; Whereas countless friends, loved ones, spouses, and caregivers of patients with polycystic kidney disease must shoulder the physical, emotional, and financial burdens that polycystic kidney disease causes; Whereas the severity of the symptoms of polycystic kidney disease and the limited public awareness of the disease cause many patients to live in denial and forego regular visits to their physicians or avoid following good health management, which would help avoid more severe complications when kidney failure occurs; Whereas people who have chronic, life-threatening diseases like polycystic kidney disease have a predisposition to depression because of their anxiety over pain, suffering, and premature death; Whereas the PKD Foundation and its more than 50 volunteer chapters around the United States are dedicated to— (1) conducting research to find treatments and a cure for polycystic kidney disease; (2) fostering public awareness and understanding of polycystic kidney disease; (3) educating patients and their families about the disease to improve their treatment and care; and (4) providing support, including by sponsoring the annual Walk for PKD to raise funds for polycystic kidney disease research, education, advocacy, and awareness; and Whereas the PKD Foundation is partnering on September 4, 2018, with sister organizations in Canada, the Commonwealth of Australia, and other countries to increase international awareness of polycystic kidney disease: Now, therefore, be it