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The Dove That Saved Christmas!
My name is Deanna Phaneuf, and I am a Dialysis Patient Educator. I am reaching out to you today because we need your help. As part of my work at St. Paul’s, I educate patients on dialysis that they can complete at home. This life-saving treatment removes waste and fluid from the body when patients’ kidneys are no longer able to. But beginning dialysis means that our patients’ lives change overnight. If they need to come into a health care center to receive their treatment, it can mean they must travel hundreds of kilometers and spend many hours a week away from their homes, their livelihoods, and their families.

Early Screening Programs
For over 40 years, St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation has been raising funds to benefit the comfort, care and experiences of patients facing a diagnosis of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). Donor support has helped us to realize everything from improved dialysis chairs to a new hemodialysis unit. As our Foundation considered how we might continue to impact this important area of leadership and care, we asked: What if instead of raising funds for more dialysis chairs, we focused on lowering the number of people who need to sit in them?