By MORRIS STEPHENSON - The Franklin News Post

Gary Gwynn, a Franklin County resident, will be participating in the annual National Kidney Foundation Walk set for 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 24 at Wasena Park in Roanoke and is seeking donations.

American Legion Post 111 and the Franklin County Disabled American Veterans Chapter 60 each presented Gwynn with a check for $100 .

All money raised will go to the National Kidney Foundation.

Gwynn said the money also will help the dialysis center in Rocky Mount. A $500 donation helps provide 25 local residents with free and complete screening, while $250 helps provide assistance to a kidney patient or transplant recipient with transportation, medicine and dental work.

Also, $175 ensures that research will continue at top medical schools in Virginia through the Research Endowment Fund.

A $150 donation ensures that educational materials are available for a year to patient support groups, with $60 supplying medical ID bracelets to 10 patients with kidney disease, and $20 provides a blanket for a patient on dialysis.

Anyone interested in donating can contact Gwynn at 420-4198 or the center in Rocky Mount at 484-7050.

"I'd like to invite all dialysis patients and their families to turn out and support this walk," Gwynn said.

Anyone interested in sponsoring or making a donation to the kidney walk can call the dialysis center in Rocky Mount at 484-7050.