Merrill Lynch
It was just weeks after the 9/11 terrorist attack that the MRK Group at Merrill Lynch in Marlton NJ found it time to plan the annual holiday card mailing to clients and friends. Clearly, this was not just another year. Full Story...
Rising to the Challeng Margaret Harloe Elementary School students learned the importance of caring for the environment while raising funds for a student with a kidney condition during Jiminy Cricket's Environmentality Challenge 2005.
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Fighting Like A Man - The Story of Kolby Eiland After the news that the transplant was cancelled we were so sad. But of course it was Kolby who gave us all the strength to keep going. Kolby let us know it was no one’s fault and that it would be OK.
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A Luncheon of a Lifetim Eagles Player Jon Runyan lunches with young fans to support The NephCure Foundation efforts. Mr. Runyan has offered this luncheon appearance and autographed posters of him in action to support NephCure efforts to raise funds for research into the kidney disease FSGS.
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Coldwell Banker Diamond Collects Phones for NephCure Along with other CBD agents, office Manager Elva Martin collected used cell phones to benefit The NephCure Foundation. Ms. Martin described the fundraiser as "a great way to be involved and help a good cause". Full Story...

Ed Hearn Plays in Golf Tournament with Alonzo Mourning
On June 7th , Ed Hearn, FSGS patient, Ambassador for NephCure and member of the 1986 World Champion NY Mets, participated in a Golf Tournament hosted by Alonzo Mourning at Trump National Golf Course in Westchester County, NY.
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Ed Hearn Featured in New York Post
NephCure Ambassador, FSGS patient and former Major League catcher
was recently profiled in The New York Post.
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The Angel Art Doll Fundraiser is Finally Here!
Lauri Jean Crowe, Michigan Chapter Leader, has recruited artists of all ages and skill levels to create and donate one-of-a-kind angel themed art dolls. The first eBay auction with artisans from around the world and 50 Art Doll Angel Creations begins today! Full Story...

NL's Specialties Partners With NephCure
NephCure has recently teamed with NL Specialties, a leading distributor of the “Buggy Bag®, the Original Shopping Cart Cover and High Chair Cover” and other unique products, such as Gund Sesame Street Plush Toys,... Full Story...

Ed Hearn featured in Nephrology News & Issues
Ed Hearn is featured in the August issue of Nephrology News & Issues. Click here to download PDF

NephCure Helps NIDDK Plan Glomerular Disease Workshop
NephCure has been invited to participate on the planning committee for a Glomerular Disease Scientific Workshop sponsored by the National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) scheduled for early 2005 in Bethesda, MD.
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Other Athletes with FSGS Offer Wishes for Alonzo, Push for Research
Two former professional athletes with kidney transplants have joined NephCure in offering prayers and support to NBA Star Alonzo Mourning as he recovers from transplant surgery. They also enthusiastically embrace NephCure’s mission supporting research to conquer Nephrotic Syndrome and FSGS. Full Story...

One World Series and Three Kidneys Later, He’s Still a Gamer
Ed Hearn’s scrapbook contains a photo of the 1986 New York Mets seconds after they won the World Series, a black and white photo showing a mob of howling, ecstatic young men converging onto that invisible center called team camaraderie. Full Story...

FSGS Robbed Famed Bodybuilder of Muscle, But His Heart Got Bigger
When he looks back on his successful bodybuilding career - his multiple records and titles, his rise to number two world-wide, his encounters with enthusiastic fans overseas - Kenneth "Flex" Wheeler now realizes that bodybuilding "was probably the worst sport I could have gotten into." Full Story...

NephCure and 10,000 Doctors
NephCure recently attended the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Conference during Renal Week this November in San Diego, CA. This conference attracted over 10,000 physicians, researchers, students, trainees and other health professionals from across the country and around the world. Full Story...

Our Autumn Commands Congressional Attention
The Capitol Hill room was packed, the tensions were high and 12-year-old Autumn Conaway, of Burlington, N.J., was about to represent thousands of Americans who seek a cure for Nephrotic Syndrome and FSGS. Autumn sat behind the microphone in a large Congressional hearing room, ready to describe her battle against kidney disease...Full Story...

NephCure Initiatives Spring to Life in Seattle
It's been a busy spring in Seattle for the NephCure Foundation as our members and physicians work to implement NephCure's national research, patient education and fund-raising initiatives. Full Story...

Melanie Speaks to Congress As NCF Plans Federal Co-Op
Speaking clearly in the hushed silence of a high-ceilinged Congressional hearing room, Downingtown teenager Melanie Stewart finally had her say on May 14, asking members of Congress to fund research into the kidney disease that has taken her two native kidneys and one transplanted from her father. Full Story...

Another Action from Busy NCF: National Kidney Cure Week
The NephCure Foundation has unveiled plans for the first National Kidney Cure Week during the week of Nov. 4, 2002...Full Story...