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With the help of our communities in cities across the country and beyond, we provide a forum for patients who want to join in the fight to find treatments and cure for PKD.
Connect with us to find out how you can make a difference in the lives of thousands in the U.S. and millions worldwide.
St. Louis Community Meeting
Join us for our upcoming community meeting via video conference!
Share your PKD journey and hear from others within the community who understand what you are experiencing.
EVENT DETAILS
MONDAY, March 10, 2025
7 PM – 8:30 PM Central
Video conference link will be emailed upon registration.
Kidney Fight (Virtual) Trivia Night
Save the Date
Saturday, March 29, 2025
Event Details
Virtual Rooms Open at 6:30 p.m. CT
Trivia Begins at 7:00 p.m. CT
Entrance fee:
$180 for a team of 8 (NO EXTRAS)
Includes:
Rounds – 6 rounds plus 1 bonus round (NO THEME)
Mulligans – 1 mulligan played per round
Bonus Round – played during intermission
What’s better than trivia night? A trivia night benefitting the PKD community!
Emceed by Trivia Riot, this virtual event is full of trivia fun and supports the mission of funding critical polycystic kidney disease research through the St. Louis Walk for PKD.
Since this event is virtual, your team (up to eight players) can live anywhere or invite your teammates over to your house for a night of trivia. If you have multiple teams at your home, the teams need to be in separate rooms or on separate floors. As you build your team, keep an eye on your inbox—a Payment link and registration instructions will be coming in late-February.
We hope you can join us!
Have a question or need more information? Contact Glen Kemper at glen.kemperpm@gmail.com
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Registration for the 2024 Walk for PKD is now open! Find your walk at walkforpkd.org. |
The PKD Foundation is excited to the announce the newest cohort of Centers of Excellence, Partner Clinics, and Pediatric Clinics. If you are looking for the right healthcare providers to help you manage living with PKD, visit our Centers of Excellence page to learn more about the program and to find a Center of Excellence, Partner Clinic, or Pediatric Clinic.
There’s a new way ADPKD Registry participants can step up to provide hope today, and for future generations. The nation’s first dedicated ADPKD Registry is now also one of the first patient registries of any kind to integrate patient-provided health records. Share your health records through your provider’s online portal with a few simple steps on the ADPKD Registry.
Now, as always, the PKD Foundation is committed to our mission of giving hope, advocating for patients, and building a community for all impacted by PKD. We'll continue supporting our community by providing important resources and timely updates on social media. If you have questions or need help navigating this unprecedented health crisis, we are here for you. Email or call (844) PKD-HOPE.
Jean Sommer
PKD Connect Ambassador & walk ambassador
I have been the volunteer St. Louis Walk Ambassador since 2014 and the St. Louis Connect Ambassador since 2015. I decided to volunteer because, as an ADPKD and PLD patient, I wanted to learn as much as I could about my conditions and I wanted to make a difference in the lives of others.
Learning about PKD and PLD from speakers at local events and national PKD Foundation events, like the PKDCON, also helped me face my fear of these diseases. I was very much at peace when I had my liver transplant in August 2016 and living donor kidney transplant in November 2023.
As a PKD Connect Ambassador, I hope that I can help ease the fears of others by providing support and education meetings for my Community members. As the Walk Ambassador, I rally and gather together the St. Louis PKD Community for our annual Walk for PKD. I was also inspired to volunteer because PKD runs in my family—both my sister and my brother are affected by this disease. In addition, I have two children who each have a 50 percent chance of having PKD. I enjoy organizing the Walk for PKD because I want there to be treatments or a cure so that my children, and others, will not have to go through what I have gone through.
Page last updated July 2023
