My name is Christine N., I am the recipient of the $700 scholarship from the National Kidney Foundation of Utah & Idaho.  I can’t describe how happy and thankful I was when I first read the letter explaining I had received a scholarship to go back to school.  This time has been so financially trying (insurance benefits changed, and I had to pay an increase in my co-pay).  I had to take out a loan last year for school, but that always makes me very worried (what if I’m not healthy enough to pay it off when it comes due?). The tuition assistance was a wonderful peace of mind.  I am on track, ready to start the semester and continue studying!  Thank you from the bottom of my heart.  –Christine.

Dear Kidney Foundation of Utah, It is very hard to put into words how much you have helped me since my kidney failure.  Because of your help, I have stayed alive long enough to see my grandchildren grow up.  This Summer, I was able to arrange to dialyze away from home and visit them in Oregon.  It is so hard to live on dialysis, but with your help, I have been able to make memories with my Grandkids that no one can ever take away.  No matter how bad things get for me, I will have these memories forever.  Thank you for the financial help you have provided to help lighten my burden with my medical care.  Sincerely,  David F.

Since 1987, the National Kidney Foundation of Utah has held the Rivalry for Charity Golf Tournament, featuring a play off between the head coaches of BYU and U of U.  The loser of the tournament has to sing the winning school’s fight song.  The Rivalry dates back to the days of LaVell Edwards and Ron Mc Bride.  “It’s a well know fact on our board,” says Deen Vetterli, CEO of the National Kidney Foundation of Utah, “that whoever wins our golf tournament, loses the ‘big game’.”  At this year’s tournament, held at the Country Club in Salt Lake, Kyle Whittingham was overheard saying:  “I’d love to win this round of golf, but every time I win, we lose the big game against BYU”.  

So who won the Kidney Foundation Tournament?  Let’s just say it was on the news when Bronco Mendenhall sang “Utah Man!”  Great news for BYU fans tomorrow!

Dear Kidney Foundation.  This letter is to thank you or all your help. My husand, Mitchell, is on dialysis three times a week.  I work, and had health inurance for him.  Soon, the compay I worked for decided he was too expensive to insure, and took him off insurance.  The cost for his perscriptions was so high, I didn’t know how we were going to make it.  Thanks to your help with gas for transportation, we were able to get by until I could fin another job and other resources to help.  I am so grateful to all the people who contribute their cars and make other gifts to the Kidney Foundation to help people they don’t even k now just because they can!  God bless all of you for lightening my burden, and that of my husband and family.  Sincerely, Denise K.