Support Free Kidney Screenings Around the Bay! (Fall 2024)

To our current and previous donors,

Thank you all for your continued support! We are currently entering the final week of our Fall 2026 crowdfunding campaign (last day to donate is November 1)! As of now, we are only 10% of the way to our fundraising goal, and need your help to get us to the finish line! 

Last weekend, we participated at the 14th Annual District 10 Health Festival at the San Francisco Southeast Community Center, where our incredibly hardworking student volunteers were able to screen over 50 patients. Just this Saturday, we held an additional screening at the Oakland Public Library, as well as an awareness presentation at the North Berkeley Senior Center. Every dollar contributed directly funds our mission of patient oriented service and public health education.The strong relationships we build with our community members are partner organizations simply would not be possible without your support.

Warmly,

Berkeley KDSAP

To our previous and current donors,

As we approach the halfway point of our Fall 2026 crowdfunding campaign, we at KDSAP are truly grateful for your support! Your donations allow us to continually expand and improve our engagement with medically underserved communities here in the Bay. Since the beginning of our campaign, we have held our first screening at the J-Sei Japanese cultural center in Emeryville, and delivered a kidney health awareness presentation at the North Oakland Senior Center! Looking forward, we have 5 more screenings planned throughout Berkeley, Oakland, and San Francisco. We also plan to collaborate again with J-Sei to deliver care packages and kidney health resources to elderly community members.

This semester we hope to raise $3000 to cover medical supply, transport, and outreach costs for our screenings in the spring! Ensuring we have the proper medical supplies on hand to provide our patients with a high quality of care is one of our most significant expenses. At KDSAP, we pride ourselves on developing strong relationships with our community partners and understanding the unique needs of the diverse patient populations we work with. As a result, we incur significant costs from our educational resource development and distribution initiatives as well.

Currently, our per patient costs for individual supplies is only $5.00. Every donation, no matter the size, increases our capacity to serve.

Warmly,

UC Berkeley KDSAP

Thank you all so much for supporting our crowdfunding campaign! With the $1220 raised, KDSAP will be able to continue providing free screenings in the community for early detection of kidney disease! As you may be familiar, many of our supplies are single-use (blood glucose lancets, urinalysis strips, etc.) and their prices are not getting any cheaper :( , so your support will be extremely helpful for us to continue purchasing supplies and hosting screenings!

Check out our 2nd screening of the semester, 10/19/24 at the Southeast Asian Community Center in San Francisco: https://www.facebook.com/ucberkeleykdsap/posts/876569591347066

Check out our first screening of the semester (10/12) at J-Sei, a Japanese cultural organization in Emeryville! 

https://www.facebook.com/ucberkeleykdsap/posts/867375932266432