The Great Strides walk benefiting the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation at the Little Rock Zoo is just a little over a week away! Have you signed up to join THE CROSBY SHOW yet????
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For more than 50 years, with the support of people like you, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation has been the driving force behind the pursuit of a CURE. Their focus is to support the development of new drugs to fight the disease, improve the quality of life for those with CF and, ultimately, to find a cure. The foundation is making a difference in lives of people living with this horrible disease, people like Crosby.
We've had a lot of family and friends register and donate to our team and I am so grateful! The event is going to be a fun, family friendly, short walk that supports such a great cause. I would love for more of our friends and family to support Crosby. So if you haven't already done so, I urge you to sign up! WE WANT TO SEE YOU THERE!
Need more persuasion to come join us on May 17th??? Here ya go:
TOP TEN REASONS TO CONTRIBUTE TO GREAT STRIDES
10. The walk is at the Little Rock Zoo. If you have kiddos and you come out to the walk (starts at 8:00 am), you get free admission to the zoo!! There will be games and music and other things for the kids. Wake them up early, let them run around and tire themselves out so maybe you can enjoy a peaceful afternoon. Not to mention it wouldn’t hurt them to be drug away from their video games for an hour or so. Maybe you can show off a dance move or two. It's also a great way to set an example for the kids about being involved in their community and being a part of something positive and giving to a good cause.
9. The walk is only 1 mile long. 1 mile. You walk more than that grocery shopping at Wal-Mart. Why not do it for a good cause?
8. Great progress has already been made. In the 1950s, few children with cystic fibrosis lived to attend elementary school. Today, many people with the disease can now expect to live into their 30′s and beyond. But 30+ years isn’t very old. I want Crosby to be able to grow old. Don't you want that for your own children? By helping the CF Foundation you will be helping to add tomorrows for Crosby.
7. Over 30,000 Americans (and over 70,000 people worldwide) live with this disease; it affects the lungs and the digestive system, which can make daily life difficult. CF is an inherited genetic disease, but over 10 million Americans are symptomless carriers. Lance and I had NO idea we were carriers; this means someone you love could be a carrier, too.
6. Thanks to research funded by the CF Foundation (which comes from private donations from folks like you! not major pharmaceutical companies or federal grants), medication has stopped progression of the disease in 5% of cystic fibrosis cases! This is great news, but there is currently no treatment for Crosby's mutation of CF — yet. More clinical trials are being done, and other CF patients are hopeful they will soon have the same kind of victory.
5. Funding goes directly to research. Not to put on big conventions, or swanky executive offices, or even lobbyists in DC. Nope. Straight to the scientists working and researching to find a cure. Thank you Scientists! The CF Foundation is one of the few national non-profit organizations where 90% of funds raised goes directly to the cause. You have to admire their efficiency. Imagine trying to run a national for profit business on 10% overhead.
4. You've already signed up and/or donated so why not reap your reward?! Come enjoy others in the fight to cure CF. You can pat yourself on the back someday when they do find one. You'll be able to tell yourself: I helped find a cure and the world is a better place because I helped and participated.
3. Have I mentioned there will be free Chick-Fil-A breakfast? Warm, buttery, chicken biscuits….for free.
2. An event like this offers encouragement to ALL those affected by cystic fibrosis, both the patients and everyone who loves them! It would mean A LOT to Lance and I to see everyone there.
1. Top reason to donate: HOW can you resist a face like this!?!
THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS!
Love,
Lance, Carmen, and Crosby
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