kidneyfoundationofcentralpa.org - Programs and Services

Camp Kydnie
A special overnight camp designed especially for children with kidney disease, who are at least six years of age. Camp Kydnie is held every year during the week after July 4. Located at Camp Victory (www.campvictory.org) in Millville, Pennsylvania, approximately 8 miles north of Interstate 80, exit 232 (Bloomsburg).
Camp Kydnie provides a normal camping experience allowing for health and physical limitations, with emphasis on positive self-image, independence, and self-assurance.

Patient Emergency Assistance Program
Cash assistance for food, medicine and other incidental expenses is available through the Kidney Foundation of Central Pennsylvania for qualifying patients receiving dialysis treatment. Requests for assistance are communicated through social workers at the dialysis centers in our region.

Patient Partner Program^®
The nationally-recognized Patient Partner Program trains and certifies volunteers who have experienced kidney failure themselves, or who have been part of the support team for a loved one with kidney failure, to serve as mentors and provide support to patients and caregivers.

Patient Partner training classes are held throughout the year and in various locations throughout the KFCP region.

Click here to read the Patient Partner Program article appearing in the March 2009 edition of Nephrology News and Issues.

Medical Identification Jewelry
Qualified kidney patients receive discounted fees for life-saving medical alert bracelets or necklaces. Contact the social services director at your dialysis center for information and an application.

Organ Donor Awareness Funded through a generous donation from the Fred M. Leader family, corporate donations and grants from community foundations, the goal of the Organ Donor Awareness program is to increase organ donations through community education and outreach, with a primary emphasis on living donor awareness.

Click HERE to view KFCP's award-winning video "Decision for Life" - first person stories about kidney donation from donors and recipients.

Kidney Disease Outreach & Education
The Kidney Foundation of Central Pennsylvania provides free community based outreach, information, and education on the risks for chronic kidney disease.

Check back for a list of events coming in late summer and early fall of 2010.

Scholarship Programs
Two unique scholarship programs for post secondary education are funded by the KFCP. The Dennis Ebright Scholarship is available to any individual with chronic kidney failure, and the Jessica Orlosky Memorial Scholarship is available to a family member of a person with chronic kidney disease.

Click HERE to download the Scholarship Application Instructions.