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Please contact any service prior to visiting in person to receive up to date information on changes to their availability (e.g. hours of operation etc.)
Kidney Foundation of Canada (The)
Northern Ontario - Kidney Foundation
- Description
- Focuses on improving the quality of life for people living with kidney disease by promoting public and patient education and awareness
- Provides Living With Kidney Disease manuals and You and Your Kidneys with Sidney the Kidney booklets for young students
- Promotes organ donation
- Provides short-term emergency financial assistance to patients
- Assists with funding a summer camp program for adults and children
- Promotes advocacy and contributes to research
- Conducts fundraising activities locally and regionally to raise funds to support programs and services; local funds help patients with out-of-town medical expenses (meals, accommodations)
- Accepts unwanted cars, trucks or vans and will dispose of them for individual
- Provides a tax receipt and will tow the item away for free
- Eligibility
- Individuals with kidney disease and their families
- Application Process
- Short-term Emergency Financial Assistance
- Assistance is provided ONLY when all other sources of funding have been exhausted
- Applications for short term financial assistance are made through renal social workers at community units, hospital renal programs or kidney care clinics
- Applicant must meet eligibility requirements
- Toll Free
- 1-800-387-4474 - Regional Office, Ontario Branch
- Kidney Car Program
- 1-866-788-2277
- Kidney Connect
- 1-866--390-7337
- Web Site
- http://www.kidney.ca/ontario
- ontario@kidney.ca
- Mailing Address
- PO Box 20043
Northwood PO
Thunder Bay, ON, P7E 6P2
Canada - Languages
- English
- Contact
- Daniela Piotrowski,
Email: daniela.piotrowksi@kidney.ca
Phone: 807-624-2680 - Fees
- Fee assistance may be available for Emergency Medical costs -- assessed by renal social workers; assistance is provided by Kidney Foundation
- Documents Required
- No documents required for most services
- Accessibility
- Not Applicable
- Legal Status
- (50) Non Profit
- Social Media
- Agency Information
- View Agency Profile
- Copyright
- 211 Ontario North
- Last Verified On
- April 1, 2022
- Hours of Operation
- Mon0830 - 1530Tue0830 - 1530Wed0830 - 1530Thu0830 - 1530Fri0830 - 1530
Mon-Fri 8:30 am-3:30 pm - Service Area(s)
- Kenora District
- Rainy River District
- Thunder Bay District
