ALTOONA – Altoona Regional Health System’s Dialysis Unit and its patients recently donated homemade quilts to the Western Pennsylvania Kidney Kamp in New Kensington.
Kidney Kamp offers a total camp experience for young campers with kidney disease under the age of 18, who are either currently on dialysis, transplanted or have pre-renal disease.
“The campers loved the blankets. I wish you could have seen the enthusiasm and excitement,” said camp directors Bob Kraynik and Sue Kirschbaum.
Making 33 quilts or homemade blankets were 10 Altoona Regional employees, employees’ family members, patients and patients’ family members, according to Cindy Farrell, LPN, who works in the dialysis Unit and spearheaded the project.