This summer, the Tri-Cities and 18 other B.C. communities will get behind the 4th annual Kidney Walk to help Close the Gap.
Participants will walk to raise awareness of the need for more organ donors and to raise funds for research, patient programs and services.
"Eighty five per cent of people surveyed in B.C. said they were in favour of organ donation, but only 17% have registered to be organ donors," Barb Valentine, the Kidney Walk BC co-ordinator, said in a press release. "Our goal is to close that gap."
"It is so important for us to raise awareness of the need for kidney health and organ donation in addition to raising funds that support the work of the Foundation," Valentine said. "And walks like this one fulfill both objectives perfectly."
The walks take place across the province in August and September, with the Tri-City event running on Sunday, Aug. 21 at Lafarge Lake in Coquitlam's Town Centre Park; registration starts at 9 a.m. and the walk begins at 10 a.m., and there is a 2.5 km walking route as well as a 5 km fun run route.
Visit www.kidney.ca for more information on the Kidney Walk.
