As part of our fundraising for Great Strides, we’ll be running a garage sale on Saturday May 19 2012 from 8am until 2pm. We asked some of our neighbours to participate. Ideally, we’ll be able to make it a street wide garage sale, with some of our neighbours participating. Last year’s event raised over $1,300. […]
Category: cystic fibrosis
Team Katie – Great Strides 2012
Folks, As many of you know, our daughter Katie has Cystic Fibrosis. Katie was diagnosed with CF on September 30 2008. She was 17 months old at the time. On Sunday May 27 2012, Cystic Fibrosis Canada will be hosting the annual Great Strides walk for cystic fibrosis. We will be walking and invite you […]
Technology and CF research
CF pops up in the most unlikely of places from time to time… This morning, I was reading an article pertaining to high volume compute clusters and I stumbled across a reference to Microsoft Research and their ties to medical research, specifically Cystic Fibrosis. Microsoft funds a research centre that employs a ton of leading […]
To all Team Katie supporters, Thank you so much for your generous contributions to Team Katie in support of the 2011 Great Strides fundraiser. We continue to be overwhelmed by the tremendous outpouring of generosity and encouragement that we’ve received from you, our friends, as we do what we can to help find a cure […]
Folks, After much fundraising, the walk has finally arrived! This Sunday is Great Strides and here are the logistics for this Sunday: Date/Time to meet: 9am on Sunday May 29 Location: front entrance of Safari Niagara in Stevensville (link to Google map w/ directions) For those with a paper map or GPS system, here’s the […]