Richard Stevens

My daughter Brittany died in September 2009 at the age of 19 from complications caused by Cystic Fibrosis (“CF”). Despite living less than 20 years, Brittany had a seemingly endless list of amazing accomplishments. Just a few examples are (i) becoming a national champion competitive cheerleader (both individually and as part of a team), (ii) winning election as President of her Sophomore class in high school (as a write-in candidate who decided to run the night before the election!), (iii) being elected at the New Hampshire state level for Student Council despite being from a small rural public school, and (iv) making Dean’s List and being elected Vice President of her class during her freshman year at Wheelock College despite being incredibly sick and passing away a few months after the school year ended.

This year marks the 15th time that Team Brittany Stevens will be participating in a Great Strides event. Over the decade and a half since we lost Brittany, funds raised by the CF Foundation have helped lead to a variety of medical breakthroughs that have significantly increased the length and quality of the lives of those battling this terminal disease. But there still is no cure, and in honor of one of Brittany’s final requests to never forget her, we continue to walk and raise money in her name to help change the meaning of “CF” to “Cure Found”!

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