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Recap - 2025 KCA Regional Challenge: Oregon

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Team Captain Lindsay Walker (right) with a participant at the KCA Regional Challenge: Oregon! Team – 2025 KCA Regional Challenge: Oregon Team Captain – Lindsay Walker, chromophobe RCC survivor and patient advocate. This is Lindsay's second year leading Oregon's KCA Regional Challenge! Location – Tualatin Community Park in Tualatin, Oregon Date – April 12, 2025 Attendees: 60 Fundraising Goal: $8,100 Amount Raised – $37,840 Activity – “Choose…
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Recap - 2025 KCA Regional Challenge: Pennsylvania

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Team Captain Sarah Tuck Team – 2025 KCA Regional Challenge: Pennsylvania Team Captain – Sarah Tuck, Senior Manager of Patient Programs for the KCA. Sarah's grandmother, Patricia Rutter, was diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2018 and passed away in 2023. Location – Middletown Skate Park in Bucks County, Pennsylvania Date – May 24, 2025 Attendees: 35 Amount Raised – $330 Activity – Skateboarding for Change! Event…
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Recap - 2025 KCA Regional Challenge: Ohio

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Nicole and Keith Scott Team – 2025 KCA Regional Challenge: Ohio Team Captain – Nicole Scott, wife and caregiver for her husband Keith Scott, who was diagnosed with papillary renal cell carcinoma in 2023. Location – Mary Virginia Crites Hannan Park in Circleville, Ohio Date – May 10, 2025 Attendees: 100 Fundraising Goal – $1,000 Amount Raised – $11,222 (donations still coming in!) Activity – 5K Walk/Run…
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Recap - 2025 KCA regional Challenge: Austin

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Team – 2025 KCA Regional Challenge: Austin Team Captain – Annamaria Scaccia, 2-time cancer survivor and Member, KCA’s Patient & Caregiver Advisory Council Location – Lake Pflugerville Park, Pflugerville, Texas Date – April 12, 2025 Attendees: 11 Fundraising Goal – $3,000 Amount Raised – $3,284 Activity – 81-minute walk around Lake Pflugerville Event Highlights – My favorite highlight was seeing everyone show up and stay fully engaged throughout…
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KCA Ambassador Featured on Cancer Interviews Podcast

KCA, Patient Stories
In a new episode of the Cancer Interviews podcast, host and prostate cancer survivor Bruce Morton speaks with Kidney Cancer Association Ambassador Jeff Kallis about his journey with kidney cancer and how it led him to advocacy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdU8LFPJk8I Jeff was diagnosed with stage 3 clear cell renal cell carcinoma in 2023. Since then, he’s not only navigated treatment and recovery, but found…
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Why We Must Restore Funding for the CDMRP

KCA, Research
The Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) was created by Congress in 1992 to fund high-impact medical research—especially in areas overlooked by traditional sources—through the Department of Defense. CDMRP began with breast cancer research and has since expanded to support many conditions affecting both Service Members and civilians. https://www.kidneycancer.org/protect-federal-kidney-cancer-research-funding/ The CDMRP’s unique strength lies in backing high-risk, high-reward science: early-stage, innovative ideas that…
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