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My Great Strides Story
For many years...decades...our family/friends did fundraising and participated in the annual Great Strides Walk at the Cleveland Zoo for my cousin Jacob his team name was 'For the Sake of Jake" Jacob earned his heavenly reward in 2015. He left us all with beautiful memories and a big part of those memories was participating in the CF Great Strides Walk, it was always a fun time!
Cystic Fibrosis has affected our family again with JaKhai being diagnosed shortly after he was born in 2021. CF affects many organs in the body and can cause damage in the lungs and GI system. JaKhai's GI system was greatly affected and he now requires several GI organs to be transplanted.
The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation has made extraordinary progress — including fostering the development of more than a dozen CF treatments — but these treatments are not a cure and not everyone can benefit from them. We must keep going.
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By donating to my fundraising goal, you will help advance our mission for a cure for all. Please consider joining us and helping make CF stand for Cure Found.
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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.