Today I am asking for:
1) Please consider making a donation to the Tara K Telford Graduate Student Award for Cystic Fibrosis Research at UC Davis (this is where I donate every year). You can do this online from the following link. Please let me know that you have donated to this fund so I can properly thank you. I will not receive a notification that you donated.https://give.ucdavis.edu/GRAD/150006
or
Consider donating to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation through our Great Strides walk (my 11th year participating - will take place in San Jose on May 6) using this link (I will get a notification). You can also sign up to walk with us from this link. http://fightcf.cff.org/site/TR/GreatStrides/98_Northern_California_San_Francisco?px=1388364&pg=personal&fr_id=6556
2) Consider becoming an organ donor. And consider being a blood donor (I do this every few months). You can save lives.
3) If you are healthy, and I hope you are, make good choices about your body. We owe it to those who can't control their health to appreciate ours.
What is CF?
Cystic Fibrosis is a hereditary disorder that causes the production of abnormally thick mucous that leads to blockage and severe infection of the lungs. It also affects the pancreas and stops natural enzymes from helping the body break down food and absorb vital nutrients. In the 1950s, children with CF rarely lived long enough to attend elementary school. Today, because of advances in research and care the median predicted age of survival is about 40.
- More than 30,000 people are living with cystic fibrosis (70,000 worldwide).
- CF causes persistent lung infections and complications to other organs.
- Some people with CF say it feels like breathing through a straw.
- About one in every 30 Americans are symptomless carriers of the defective CF gene.
THANK YOU for your continued support and donations! After the walk I'll send our donors some pictures of us walking, thanks to your support.
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