The Central Illinois Memorial Kidney Fund (CIMKF) was formed in 1976 by Dr. Robert Pflederer to serve chronic kidney disease patients receiving dialysis. Funds raised are distributed to chronic kidney disease patients when all other avenues of assistance have been exhausted. The patients work through social workers to request assistance to cover costs such as transportation, groceries, or medication. Where no other help is available, CIMKF also helps provide emergency living expenses.

Thanks to everyone who helped make the CIMKF Kidney 5K Race/Walk a great success!

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The main sources of funding are the annual benefit presented by the Morton Civic Chorus in May and the annual CIMKF Golf Outing in August. Additional funds are received through memorials and contributions made directly to CIMKF.

A Board of Directors, all of whom volunteer their time, meet monthly to review requests and approve support to meet the needs of patients.

• Bloomington / Normal
• Canton
• Decatur
• Galesburg
• Kewanee
• Macomb
• Ottawa
• Peoria
• Pekin
• Pontiac
• Spring Valley

Send your contribution to:

Central Illinois Memorial Kidney Fund
PO Box 235
Morton, IL 61550

OR

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Kidneys clean waste and extra fluid from your blood. More than 10% of Americans have chronic kidney disease with varying levels of severity. This means they have permanent kidney damage. When the damage is bad enough that kidneys stop working, either dialysis, where a machine cleans the blood, or a kidney transplant is needed in order to live. Normally dialysis takes about 4 hours, 3 times per week. Most people on dialysis don’t have enough time left in the week to work full time. As a result, some people must choose between food and medicine.