Teresa Tomasso

Dear Family and Friends,

WE ARE AGAIN COMITTED TO WALKING FOR THIS GREAT CAUSE.  WE'RE WALKING ON SUNDAY MAY 19TH IN SANDY HOOK - REGISTRATION 10 AM - WALK 11 AM.  HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US AT THIS BEAUTIFUL SITE.  IT'S A GREAT DAY TO GET TOGETHER WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY.  

Please help make a difference by joining our walk and/or donating to find a cure.  We've come so far in therapeutic treatments to help save lives of people with Cystic Fibrosis - all thanks to your help.

We have once again committed to GREAT STRIDES, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s annual, nationwide walk to cure cystic fibrosis (CF).  We’re writing to ask for your help and enlist your support.  Last year was a huge success, thanks to your help.

This year I am asking friends and family to not only donate/walk but that you also ask your friends, neighbors, co-workers to donate/walk with us.  It will make a difference.  We need to find a cure.

So much more has to be done to help people with this disease.  On behalf of Joe and his family, I implore you to please help us find a cure for this very cruel disease.  Any donation would be greatly appreciated.

Joe is doing great thanks to the Cystic Fibrosis foundation.  The medication developed for his CF mutation gene has helped, but it's not enough.  There are many side-effects.  The foundation is working on a new therapy that can be a great impact on his health.  

CF is a life-threatening genetic disease that affects the respiratory and digestive systems of tens of thousands of children and young adults.  People with CF suffer from chronic, and often fatal, lung infections and have difficulty digesting food.  Ten million Americans are symptom-less carriers of the defective gene which causes CF.  Although recently developed therapies have made a difference in treating the symptoms of CF, it is not enough.  We continue to lose at least one precious life to CF every day.

PLEASE JOIN US FOR A FUN DAY OF WALKING, ENTERTAINMENT AND FOOD!

We will be walking again with family and friends in Sandy Hook, which will be held on Sunday, May 19, 2024, at 11:00 am; (check-in opens at 10:00 a.m.).  “Team Tomasso” would collectively like to raise more than $10,000 for vital CF research.  I would appreciate a donation of $20.00 from you, or whatever your budget allows.  Your charitable contribution is 100 percent tax deductible.  Please let me know if you will be making a donation, and send your check made payable to the “Cystic Fibrosis Foundation”, or cash, directly to me, or your donation can be made easily on-line.  (Make sure to find out if your employer offers a matching gift program.) 

You can feel good that your donation will be well spent as nearly 90 cents of every dollar raised by the CF Foundation is used to support its vital programs.  When you make a donation to the CF Foundation, you are helping to ensure that children and young adults with CF will live longer and more productive lives than ever before.  When the CF Foundation was founded nearly five decades ago, children with CF were not expected to see their first day of elementary school.  Today, more than 40 percent of the CF population is over the age of 18.  Remarkable progress, but not good enough.  We need your help!  We would love for you to also register as a walker and become part of our team.

DONATE ON-LINE AT HTTP://FIGHTCF.CFF.ORG/GOTO/TEAMTOMASSO

Thank you all for supporting this important cause!

Teresa & Rich, Family & Friends on behalf of Joe