Quick Tip:

 Early detection and treatment can help prevent kidney disease from progressing to kidney failure.

 

Kidney disease and heart disease are strongly linked.

  
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“Treat the kidney to save the heart”

 

Join us for the 5th Annual Kidney Health Fest for African American Families, presented by the Northwest Kidney Centers:

 

When:          Saturday, May 3, 2008

 

Where:         African American Academy

                   8311 Beacon Ave. S., Seattle, WA

 

Time:           9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

 

FREE   Admission, FREE Lunch, FREE Health Screenings

 

  • Celebrity Speaker and Guests
  • Prizes
  • Music and Entertainment
  • Cooking Demonstrations
  • Cooking Classes For Kids

    Healthy Soul Food Recipe Contest (See details below)

  • Booths & Exhibits
  • Kids Korner

 

Sponsorship opportunities are available.  For more information on this event, please contact Ingrid Goodwin at ingrid@nwkidney.org or call (206) 292-2771, ext. 5357.

 

Download the Kidney Health Fest flier (pdf format).

 

 

“Food For The Soul” Recipe Contest

 

Submit Your Favorite (healthy) Recipe By April 4 

And You Could Win Fabulous Prizes!

  

1st Prize: 

iPod nano and Cuisinart Quick Prep Hand Blender or 

$100 gift certificate to your favorite store!

 

2nd Prize:

iPod shuffle and Cuisinart Quick Prep Hand Blender or

$75 gift certificate to your favorite store!

 

3rd Prize:

Cuisinart Quick Prep Hand Blender or 

$25 gift certificate to your favorite store!

 

Contest Rules: Recipes must be low in sodium and added sugar, and contain healthy fats (not butter).

 

How to enter: Send your recipes by April 4, 2008 to Nikki Gepner: gepnern@nwkidney.org or Northwest Kidney Centers, Attn: Nikki Gepner, 700 Broadway, Seattle, WA, 98122. 

 

The winning recipes will be featured at the Kidney Health Fest on Saturday, May 3.  

 

Download the Recipe Contest Flier