Kicking CF with Katie

Join our team and help us get one step closer to a cure for cystic fibrosis – a rare, genetic, life-shortening disease that makes it difficult to breathe. 

This year Katie will be turning 10 the weeks following the walk! She still  loves sheep and axolotls. When she is not busy with choir or dance, Katie loves to read and draw. Last summer Katie had the unique opportunity to work with The Song Society and write and record a song about her life with CF. While Katie has been super healthy thus far in life, CF is still a huge part of our life and we look forward to raising awareness with the walk.  

With supporters like you by our side, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation continues to lead the way in the fight against CF, fueling extraordinary medical and scientific progress. The life expectancy of someone born with CF has doubled in the last 30 years. Despite this progress, many people with CF do not benefit from existing therapies either because their disease is too advanced or because their specific genetic mutations will not respond. They are moms, dads, sisters, brothers, daughters, sons, friends, and co-workers who struggle every day in the face of this devasting disease.  

We walk in Great Strides for them.

Will you join us?

Great Strides is a fun event that provides a fantastic opportunity for family, friends, students, and colleagues to come together to make a difference in the lives of people with CF.

To participate, just click on the "Join our Team" button. From there, you can make a donation and start fundraising. If you are local, please join us on October 12th at Rutledge-Wilson Farm Park for the CF Walk! If you are not local to Springfield, you can still join our team as a virtual walker!

By joining our Great Strides team and making a donation, you will be part of a tenacious and passionate group of people committed to ending this disease. Together, let’s make CF stand for Cure Found!