Sue Mehl
[video src="https://vimeo.com/74149223" width="640" height="360"] Sue Mehl Sue Mehl shares how polycystic kidney disease (PKD) has affected her family and how she is hopeful for a treatment or a cure for future generations. [/video]
Read MoreMike Pickett: Fighting the good fight for himself and his daughter
Mike Pickett plays golf for a living, so organizing a golf tournament to memorialize his mother, Mary, seemed the natural thing to do to honor her and to raise awareness for PKD. Though Mary quietly battled PKD most of her...
Read MoreLaverne Duvall’s Gift: A Legacy for Future Generations
[caption id="attachment_1450" align="alignright" width="400"] Laverne, center, with her family when she was crowned Miss Budweiser in 1956.[/caption] PKD is a disease that often devastates many members in one family. It's not unusual for several siblings to battle PKD together. This...
Read MoreGiving for a better future
[caption id="attachment_1452" align="alignright" width="500"] Harold's Walk for PKD team, Ivan's Investors for a PKD Cure.[/caption] During the estate planning process, Harold Saul determined it was important for him to include a contribution to the PKD Foundation in his will for...
Read MoreYoung couple joins Founders’ Annual Giving Society to help move the needle
Dustin Williams and Bailey Jackson have been married for two and a half years. Both are getting ready to turn 25, and they have already become members of the PKD Foundation's Founders' Annual Giving Society. In 2014, they became Foundation...
Read MoreLiving donor gives again, donates vehicle
Eight years ago, Bev Benson donated one of her kidneys to her mother who has PKD. Now, she's made another huge donation, this time to the PKD Foundation, to help others suffering from the disease. "Having two vehicles was more...
Read MoreJill Riester
When Jill Riester found out she had PKD, she was a 23-year-old newlywed just home from a military stint in Germany with her United States Army husband…and she was absolutely shocked. No one else in her family had been diagnosed...
Read MoreWorkplace giving proves to be a convenient way to give
Janice Wightman supports the PKD Foundation through payroll deduction Janice Wightman doesn't just donate to fight PKD through her employer. It's also where she found her kidney donor, Diane. Stuck at an airport with a friend and colleague from work,...
Read MoreRichard Pearson
[caption id="attachment_1454" align="alignright" width="500"] Richard Pearson (middle left with hat and sunglasses) with his Walk for PKD team, Pearson's Poly Psychos.[/caption] Richard Pearson had always known about his family's PKD genetic history. His great grandmother died from PKD complications, and...
Read MoreFor Brock Nelson, it’s all about increasing his ability to donate to a cause he is passionate about
After developing a spontaneous mutation of polycystic kidney disease (PKD) five years ago, Brock is currently a PKD Foundation Board of Trustees member and donor. Among the many reasons he chooses to support the organization, Brock says, "The Foundation is...
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