NYC Kidney Walk Raises More Than $500,000

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NYC Kidney Walk Raises More Than $500,000

« on: October 21, 2008, 05:57:07 PM »

NYC Kidney Walk Raises More Than $500,000

Last Edited: Monday, 20 Oct 2008, 4:11 PM EDT
Created: Sunday, 19 Oct 2008, 11:02 PM EDT

MyFoxNY.com -- More than 3,000 people put their best foot forward on a brisk, fall Sunday to raise awareness about kidney disease. They also raised more than half-a-million dollars. Fox 5's Christina Park has more on the seventh annual New York City Kidney Walk.

VIDEO: http://www.myfoxny.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7679407&version=3&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=3.2.1


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« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2008, 09:15:41 PM »

And a portion of that went to the local units which had walking teams.


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