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KidneyTexas Tea Announces Beneficiaries of Celebrating 10 Years of Giving With Style, the KidneyTexas 2010 Luncheon and Fashion Show featuring fashions by Stanley Korshak

(March 15, 2010) The KidneyTexas Spring Membership Tea, co-chaired by Carmaleta Whiteley and Susan Vaughan, was graciously hosted by Suzanne Palmlund in her home recently.

Suzette Derrick, president, welcomed guests and new members, and thanked Suzanne for her generous hospitality. KidneyTexas Luncheon chairs, Patty Jo Turner, Reneé Winter and Carmaleta Whiteley announced the 2010 luncheon, themed Celebrating 10 Years of Giving with Style, will be September 8 at the Hilton Anatole Chantilly Ballroom.

The event will feature fashions by Stanley Korshak, fashion show sponsor, and KidBiz, providing the children’s fashions. KTVT Channel 11, Modern Luxury Dallas and Park Cities News/The Waters Family are media sponsors. Beneficiaries are Children’s Medical Center of Dallas and Camp Reynal.

Information and tickets: Tel. 214.891.0896 and fax. 214.368.3635 or e mail: kidneytexas@sbcglobal.net or visit the website: http://www.kidneytexas.org.

2010 Beneficiaries:Children’s Medical Center of Dallas and Camp Reynal.

MISSION STATEMENT: The purpose of KidneyTexas, Inc. is to provide funding to improve the methods of treatment, the search for a cure and prevention of kidney disease and other kindred or contributory diseases; and to develop more adequate provision for the care of persons suffering from such diseases.

STATISTICS: Debilitating kidney diseases impact approximately 20 million people in the United States today. Groups at high risk include African Americans, Hispanics, senior citizens and people with diabetes. In Texas, there are over 30,000 people on dialysis and 4,000 on a transplant list. The number of patients on dialysis is anticipated to double this decade.

HISTORY: Since 1999, the dedicated volunteers of KidneyTexas, Inc. have worked in tandem with our generous underwriters to raise over $2.1 million for local efforts to improve the ability to diagnose and manage kidney disease.