Support kidney screening & awareness in the Bay! (Fall 2025)

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

To all our supporters,

Since our founding in 2015, Berkeley KDSAP has been at the forefront of student-led efforts to combat disparities in healthcare through our free kidney screenings. Our work is made possible by your generosity, which enables us to continue serving our community.

Through our crowdfunding campaign this past month, we raised $2305 (A whopping 230% of our initial goal!!). These funds will be used towards numerous screening supplies, travel fees, and other volunteer necessities to support our Bay Area community as well as providing invaluable opportunities to our student volunteers. Your contributions to our cause means so much to our organization, and we cannot thank you enough for your kindness and generosity throughout this process.

For those who have claimed a perk, we plan to fulfill these over the next month. We will contact you all accordingly to set these up if necessary. So be sure to stay on the lookout for an email!

Once again, thank you all for your efforts to make our mission possible. We're deeply grateful for your continued support and belief in our cause.

- Berkeley KDSAP

Our crowdfunding campaign is just over halfway through, and we are pleased to announce that we have already met our goal of $1000! Thank you so much for your generosity and support throughout this process so far. Our free Kidney Screenings around the community would not possible without you all, and we are grateful for your impact. 

With that being said, our campaign is still up for another 11 days! We have created a new stretch goal of $1500. Many of our screening supplies are single-use (blood glucose lancets, urinalysis strips, etc.) and their prices are not getting any cheaper. Your continued support will be extremely helpful for us to purchase these essential supplies and host screenings in the future. Please consider helping us reach our new stretch goal to make a lasting impact on our community's health!