times, she was able to count on the unconditional support of her husband Mario.

Then one day, the good news came: after five years on the waiting list, she received a call from the hospital letting her know that they had a kidney for her. Although she was overjoyed to see that her persistence was finally paying off, she couldn’t help but think about the Sherbrooke family who had lost a loved one

and who, at a very difficult time in their lives, had authorized the donation.

The transplant took place in January 2013. But only 24 hours after receiving the transplant, she had to undergo another operation to remove blood clots that were causing part of her new kidney to die off.

“This surgery on my new kidney was made possible by research into kidney disease,” said Louise, who feels that, despite everything, life has dealt her a good hand. After recovering for six days in hospital, she returned home and quickly got her energy back.

“That’s when my new life began,” she said, proud that she can fully enjoy her time with her grandchildren.

Having lived through the convalescence period and all the emotion surrounding the transplant, Louise wants to spread the word about the benefits of organ donation. As she spoke with those around her, they told her about the Foundation and the active role it plays both in promoting organ donation and in kidney disease research, and in the end, they convinced her to become a volunteer.

Louise was raised in a culture of volunteering, ever since she was a little girl, so it was second nature for her to volunteer at the Foundation.

“People need to know about everything the Foundation does, and I have something I can contribute,” she said. “Organ donation is the cause I most cherish,” she said, adding that, thanks to the Foundation, she’s still around to raise public awareness about organ donation and hopefully shorten the transplant waiting list.

Thanks Mark!

In an operation that called for a mass coordination effort, Mark Vallée and the members of his dance school, the Valley Country Dancers, raised over $5,000 for the 2014 Gatineau Kidney Walk.

With a line-dancing choreography featuring 200 exuberant walkers, Mark and his dance troupe got people moving during the warm-up before the Walk. For many of those present, it was an unforgettable moment.

Mark choreographs his fundraising efforts with the same precision as he applies to his dances. It’s easy to understand why his efforts to raise funds for the Foundation this year were so successful.

Laureen Bureau is awarding Mark Vallee a souvenir in recognition of his generous involvement in the event

A big thanks goes out to Mark for volunteering his time and energy for the Gatineau Kidney Walk and for helping the Foundation carry out its mission.

The foundation of kidney care

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Organ Donation For its 50th anniversary, the Foundation confers a number of “Gift of Life” Humanitarian Awards The Kidney Foundation of Canada is pleased to confer the 2014 “Gift of Life” Humanitarian Award on: • Planfor (Aumond) • Spécialités Industrielles HMC (Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures) • Caisse populaire Desjardins de Charlesbourg (Quebec City region) • Commonwealth home fashions (Montreal) • IGA Extra Vallée (Candiac) • Radio-Canada (Montreal) • Commission scolaire de Laval (Laval) • Grossesse Secours Inc. (Montreal) • TC Transcontinental (Saint-Laurent, Montreal) • Etalex Inc. (Anjou, Montreal) We congratulate these private- and public-sector businesses and non-profit organizations for earning this award highlighting their efforts to promote organ donation.

To earn the “Gift of Life” Humanitarian Award, privateand public-sector businesses and non-profit organizations need to have provided their employees, whether kidney donors or recipients, with conditions that meet the following criteria: • Payment of the employee’s regular salary before, during and after the kidney transplant or donation • Access to flexible schedules or paid leave for medical exams or activities related to the organ donation or transplantation process • Access to psychological, financial or other support • Lightening or modification of tasks upon the employee’s return to work according to the type of position held • Job that is kept for the employee with the same conditions and benefits.

Spécialités Industrielles HMC (Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures)

Caisse populaire Desjardins de Charlesbourg (Quebec City region)

Would you like to see your employer recognized for its humanitarian efforts?

Visit kidney.ca/humanitarian and complete the nomination form.

IGA Extra Vallée (Candiac)

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Radio-Canada (Montreal)

Commission scolaire de Laval (Laval)

Grossesse Secours Inc. (Montreal)

Etalex Inc. (Anjou, Montreal) We would like to thank this business for donating $1,000 at the “Gift of Life” Humanitarian Award ceremony.

donatingakidney.ca: A New Reference for Potential Donors Considering donating a kidney to a loved one in desperate need? Full of questions about this gift of life?

The Quebec Branch of The Kidney Foundation of Canada has launched donatingakidney.ca, a new website dedicated to living kidney donation. The site’s goal is to educate potential donors about the living donation process. With its straightforward language, donatingakidney.ca is meant to be an in-

formative tool for both donors and recipients.

Divided into three sections (before the donation, after the donation and for the recipient), the site covers all the topics associated with living donation.

It also features stories by donors and recipients, casting a positive light on the realities of kidney donation, as all recipients experience an improvement in their quality of life.

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Research

Restoring balance in kidney donations Dr. Marie-Chantal Fortin is an assistant clinical professor, nephrologist and researcher at the Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) research centre. Recipient of a grant from the KRESCENT program financed by The Kidney Foundation of Canada, she conducts research on the bioethics of altruistic living organ donation, which has placed her at the leading edge of kidney transplantation medicine.

“When a person wants to donate a kidney but has no family member in need of one,” she explains, “we call the act of donating an organ an altruistic or anonymous living donation. The challenge is finding a compatible recipient. When an organ donation takes place, two important conditions need to be met: blood type compatibility and immune system compatibility.” Being immunologically compatible means that the recipient does not have any donor-resistant antibodies.

“I study the ethical issues surrounding exchange programs,” she said. “People whose blood type is "O" are universal donors. But they can only receive a kidney from someone whose blood type is also "O". This phenomenon is at the root of the current imbalance.”

In 2009, the Canadian Living Donor Paired Exchange (LDPE) program was launched to promote donor-recipient pairing.

While the program led to over a hundred successful transplants, it also underscored the inherent injustice facing people with the "O" blood type.

As Dr. Marie-Chantal Fortin explained, “The goal of my study is to compile empirical Dr. Marie-Chantal Fortin data on how those involved view compatible pairs’ participation in the LDPE, so that we might better deal with the natural disadvantage that O-type recipients have. (This disadvantage is also referred to as Altruistic Unbalanced Paired Kidney Exchange (AUPKE)). By understanding the positions regarding this problem that are held by transplantation professionals, attending nephrologists, nurses working in predialysis and with potential living kidney donors, and donor kidney recipients, we hope to develop preliminary AUPKE guidelines.” Given that recipients with O-type blood are at a marked disadvantage, this issue needs to be dealt with quickly.

The 2015 Kidney Walk The latest edition of the Kidney Walk is taking place on May 24, 2015. Pre-register today by completing the online form at kidney.ca/quebecwalk.

We’ll get in touch with you in early March so you can start fundraising on the Kidney Walk website.

Would you like to become a Kidney Walk partner? While you’re visiting the website, have a look at our advantageous partnership plan.

We look forward to seeing you on May 24 for what we hope will be a hugely successful Kidney Walk!

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Did you think of making a donation in your will?

If you would like to find out more about making a gift in your will, please contact Martin Munger, at martin.munger@rein.ca, 1-800-565-4515 or 514 938-4515 ext. 231

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