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NephCure on NBC's Celebrity Apprentice

The NephCure Foundation is a featured charity during this season of NBC’s hit series “The Celebrity Apprentice.” “Real Housewives of New Jersey” star Teresa Giudice has designated the kidney disease non-profit as her charity beneficiary if she wins prize money on the broadcast network prime time series, which airs Sundays (9-11 pm ET).

NephCure is a national 501 (c)3 non-profit based in Berwyn (suburban Philadelphia), PA, whose mission it is to fund research that seeks the cause, cure and effective treatments for the kidney disease Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) and Nephrotic Syndrome.

Giudice, one of the most the provocative cast members for the popular Bravo reality hit,  chose NephCure as her beneficiary of the potential $250,000 prize for winning Celebrity Apprentice because of her relationship with a Melville, NY-based family whose eight-year-old child is suffering from the kidney disease FSGS.

“Children are suffering from these diseases and there is no cure,” said Giudice. “NephCure is a dynamic organization that helps patient families living with FSGS and Nephrotic Syndrome. I am honored to be associated with NephCure and hope that my involvement in “The Celebrity Apprentice”