The Big Ask: The Big Give


The Big Ask: The Big Give Program
People are waiting for a chance at a better life. The kidney transplant waiting list is getting longer, and in response, the National Kidney Foundation has developed "THE BIG ASK: THE BIG GIVE." This initiative educates and raises awareness about living kidney donation and transplantation among kidney patients, their families, and friends.
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Fresenius Medical Care Foundation partners with the National Kidney Foundation to bring in-person trainings to help kidney patients find a living donor
In a life-saving leap for THE BIG ASK: THE BIG GIVE (BABG) platform, designed to increase kidney transplantation and living donation, the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) has expanded its BABG trainings to 15 additional markets across the country, thanks to a new partnership with the Fresenius Medical Care Foundation (The Foundation).
The Foundation is providing substantial support to NKF to expand BABG outreach and in-person trainings, while promoting the program in Fresenius Kidney Care dialysis centers around the country. Since 2017, BABG has provided free nationwide training and tools that help kidney patients and families find a living donor. In-person trainings teach kidney patients, their family, and their friends how to share their story and make a "big ask" to their friends, loved ones, or community to consider making a "big give," a living kidney donation.
The Foundation is supporting and promoting NKF's BABG platform in the following markets with in-person workshops to be held throughout 2019 and into 2020: Charleston, SC; Charleston, WV; Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; Denver, CO; El Paso, TX; Los Angeles, CA; Lexington, KY; Minneapolis, MN; Columbia, MO; Orange County, CA; Philadelphia, PA; Phoenix, AZ; Washington, DC; and Worcester, MA. For information about events as they are scheduled, visit www.kidney.org/events.
