Danville Digs Deep to Help Little Boy and His Family

Photos: The Callaway family of Danville—Wilson, dad Tucker and mom Andi—at the NephCure Walk. Participants of the NephCure Walk. Courtesy photos.

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A week ago we told you about Wilson Callaway, an 8-year-old Danville boy with Nephrotic Syndrome, which affects his kidneys. His family had formed Team Callaway to raise $30,000 at last weekend’s 2015 NephCure Walk in San Jose.

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The Danville community showed its heart by digging deep to help the cause, with an estimated $43,000 raised for Team Callaway. To put that into perspective, the entire Walk raised $100,000.

And how will the money be used?

Elena Arney, who helped get out the word on Team Callaway, says “because of the money raised, NephCure Kidney International has selected San Francisco as a “NACI (Nephcure’s Accelerating Cures Institute) Center of Excellence” location.

Wilson’s mother Andi is thrilled by the development, “Establishing a Nephrology ‘Center of Excellence’ at top hospitals and research institutes across the country is one of the strategic objectives that is going to help bring a cure to this disease. It is in the early stages of roll out, but we are thrilled to get San Francisco on the roll out schedule.”

A special thanks to the Danville Patch community—following our original story, Team Calloway raised approximately $20,000. You have a heart of gold, Danville!

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