Take Great Strides to help us cure cystic fibrosis
Find a Walk Find a WalkerWe can't wait to bring the CF community together for Great Strides!
Register today and stay up to date on how your chapter plans to safely bring the community together and make CF stand for Cure Found. Please review the attendance and pet policies for CF Foundation events.
Take Great Strides to help us cure cystic fibrosis
Find a Walk Find a WalkerWe can't wait to bring the CF community together for Great Strides!
Register today and stay up to date on how your chapter plans to safely bring the community together and make CF stand for Cure Found. Please review the attendance and pet policies for CF Foundation events.
Great Strides provides a fantastic opportunity for family, friends, students, and colleagues to come together and make a difference. The event harnesses the power of people with a shared vision and encourages collaboration, team building, and leadership, as we take steps to find a cure for cystic fibrosis.
Your participation in Great Strides matters a lot! We don’t just want to treat CF, we want to end CF.
The time is now. Together, we can cross the finish line.
Get to know one of our CF Fighters! Our CF Fighters are the face of Great Strides, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s largest national fundraiser. These fighters, who have cystic fibrosis, are committed to helping raise awareness and fund research by fundraising for Great Strides so that someday, we can cure CF.
Cru Aguinaga
Texas
Cru Aguinaga was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at 5 weeks old. He loves animals, playing with his siblings, Adair and Witten Rose, and eating — namely noodles, brownies, and strawberries. Cru’s support system consists of his brother and sister, his dog, Nala, his mom and dad, and all his friends and family. As a 2023 national ambassador for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, he looks forward to showing what CF means to him and his family.
Elle Kellner
Florida
Elizabeth (Elle) Kellner was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at 4.5 months old and is a double-lung and kidney transplant recipient. As a child, she remembers being told she couldn’t do some of the things her peers did because she wasn’t “strong enough” or she was too sick. However, she is not one to give up easily and never accepts no as an answer. In her free time, she loves yoga, cooking, dancing, and going to the beach. In 2007, following a toy drive she ran alongside her husband, she started a non-profit that benefits pediatric patients at her local hospital.
Help spread awareness and grow your fundraising potential by forming corporate teams and family teams in your local community and across the country fostering pride and camaraderie as you make a difference for those living with CF.
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IMPORTANT NOTE ON ATTENDANCE AT FOUNDATION EVENTS:
Updated July 5th, 2023
The CF Foundation is committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of individuals attending Foundation events. Individuals attending CF Foundation events must abide by the Foundation's Event Attendance Policy www.cff.org/attendancepolicy, which includes guidance for event attendees living with cystic fibrosis.