Todd Scheetz

Did you know there are approximately 30,000 Americans living with cystic fibrosis? Our son, Owen, is one of them. Owen was diagnosed with CF at 10 days old. Since then, he has been under the expert care of his team at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He remains a very active, imaginative, and creative boy. He is in 10th grade now, and continues to play soccer in the fall and lacrosse in the spring! His dream is to be an auto-mechanic and own his own garage some day. He recently got his driver's license and he bought a '93 Honda Prelude.

As we have done for the past 14 years, our family has made a commitment to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to walk in Great Strides. Great Strides is the foundation's largest fundraiser nationwide. We walk to help raise funds for the CFF to use toward their amazing efforts to find a cure. To date, Team Owen has raised over $270,000 for the CFF to use toward research and improving the lives of those with CF!

Real progress has been made for those who have CF, but there is still no cure for this devastating disease and many lives are cut far too short. We’ve come so far, but there’s still so much work to do. I will not stop striding until all those with cystic fibrosis have a cure. We will not leave anyone behind.  

Please support me!

We are at a pivotal moment in the history of cystic fibrosis and your support matters. With your help, we can invest our resources in research today, while raising funds for tomorrow, to ensure we have what it takes to reach the finish line. Together, we can make CF stand for Cure Found. Please help me reach my fundraising goal!