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Anne Wilson
CEO & Managing
Director
Kidney Health Australia
The past month has been
extremely busy including Wee Week activities,
preparation for the Kidney Kar Rally
and the promotion of donor awareness and transplantation
issues.
I should like to take
this occasion to thank the many wonderful volunteers and
the people who donate and raise funds for us to be able
to carry out the work we do on behalf of kidney patients
and their families.
Meet
our Patrons
who are
'Making a Noise about the Silent
Killer'.
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| Kidney
Health Australia halves home phone
rental |
Kidney
Health Australia
knows that those with Kidney Disease, on dialysis or
just supporters of Kidney health are often not in a
great financial position. Therefore it now offers half
price home phone line rental through its
telecommunications shop KHA Comms. Not only does KHA
Comms offer low pricing and a tax refund, it has a
limited offer for those switching over their home phone
to halve the line rental for the first 12 months. Not
only that but refer a friend and you AND
the friend get an extra 6 months at half price! Just by
switching your phone connections over to KHA Comms will
save you money and help Kidney Health Australia to
increase its work. For more information ring
1800 454 363
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| Kidney
Kar Rally revved up ready to go |
' Get your Kidneys Checked' is the
life saving message from the 2010 Kidney Kar Rally Teams
who are
revved up to 'Make A Noise About The Silent Killer' -
Chronic Kidney Disease.
With
the slogan
'Performance-testing your kidneys will help keep your
kidneys in top gear' this year the Kidney Kar
Rally will commence on Friday 13 August 2010 at the Swan
Hill Pioneer Village travelling through Victoria, South
Australia, Queensland and New South Wales, with a field
of forty seven vehicles over nine days, covering some
3500 kilometres.
Overnight
stays are planned in the following towns: Swan
Hill, Pinnaroo, Murray
Bridge,
Wilpena Pound, Broken Hill, Quilpie, Charleville,
Injune, Taroom, Chinchilla, Dalby, Stanhope and Glen
Innes.
The
annual Kidney Kar Rally provides a unique opportunity to
'Make A Noise About The Silent Killer' by urging all
people in the high risk areas such as those over 50,
those who are obese, smokers, people with diabetes,
those with high blood pressure or from an indigenous
background to have their kidneys checked. www.checkmykidneys.com.au
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| Wee
Week 19-25 July 2010 |
Cranberry basil and parmesan pasta -
serves 4
Ingredients:
500g
linguini
4 garlic cloves, slivered
2
tablespoons olive
oil
3 teaspoons lemon zest
3 cups
basil leaves, roughly shredded
30g cranberries,
chopped
30g pine nuts, roasted
1/2 cup Parmesan,
grated
Salt & ground black
pepper
Method:
1. Fill a large pan with boiling
salted water and bring it to the boil. Add the pasta to
cook for about 8 minutes or until it is al
dente.
2.
In a small pan heat the olive oil until it is hot but
not smoking. Add the garlic slivers and cook until they
are crisp and golden. Remove the garlic and olive
oil from the pan and set aside.
3. When the pasta is cooked, drain the
water leaving about a third of a cup of the water in the
bottom of the pan. Place the pasta back in the pan and
while it is still hot, toss through the garlic,
lemon zest, basil leaves, cranberries, pine nuts and a
splash more olive oil through the pasta. Season with sea
salt and black pepper and serve with the grated
Parmesan.
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| We
need your pre-loved clothing! |
Kidney
Health Australia's recycling shop in Settlement
Road, Thomastown is operating well with increasing
and repeat business.
The outlet has a wide range
of clothing for all ages, books, bricabrac, electrical
goods and furniture. The store is stocked with clothing
from Kidney Health Australia bins, and we need your help
with donated goods and pre-loved
clothing. Kidney
Health Australia receives a percentage of all sales, so
it's vital that we keep our shop brimming with
stock.
'Kidney Bins' are placed in
many metropolitan and regional locations and clothing
collected goes directly to our store, so look for the
Bin with the 'Big Red K' and help us in our fight
against kidney disease.
For further
information, contact us on (03) 9674 4300, 1800 4
KIDNEY or 1800 54 3639
Bin
locations are listed on our website - click
here.
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Want to do something more for Kidney Health
Australia?
There are many ways that you can help us. Perhaps you can
do some fundraising within your community. Have a stall,
garage sale, shave or do a run. Entries are now
open for the many fun runs around Australia, nominate us as your preferred charity. The
possibilities are endless, just think of something that
will inspire your contacts to donate to and talk to
us. We can
assist with promotion, fundraising authority and in many
other ways.
Speaker
Training
Many volunteers have participated in our
speaker training where you can learn about our key
health messages and more about our organisation. Volunteers then
help us as ambassadors in their local area assisting us
in many ways.
Training takes one hour and is conducted via a
teleconference all for the cost of a local phone
call. Next
training courses will be on Monday, 23 August at
7 pm EST
and Thursday, 26 August.
1 pm EST.
To participate or
fundraise please contact Annette.smith@kidney.org.au
or call direct on 03 9674 4305 or 1800 4
KIDNEY.
Used
Stamps
Collect your old stamps
and send them to us. Our volunteers
sell them on our behalf and continue to make money from
something you would just recycle. So please post
your collection to: Annette
Smith,
Kidney Health Australia, GPO Box 9993, Melbourne Vic 3001
Entertainment
Books
(limited numbers still available)
A large book of discounts that give you a
significant savings are available from the Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth Offices. If you would
like to purchase please contact us on 1800 4 KIDNEY and
you will be transferred to the correct office to arrange
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