The Flats

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. 

Twenty years ago, Katie organized a few friends to create a team called The Flats-a place not far from her house in the South Side. The first walk on the North Shore was small and not even half a mile, but it was fun. The matching shirts she designed made it even better! The years to follow allowed new friends to join the team and the Great Strides walk events grew. When Katie passed away, several friends kept the team going bringing old and new members together including spouses and children. Now most original members have moved around the country, it would be great to get some new team members to join us! Help us celebrate Katie, enjoy a nice walk and have some fun together!

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.

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!