To recognize his extraordinary commitment to raising awareness of chronic kidney disease (CKD), AAKP presented NBA All-Star, Alonzo Mourning, with the AAKP Life Membership Award.
The presentation took place Wednesday, March 5 in Miami, during the half time show between the Miami HEAT basketball team and the Toronto Raptors.
Mourning is a kidney transplant recipient. In 2000, he was diagnosed with focal glomerulsclerosis. Since that time, he has used his celebrity status to promote kidney disease awareness.
This article originally appeared in the March 2008 issue of Kidney Beginnings: The Electronic Newsletter.
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