My Xtreme Hike Story

Pacific NW + Hiking + Cystic Fibrosis = Why We Hike

Our family team, Amsler's Army, fundraises for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation every year in support of my younger sister, Lisa, who has Cystic Fibrosis.  We remain very thankful that Lisa (now 33) continues to be relatively healthy and we do not ever take that for granted.  Lisa got married to her husband, Tanner, in October 2022 and, more recently, they welcomed a healthy baby boy, Walker, in February 2024.  Lisa's positive health is due in large part to the incredible advancements in research and treatments that have become available for those CF over the last few decades.  And yet, more progress on all fronts to battle CF is still needed, and donations are what help fuel the mission to make CF ultimately stand for Cure Found.  

This year our family is prioritizing our fundraising efforts around the Cystic Fibrosis XTREME HIKE at Mt. Hood in Oregon. On AUGUST 10TH, my older sister, Kelly, her husband, Scott, and I will be embarking on a challenging 20+ mile hike across the trails of Mt. Hood alongside other CF supporters and hikers on the same mission. By the end of our hike that day, we hope to be physically exhausted, but heart-filled and hopeful, and $7,500 (our collective team fundraising goal) closer to finding a cure for CF.  Kelly, Scott and I previously did the Grand Canyon Rim to Rim Xtreme Hike in 2016 and we are excited to be hiking together again this year.  In 2022, Lisa, Kelly and I completed the Sedona Xtreme Hike and Lisa was the first person with CF to complete an Extreme Hike in Arizona.

Donation Information:

• ​Any donation amount is incredibly appreciated. Please feel free to donate to any of the three of us (myself, Kelly or Scott).
• You can donate at any time, including after the hike date (August 10th).
• Donating online, via our team fundraising page is the easiest but if you would prefer to donate through others means, please contact any of us for more information on how to do so.
• 100% of your donation to the CF Foundation is tax deductible. 
• The CF Foundation (www.cff.org) puts over 90% of every dollar raised directly towards CF research, life saving treatments, and a cure.

Love, 

Mitchell, Kelly and Scott

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The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation has made extraordinary progress since its founding in 1955 and this progress has further accelerated over the last three decades since Lisa was born in 1990.  The CF Foundation has fostered the development of more than a dozen groundbreaking CF treatments, more recently including genetic modulators such as Trikafta, which Lisa has benefitted from tremendously — but these treatments are not a cure and not everyone can benefit from them. We must keep going.

By donating to our fundraising goal, you will help advance our mission for a cure for all. Please consider joining us and helping make CF stand for Cure Found.  Thank you for your support.