Cool Beans Adventure

media release: National Kidney Foundation of Wisconsin invites you to join Cool Beans Adventure 2023. This hybrid event encourages you to choose your own adventure as we raise awareness and funds to support people impacted by kidney disease and organ transplant across Wisconsin. Here is how it works: 

1. Register for Cool Beans with your $35 entry fee ($10 for kids 12 and under) to get your swag pack and admission to our in-person closing celebration on July 22. 
2. Invite your friends and family to join the adventure by forming a team and/or sharing on social media.
3. On July 12, start logging your "miles". These can be literal miles (walking, running, biking, or dancing...) or "Ambassador Miles" (telling someone new about NKFW, encouraging organ donation, or convincing someone to learn their risk of kidney disease). 
4. NEW THIS YEAR! Gather your team and join NKFW for our Cool Beans Closing Celebration in Monona, WI on Saturday, July 22.  This closing celebration is a chance for our adventurers to come together as a community, to honor those impacted by kidney disease or transplantation, and to give out our 2023 awards.

Challenge yourself to log a total of 19 miles as we work to change the statistic that only 1 in 9 people with kidney disease are aware that they have it.

Cool Beans Closing Celebration (In-Person) Saturday, July 22, 2023, Monona Fireman's Park Shelter (920 Progressive Ln, Monona, WI 53716)

Registration Opens at 9:00 AM Tribute Ceremony 9:30 AM Games and Activities to Follow

Cool Beans Adventure can be celebrated from anywhere, but in recent years we've missed the opportunity to get together. This year, on Saturday, July 22 you are invited to join us at Monona Fireman's Park Shelter (920 Progressive Ln, Monona, WI 53716) for a morning of family-friendly kidney fun in the sun. The day will open with a short walk across the park to Winnequah Park Gazebo with a brief ceremony reflecting on organ transplant and the gift of life at 9:30 AM. We will then return to Fireman's Park Shelter for games, Cool Beans awards, and celebration.

Light snacks will be provided, but feel encouraged to bring a picnic and your favorite camp chair. 

2023 Award Categories

• Biggest Party - The team with the most registered participants 
• FUNdraising Heros - The team with the most dollars raised
• Kidney Trekker - The individual and the team who log the most miles 
• World Traveller - The individual who travels to the Closing Celebration from the farthest distance.