Team King Kallio

Welcome family and friends, 

We are back to our annual in-person walk September 17, 2022! This fundraiser is near and dear to my heart for multiple reasons, the biggest and most important to me is my brother Brian Kallio. My brother was a force to be reckoned with, an absolutely phenomenal person. He never let any obstacle get him down, he achieved so many things within his short 26 years of life including graduating college, and starting the process of opening a clothing line. Brian was someone that you wanted to have as a friend, he was very loyal and had the greatest sense of humor, he never failed to make people laugh. He loved with his whole heart, and was a very protective big brother. Someone that I could run to with my problems and vent to about my teenage frustrations or health problems. He was a family person and the glue that held us all together. Our family has never been quite the same since we lost him in October of 2013, nor would we want it to be. He was someone that you could never ever replace.

Team King Kallio was created in 2014 by a few of my brothers close friends, we raised a substantial amount of money that year and honored him the way he deserved. The team was then passed on to me the next year and we have fundraised every year since (excluding 2020, and 2021 from the walk being cancelled). This team is to honor the amazing person that Brian was, to raise money for cystic fibrosis for the advancement of treatments so we can extend and save lives.

Just in 2019 a remarkable medication called Trikafta was released on the market, and I luckily had the mutations that it was successful with. Since starting this medication my life has been completely changed, I rarely cough anymore, exacerbations and IV antibiotics are significantly reduced. This medication has saved my life, it has given me a beautiful one year old daughter. It has given me the family I have always dreamed of but never thought was possible. It's given me the chance to actually live like a normal person, and I am so thankful for everyone that fundraises, and the brilliant scientists that made Trikafta possible. Help us fundraise so we can continue to fund medications like this, create medications for everyone with cystic fibrosis and all the mutations, and hopefully one day children born with cystic fibrosis will live long happy healthy lives and it won't be something to fear anymore.