Steps for Summer

JOIN US FOR GREAT STRIDES 2024!

WELCOME ALL RETURNING AND NEW MEMBERS 

TO SPOKANE GREAT STRIDES

AND 

TEAM STEPS FOR SUMMER!

Welcome to this annual Great Strides walk and tradition for our family to support the CF Foundation and to gather as Team Steps for Summer!  

We look forward to gathering with past team mates and welcoming those who are new to our mission and campaign to raise awareness and funds for the CF Foundation.  

When our youngest daughter, Summer Sue, was born, our family turned into immediate warriors against cystic fibrosis.  We began participating in Great Strides in 2010 when she was not even a year old. We were grateful to have discovered the CF Foundation and wanted to contribute and give back to support the ongoing success of this amazing organization. We immediately started promoting awareness and raising funds for this foundation that could provide tomorrows to our daughter's life.  

WHEN SUMMER WAS BORN IN 2009, THE AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY FOR SOMEONE WITH CF WAS CLOSE TO 41 YEARS OLD.  TODAY, IT IS 50 YEARS OLD!

Cystic fibrosis is a life-threatening genetic disease that affects the lungs and digestive system.  About 30,000 Americans have CF.  Many with this disease must undergo hours of breathing treatments and take dozens of pills, including pancreatic enzymes, each day.  By participating in Great Strides, you will help support the search for a cure and improve the lives of people with CF.

Through the efforts of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, the life expectancy for a person with cystic fibrosis continues to extend.  Still, too many lives are still cut short by this disease.  

Tens of thousands of people come together each year as one community with this mission: to raise awareness and to help find a cure for CF.  Team Steps for Summer has been gathering since 2010 when our family first learned about Great Strides.  For a more detailed summary on our family's story as Summer came into the world, please refer to my personal page.

Great Strides is the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's largest fundraising event.  More than 550 walks are taking place across the country this year, bringing together friends of the Foundation, donors, volunteers, families and community members to help support the search for a cure.  

Since 2010, team Steps For Summer has raised over $50,000 for the Foundation!  We are humbled by this amount and are always so grateful when you help our team reach our fundraising goal.  Thank you all so, so much!  Please visit my personal Great Strides page for more background about Summer's story and her being born with Cystic Fibrosis.

As always, we are so grateful for your prayers and engagement with Team Steps For Summer.  Thank you in advance for your support!  

Many blessings,
Shanann and Family