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Board Information & Recruitment

The Kidney Foundation of Canada

Chapter Advisory Committee

Volunteer Information & Orientation

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The Kidney Foundation of Canada

Chapter Advisory Committee

Volunteer Information & Orientation

The Kidney Foundation is always looking for individuals with the competencies and skills of leadership and development. Your experience in your field could be a valuable asset in shaping how a community agency develops its strategic planning and how it engages the various members of our community. As a volunteer driven agency, it’s thanks to individuals like yourself that The Kidney Foundation of Canada is the most successful organization dedicated to kidney health and organ donation. You may be an individual who is looking to advance in your company, or just cultivate new leadership skills. Whatever the reasons, we want to develop a partnership with individuals who will benefit our organization while we help them achieve their volunteer goals!


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Responsibilities of a Chapter Board Member • Achievement of the organization’s objectives• Making local strategic planning decisions based on committee &

staff reports• Providing guidance and advice to various committees• Communicating the organization’s message• Ensuring local operations within the chapter are coordinated• Planning for the local chapters’ future• Ensuring that the local chapter meets and adheres to

organizational policies and legal requirements.• Organizing personal and business affairs to be an effective board

member• Support fundraising activities• Attend meetings of the local Chapter Advisory Committee

Executive board members are selected by nomination at our ChapterAnnual Meetings. They include President, Vice President, Secretary and Past President.


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Time Commitment :

Time commitment varies from Chapter to Chapter. Inquire with your local chapter as to how often the Chapter Advisory Committee meets. Meetings range from one hour to two and in frquency from once every other month to every month.

Committee Members have taken on addditional roles in the Foundation on various committees associated with Volunteer Development, Fund Development, and Programs and Services. Hours of time commitment vary with each role of engagement.

If you are not interested in becoming an Advisory member, take

a look at our Annual Events section. We are always looking for talented and creative individuals who can provide event planning leadership to one of our signature events!


Presentation

• Our Vision, Mission & Goals

• Programs/Community Engagement

• Fund Development

• Volunteer/Staff Engagement

• Alignment of Resources

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Our VisionOur Vision

Our Mission

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Our Vision

Organizational Goals:• Fund and promote research into kidney disease

• Implement services to support individuals living with kidney disease to high quality health care.

• Advocate for the right of people with kidney disease to high quality health care

• Ensure on-going public support for the work of The Kidney Foundation.

• Promote public awareness and commitment to organ donation

• Promote public awareness and commitment to prevention strategies

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Crave & Provide Impact

As a board member, it is your responsibility to inspire optimism in our stakeholders, donors and volunteers through a clear understanding of who we are and what our case for support is. We will also inspire people around us to look at our organization slightly differently. We are not just an organization in the business of raising funds but we are also providing opportunity to make a real impact that will create change. Question: What kind of opportunities do you think our organization provides or requires that would inspire you to deliver real impact in our community?


Programs and Community Awareness


Educational Material

Living with Kidney Disease Manual - comprehensive information on treatment options, diet, exercise and lifestyle specifically developed for

people with kidney failure - available in English, French, Chinese, Italian, Portuguese and Punjabi.

The Kidney Foundation of Canada is committed to providing education about kidneys and kidney disease. Through information

pamphlets, fact sheets and brochures on specific aspects of living with kidney disease.


Financial Assistance

• Short Term Financial Assistance

Short term and emergency financial assistance may be available to residents of Canada to cover medical and other expenses

associated with kidney disease and its treatment. This assistance is provided only when all other sources of funding have been

exhausted.


Information & Referral

Referrals to appropriate community agencies and resources. Information and referral services are

intended to guide patients through the sometimes confusing and stressful process of adjusting to living

with kidney disease.


The Peer Support Program

Volunteers are renal patients or family members themselves who have adjusted to living with kidney disease, have participated in training programs, and

have the desire to help others by sharing their experiences.


News Publications & Information

Kidney Living Publication of the Ontario Branch

• Community Updates

• Annual Reports

• Website www.kidney.ca


Summer Camp Programs

• Lion’s Camp Dorset

Due to the demands and time consuming nature of dialysis, many families are unable to enjoy a summer holiday because one member

of the family must undergo dialysis three times each week. Camp Dorset is owned and operated by Lion’s Club Camp Dorset Corp. It

is designed to provide families with the opportunity to enjoy a summer vacation - with an on-site dialysis unit and activities for the whole family. The Kidney Foundation of Canada Ontario Branches subsidize the program cost for each patient attending ($200 paid

directly to Camp Dorset). Individuals requiring additional assistance must be assessed through their Renal Social Worker.


Living with Kidney DiseasePatient & Family Symposium

The “Living with Kidney Disease” Patient and Family Symposium provided opportunities to learn from, interact with, and ask questions of renal professionals and service providers, and to find out about other people’s experiences with renal

disease.

Whether they had been personally affected by kidney disease, or have someone they care about who is affected by kidney disease, we provided a casual,

comfortable and friendly environment to explore a variety of different workshops and information sessions all related to living with kidney disease. Check with your

local chapter for availability and times


Organ Donation Awareness

The Kidney Foundation of Canada actively promotes awareness of and commitment to organ donation awareness campaigns and advocacy efforts to encourage all Canadians to make positive choice about organ donation. Did you know………

over 30,000 people in Canada require life-sustaining treatments such as dialysis or a kidney transplant to replace the function of kidneys that have failed?

that the number of Canadians on renal replacement therapy will double in the next 10 years?

Each day an average of 14 Canadians learns that their kidneys have failed?

over 75% of people on Ontario's organ and tissue donor list are waiting for a kidney transplant?

Canada has one of the lowest organ donation rates in the developed world?

The success rate of living donor transplantations is now over 90 per cent, thanks to transplant research discoveries?


Early Detection and Prevention

Kidney disease usually progresses silently, often destroying most of the kidney function before causing any symptoms. Therefore, people at risk of developing kidney disease should be evaluated regularly. These people include those with diabetes, high blood pressure or blood vessel diseases, and close relatives of people with hereditary kidney disease.


Advocacy

The advocacy goals of the Foundation are:

• to inform and educate the public, government, politicians and other organizations about the needs of people living with kidney disease.

• to influence public policy to ensure that the needs are being met.


Patient & Family Social Activities

Patient & Family Christmas Party

Patient & Family Barbeque


Fund Development

3rd Party Events

Golf Tournaments

CampaignsSignature Events


Fund Development

It's counter-intuitive isn't it?

To do things better and faster, you actually have to stop what you're doing. Pause a bit. Reflect. Think. See the forest, and not just the trees. We believe that the trees in our forest are our donors. To do your best, you need to know your donors on a truly human level – and connect with them in a deep and meaningful way.


Fund Development

“Magic is science we just don’t understand yet”Arthur C. Clarke

Research is turning science fiction into science fact

Turning a hypothesis into conclusive data

Generate excitement in stakeholders/donors about what has been built, what we can see on

the horizon and great exploration of the uncharted territories


Fund DevelopmentQuestions for Fund Development for on-going strategic planning

Where have we been in terms of fundraising and fund development?

Where are we now in terns of fundraising and fund development?Where do we want to be in terms of fundraising and fund development?

Are we being philanthropic or begging for money?How do we currently fundraise?

Are we utilizing resources in the best possible way?What tools/resources do we need to be better fundraisers?

Why are we fundraising? What is our case for support?

Are we fundraising in the short-term or looking at the bigger picture?How are we measuring success in terms of fundraising?

Are we communicating the impact we make in the community when we are fundraising?


Volunteer Engagement Volunteer Fairs & Materials Campaign Recruitment Event Recruitment

Community Awareness

Volunteer Recognition/Chapter Advisory Committee

Office/Clerical


Volunteer Engagement Our strategic plan is to motivate staff, volunteers and donors through empowerment, support and a strengthened educational strategy that will assist in the successful solicitation, effective stewardship and donor and volunteer retention that will enhance and impact both local chapter and branch campaigns and strategies.

Question: What about The Kidney Foundation of Canada motivates you? Why are you motivated? Who motivates you? How would you motivate others to contribute time or other resources to our organization?


AlignmentAs a board member what recommendation can you make around how

we align cash, competency and capacity to effect programs, community engagement, fund development and volunteer/staff

engagement?

How do we set goals as volunteers and staff? How do we measure these goals? How do we learn from our metrics and outcomes?

How do we integrate development of all the pillars of the Foundation (Fund Development, Programs and Service, and

Volunteer Development) in an efficient manner that will provide maximum impact?


Interested?

Complete the attached forms and submit them to your local chapter or engage your

local Foundation Staff or Volunteer Leadership for more information

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