World Kidney Day: March 11, 2010
A giant blue raindrop? No!
Papa Smurf’s cousin? Not him either!
It’s Sidney, Northwest Kidney Centers’ bright blue mascot in downtown Seattle to celebrate World Kidney Day March 11
Sidney, Northwest Kidney Centers’ mascot, will make an appearance at Westlake Park in downtown Seattle to greet passersby and – with helpers – educate them about kidney disease on World Kidney Day!
Sidney, a blue mascot shaped like a kidney, will be out in public from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on March 11, 2010 – celebrated globally as World Kidney Day. Sidney will greet downtown pedestrians by handing out souvenir tattoos and information about kidney disease, which affects one in seven adults. Some 80,000 Seattleites have chronic kidney disease, which often has no symptoms until very late. In Washington state, the disease affects about 886,800 people.
World Kidney Day is a global health awareness campaign focusing on the importance of our kidneys and reducing the frequency and impact of kidney disease and its associated health problems worldwide. The campaign is celebrated every year on the second Thursday of March in more than 100 countries on six continents.
Click here for more information on World Kidney Day.
Click here to watch a short video on World Kidney Day.
