/R E P E A T -- Media Advisory - Don and Cindy Cherry present National Recognition Awards at Kidney Foundation's 50th Anniversary Breakfast/

MISSISSAUGA, ON, Sept.11, 2014 /CNW Telbec/ - Members of the media are invited to attend the presentation of Kidney Foundation National Recognition Awards at a continental breakfast hosted by Don and Cindy Cherry. This event will honour guests who shared their stories in The Kidney Foundation's 50^th Anniversary special magazine: 50 Kidney Stories, helping to raise awareness of kidney disease, the importance of early detection and the impact of organ donation.

 Additional information will be issued via CNW Newswire on Thursday, September 18th, 2014 at 10:00 a.m.

 Guests available for interviews include:

• Don Cherry, parent of kidney recipient and Cindy Cherry, living kidney donor to her brother Tim
• Terry Leon, CEO of Leon's Furniture Canada whose family is affected by kidney disease
• Jaya Katwaroo, kidney dialysis patient waiting for a transplant, whose mother died while on dialysis
• Jarrett Osborne, whose two-year old son Harrison has been diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease, and his wife, Angie and eldest son, Clark
• Bouskill family: parents Dale and Deb are kidney organ donors to their children, Stephanie and Blair
• John and Leslie Pearson, major donors to kidney research whose son Christopher recovered from childhood nephrotic syndrome; and past recipients of Kidney Foundation National Fund Development Award
• Jason Kroft, lawyer, transplant recipient and Chair of Ontario Cabinet, Kidney Foundation New Challenge Campaign
• Paul Shay, National Executive Director, Kidney Foundation of Canada

Event:	Kidney Foundation 50^th Anniversary Breakfast, National Awards Announcement and Media Event
Date:	Thursday, September 18^th, 2014
Time:	8:00am – 9:30am Breakfast followed by interviews and photo opportunities
Location:	Mississauga Convention Centre, 75 Derry Road West (just west of Hurontario)

SOURCE: Kidney Foundation of Canada

For further information, to obtain photos or schedule an interview, please contact: Irene Aguzzi, [email protected], T: 1.800.361.7494, ext. 227, Cell: 514.458.5342; Wendy Kudeba, [email protected], T. 1.800.387.4474 ext. 4980, Cell: 416.735.8408; Cindy Cherry, [email protected], T. 416.716.7211