Organ Donation

Meet our Social Media Host - New Lady Golfer - Alissa Kacar

Announcing Alissa Kacar, or as some of you know her on social as the New Lady Golfer (@newladygolfer) Alissa is a popular golf media personality and tv/event host and will be our Social Media Host for the upcoming 15th Annual @georgelopez Celebrity Golf Classic. We're so excited to shine a spotlight on this year's sponsors and raise awareness about Kidney Health!

April is National Donate Life Month

April is National Donate Life Month and it’s important to raise awareness about organ donation and how it can help save lives! There are currently more than 100,000 people in need of a life-saving organ transplant. Each day about 22 of them will die waiting. Let's change. Join us in the fight to raise awareness about the importance of organ donation. πŸ’šπŸ’™πŸ’šπŸ’™

National Donate Life Month - UCLA CORE Kidney Monthly Chat

Join the awesome CORE Kidney Team as Anjay Rastogi, MD PhD and Marc Coronel, Kidney Recipient and CORE Kidney Ambassador host another monthly chat. April is National Donate Life Awareness Month! The focus will be on Living Kidney Donation and Staying Healthy in 2022! You can directly ask questions during the event or you can also email them your questions in advance to COREkidney@mednet.ucla.edu and they’ll incorporate them into the program.

FREE, VIRTUAL, and open to the public, happening on Friday, April 1st | 5 – 6:30 pm (PST).

Kidney Warrior Spotlight - Nikki Rich

As π‘΅π’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’π’‚π’ π‘²π’Šπ’…π’π’†π’š 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉 comes to an end, we want to shine a light on a true kidney warrior Nikki Rich! Nikki’s story is inspiring, battling End-Stage Renal Disease for over 4 years, dialysis every other day and hosts the @thenikkirichshow, international best-selling author, radio host and Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) Ambassador. Follow Nikki on Instagram @msnikkirich and let’s join her in raising awareness about kidney disease and the importance of organ donation! πŸ’šπŸ’™πŸ’šπŸ’™


SOLD OUT Pre-Party for the 15th Annual George Lopez Celebrity Golf Classic

Wonderful news! We had an overwhelming response and we’re completely sold out for the Pre-Party Celebration on Sunday May 1! Thank you to all of our generous board members, sponsors and our community for helping us raise awareness about kidney disease and organ donation. We cannot wait to celebrate with everyone and shine a light on kidney health! πŸ’šπŸ’™

If you’d like to make a donation to support kidney families in need, please click the link below to donate.

Kidney Warrior Spotlight - AJ Coulter

AJ Coulter, is not only a Phoenix valley comedian, but he’s also on a mission to open up the dialogue surrounding kidney disease! He was diagnosed with Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) and receives dialysis 3 times a week to keep him alive as he waits for a kidney transplant. AJ said, β€œI was diagnosed with FSGS, and I had no idea how to react to it. I was really by myself, I was scared, I was just so lost”. If laughter is indeed the best medicine, AJ’s comedy act may just save a life. Let’s raise awareness about his story and share with everyone!

National Kidney Month - Instagram Live with A Kidney for Melody

In honor of World Kidney Day and National Kidney Month we partnered with Mindfulness Coach, Brenda SaraΓ­ Zuniga and Nikole Gallardo & Melody from @AKidneyForMelody to raise awareness about kidney disease and mental health. Melody was born with Congenital Nephrotic Syndrome and received the gift of life in 2017 from an organ donor, that saved her life!

Join us LIVE on Instagram, Friday March 11 at 12pm PST for the conversation kidney health, organ donation, and positive coping skills!