Great Strides

(A repost of the letter sent out to my donors today)

To Everyone Who Donated to Great Strides,

Thank you so much! I have been so touched by the friends, family, and strangers who have donated. When I set my goal at $1,000 before starting my fundraising, I doubted I would be able to make my goal. Soon however, I found donations rolling in quickly. I optimistically upped my goal to $1,500, thinking that I would be amazed if I got there. After a very generous donation, the $1,500 goal was left in the dust. I pushed my goal up to $2,500, and I'm proud to say this week I hit it. With my teammates bringing in nearly an additional $500, we were the top team in the Eugene walk yesterday, with nearly 40% of the total funds raised coming directly from my team.

CFF is a passionate cause for me. Because of the research they have funded, I've lived long enough to see the standard of care for a CF patient go up. In my lifetime, the life expectancy of a CF patient has nearly doubled. 37 years may not sound like much, but it is a huge leap from the 18-21 years that was average when I was diagnosed... and the Kindergarten life expectancy of someone born with CF before 1970. We still have a long way to go, but through donations like yours, awareness that I know has been generated, and working together, we are getting there.

Again thank you. You do not know how much your donation meant to me. The pride I feel when I know how many people are willing to stand beside me and fight for a cure.

Until CF stands for Cure Found,

Talana

Walk Update

So it's been a bit since I've posted about my CF walk...

Well....

I raised over $2,500!!!!

Hurray!!!!!

There is still time left to donate, walk day is Saturday :)

CFRD Appointment

So I had my appointment on Wednesday and it went fairly well. No radical changes to my diet other than continuing to watch my sugar intake... trying to balance what I eat. I monitor about 3 times or so a day, and I send in the results in 2 weeks, then see where we go from there. Mostly a waiting and watching game.

In other news, I'm already halfway to my goal on my CF walk!

Great Strides

So every year the CF foundation puts on Great Strides, a nationwide walk-a-thon to raise money. It's their biggest fundraiser and I've participated a few times. I am already 10% of the way to my goal with 9 weeks to go til the walk. I'm planing some cool things that may or may not happen, but you can check out my page and even donate using the link on the left or going to http://www.cff.org/Great_Strides/TalanaFairfax.

My goal is only 10 dollars from each donor. If you give more than I will be incredibly touched. At just 10 dollars a piece I only need 90 more people... and I know that I have more than that in people coming to this site in a week. We still have 2 months before the walk, but I'm ready to get cracking to raise money to save my life!

Linkage

I've set up some links on the right side of the page. Please visit the CF family one. They can use all the prayers they can get right now. Go, read their story... you will become addicted. I also have a link to my Great Strides CF Walk fundraising. I have not officially kicked off my fundraising yet, but I am all set up to accept donations or people to walk with me. I would love to have people join me :) Next is the main page for the CFF website and last is my own personal LJ. I hope to add more links soon.

Please comment, I'd love to hear the people that are here! :)