Tom Adair

Greetings:

There are more than 30,000 Americans living with cystic fibrosis. Our son, William, is one of them.

The Adair family is committed to GREAT STRIDES on May 17, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s annual walk to raise funds to find a cure for cystic fibrosis (CF). We are writing to enlist your support to help William.

Thanks to fund-raisers like GREAT STRIDES, incredible breakthroughs continue to be made. William is benefitting from a newer drug – Trikafta - that is helping maintain his strong lung function. We owe such advances to those who have contributed to our fight. However, there is still work to be done. Since we began this journey 21 years ago, life expectancy for people with CF has increased to an average age of the mid-40s. Still too short!

Thankfully, William is doing well. He will wrap up his time at Randolph-Macon College in May, where he will graduate with a BS in chemistry. His next chapter: pursuing a PhD in chemistry and the University of South Carolina. Thanks to your generous support, new drugs like Trikafta have helped William cut out some of the medicine he started as a baby. We continue to be amazed by these marvelous, medical advances.

Because the CF population is so small, all research for new therapies, drugs etc. is privately funded through fundraisers like this. Dedicated researchers, supported by the CF Foundation, have made tremendous advances in the knowledge about the defective gene that causes CF, its protein product and special characteristics of the CF cell. This knowledge, in turn, has led to more novel new therapies that are under development than ever before.

We understand the many requests you receive for support and would appreciate a donation of whatever your budget allows. Your charitable contribution is tax deductible. You may send your check (made payable to the “Cystic Fibrosis Foundation”) to our address - 2637 Clary Preston Drive Richmond, VA 23233. If you prefer to donate by credit card online, e-mail us at tjadair2637@gmail.com and we’ll forward the link. Please note: The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation has gone cashless. In lieu of cash, we ask that you make all payments/contributions to the CF Foundation with a credit card or check. 

Thank you for your prayers and support.