
03/04/2021
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Welcome to the official page of the Los Angeles Chapter! The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation is committed to finding new therapies and ultimately a cure for CF.
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation - Los Angeles Chapter 4929 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 760 Los Angeles, CA, 90010
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation - Los Angeles Chapter 4929 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 760 Los Angeles, CA, 90010
Mission: The mission of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, a nonprofit donor-supported organization, is to assure the development of the means to cure and control cystic fibrosis and to improve the quality of life for those with the disease.
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How amazing was last week's CF Fighter 💪 session? Well there's more where that came from! Join us tomorrow and hear from 3 CF Fighters on balancing their career 📈 and their health 💊! You won't want to miss this discussion, so make sure you're registered.
https://tomorrowsleaders.cff.org/track1/
Rare Disease Day is Sunday, February 28. Show your rare or help raise awareness for cystic fibrosis by updating your profile photo with one of our new Facebook frames.
Search "Cystic Fibrosis Foundation" to find both options for updating your profile picture frame for Rare Disease Day.
Rare Disease Day is Sunday, February 28. Show your rare or help raise awareness for cystic fibrosis by updating your profile photo with one of our new Facebook frames.
Search "Cystic Fibrosis Foundation" to find both options for updating your profile picture frame for Rare Disease Day.
We are less than a week away from kicking off the first Fundraising Fundamentals webinar. Join us as you will hear from your Great Strides staff and volunteers on best strategies to fundraising. 🌟
Link to register: https://cff.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAlceCvrjorEtQaS5DXdM-qE8amAnG7ur2W
Meet your Great Strides Yearbook Staff! They are so excited to bring you this year’s Stronger Together Yearbook!
📸Moments worth remembering are found in the yearbook, right? We will be bound together in our Stronger Together Yearbook from challenges you participate in to shout-outs you don’t want to forget.
🌟Shine in the yearbook and register for Great Strides today! cff.org/great_strides
Email photos you would like to share to Natalie, [email protected]
There is still time to register for our California Grampions event and make your voice heard! Learn about engaging ways to inspire action and shape public policy within the CF Community TOMORROW! Join us for an informative discussion on CF Advocacy 101 on Tuesday, February 23 at 5pm.
Join us: https://cff.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMrdeGopjIjGNK-LrFV9x_vW11Y-RU-oO62
Do you have questions about what to expect when living with advanced lung disease, considering a transplant, preparing for transplant, or life post-transplant? Join us February 27 for CF MiniCon: Transplant, a free, online educational event for people with cystic fibrosis, their family members, and caregivers age 16 and older to connect with others going through every stage of the lung transplant journey.
Register today! http://on.cff.org/MiniConTransplant2021
Our next Tomorrow's Leaders learning track is a week away! If you missed the first session, join us for the CF Fighter Panel on 2/25. 💜
Hear from 4️⃣ CF fighters as they each share their unique journey with CF.
*Link to register* https://tomorrowsleaders.cff.org/track1/
"We don't make mistakes, just happy little accidents." - Bob Ross
Join Tomorrow’s Leaders for a virtual paint night on 2/25! We’ll be following along to a lesson by Bob Ross whilst sipping cocktails and enjoying one another’s distant company.🎨
Register today! https://tomorrowsleaders.cff.org/paintnightwithbobross
We feel so honored to have Candice Varner, a CF mother, as our 2021 Great Strides Ambassador. Thank you, Candice and Audrey for your Great Strides welcome message. By her daughter's side in the hospital, Candice is still advocating and fundraising to find a cure. 💜💪
You can join her in the fight and register for Great Strides.
www.cff.org/greatstrides
Are you a Grampion ready to help inspire action and shape public policy regarding our CF community? We need your voice! Join us for an informative discussion on CF Advocacy 101 on February 23 at 5pm. 👩🦳👨🦳
Register today! https://cff.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMrdeGopjIjGNK-LrFV9x_vW11Y-RU-oO62
👩❤️👨Our Development Director, Amber and her son, Dominic are asking you to spread a little love this Valentine’s Day weekend. It’s ValenTEAMs week, and we want you to be our Valentine by registering for great strides.
❤️Share the LOVE and tell us why you stride by registering for a walk near you. cff.org/great_strides
📧 Email pictures to [email protected] to be featured in our Stronger Together Yearbook. ❤️
Jessica from the LA office is excited to begin fundraising for the 2021 Great Strides season with her newly formed team 🌿🍃! Join our ValenTeams week to sign up your team and begin recruiting members today!
❤️Share the LOVE and tell us why you stride by registering for a walk near you. cff.org/great_strides
📧 Email pictures to [email protected] to be featured in our Stronger Together Yearbook. ❤️🌿
Natalie from the LA office loves her dog, Lucy 🐶 but she also loves raising money and awareness for the @cff_losangeles. We at the chapter, are so excited to announce Natalie is celebrating her 4th anniversary at the CF Foundation and is spreading the love by starting her Great Strides campaign. Natalie has raised over $300 in two days. 💜
Share the LOVE and tell us why you stride by registering for a walk near you. cff.org/great_strides
📧 Email pictures to [email protected] to be featured in our Stronger Together Yearbook. ❤️
Valentine's day is just around the corner and we want all our ValenTEAMS to register and share the LOVE! Tell us why you walk and share your photos with us to be featured in the Stronger Together Yearbook! 🥰
Share the love today! cff.org/great_strides
Email: [email protected] with your photos
You can now download the new app, Fight CF on your iPhone or Android! Help us make CF stand for Cure Found!
✨To register your team, join a team, or make a donation, please head to: cff.org/great_strides
Registration is now open for Great Strides, Xtreme Hike, CF Cycle for Life, and CF Climb! Show the cystic fibrosis community how you’re virtually participating this year by updating your profile photo with one of our new Facebook frames.
Looking for another frame? Search for the "Cystic Fibrosis Foundation" to see additional options available for updating your profile picture frame.
Registration is now open for Great Strides, Xtreme Hike, CF Cycle for Life, and CF Climb! Show the cystic fibrosis community how you’re virtually participating this year by updating your profile photo with one of our new Facebook frames.
Looking for another frame? Search for the "Cystic Fibrosis Foundation" to see additional options available for updating your profile picture frame.
Do you have questions about what to expect when living with advanced lung disease, considering a transplant, preparing for transplant, or life post-transplant? Join us February 27 for CF MiniCon: Transplant, a free, online educational event for people with cystic fibrosis, their family members, and caregivers age 16 and older to connect with others going through every stage of the lung transplant journey.
Enjoy keynotes, panels featuring members of the CF community and clinicians, group chats, and small-group video breakouts to learn about post-transplant care, mental health across the transplant journey, the patient and caregiver relationship, and more.
Register today: http://on.cff.org/MiniConTransplant2021
✨Congratulations to Dr. Richard Belkin and Cottage Hospital for the Care Center Award in 2020!
🎓Richard Belkin, MD, MSCE is a Board Certified Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Physician, the Medical Director of the Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital adult Cystic Fibrosis Program and Managing Partner at Santa Barbara Pulmonary Associates.
Thank you for all that you do to care for the CF community. 💜
✨Tonight at 5 p.m. PST join us for our National Annual Meeting to hear from Marc Ginsky, chief operating officer; Bruce Marshall, MD, EVP and chief medical officer; Bill Skach, MD, EVP and chief scientific officer; and Michael Boyle, MD, our president and CEO. Together, we will celebrate our volunteers, highlight the progress made in 2020 and look forward to what 2021 holds in store. 💜
Join us ➡️ http://on.cff.org/National-Annual-Meeting
✨Congratulations to the UCLA Care Team for the Outstanding Care Center Partnership Award!
The UCLA care center received this award at the 2020 North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference, which took place virtually this past fall. Dr. Douglas Li and the UCLA staff have shown exemplary support to the cystic fibrosis community amid the COVID-19 pandemic; through telemedicine, providing resources for home spirometry tests and acting as strong sources of information in regard to the vaccination process. Dr. Li also sits on the LA Chapter's advisory board. We are so grateful to work with UCLA!💜🐻
✨Congratulations to the Lampert Family as our Hero of Hope for 2020!
Sharon and Hal Lampert have generously supported our California Winemasters event for years. They have co-chaired the event for 30 years and played a major role in helping the CF Foundation raise almost $33 million.🍷
💜Join us in congratulating The Lampert Family in the comments and mark your calendars for our National Annual Meeting TOMORROW! https://engage.cff.org/annualmeeting/
Congratulations to the Armato Family as our Outstanding CF Advocate for 2020!
💜 Stacey Armato is a wife and mother of three children, Lorenzo, Giuliana and Massimo. Massi is 5 and has cystic fibrosis. Stacey is a City Councilmember in Hermosa Beach and works as a Director at Inceptiv.
She co-chairs California Winemasters and serves on the boards of BreastfeedLA, California Women’s Law Center, the UCLA Parent Advisory Council, and Independent Cities Association. With a passion for advocacy work, she has spent the last few years attending March on the Hill for the CF Foundation, and serves as the Legislative Chair for California Contract Cities.
✨Join us in congratulating The Armato Family in the comments and mark your calendars for our National Annual Meeting on January 28! https://engage.cff.org/annualmeeting/
2021 Great Strides websites are live! ✨To register your team, join a team, or make a donation, please head to: cff.org/great_strides
Help us reach our goal of registering 30 teams by Tuesday, Jan 26th and the CFF LA Chapter staff will share their senior photos!🎓
Today is Tomorrow’s Leaders Day! Why should you join this dedicated group of young professionals?
1️⃣ Make a Difference: Raise awareness for cystic fibrosis and be a part of the generation that helps find a cure.
2️⃣ Connect With Others: Join the CF Foundation's young professional community and get to know like-minded individuals ages 21+ both locally and from across the country.
3️⃣ Learn & Grow: Access to five nationwide personal and professional development tracks, local networking, and leadership opportunities.
To learn more visit: https://www.cff.org/Get-Involved/Give-to-the-Cause/Tomorrows-Leaders/
or email Natalie at [email protected]
✨Congratulations to the Dyne Family, for receiving the Gifts For A Cure Award in 2020! The Dyne Family has played a significant role in our Major Gifts program in support of the Nonsense Rare Mutations Initiative (NRMI) ; acting as strong advocates as their son Jacob was diagnosed with a rare mutation at a young age.
"Jake was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at the young age of 14 months. He had chronic digestion issues and a cough. Three weeks after Jake was diagnosed, after speaking with another CF mom who lived in Los Angeles and was currently holding fundraisers, she suggested we start a fundraisers in the San Fernando Valley. That following week, we had our first fundraiser at our home and raised over $30K. After that fundraiser, Jake's Ladder was officially an entity of the CFF, and we haven't looked back since. To date, we have raised over 2 million dollars, and we will continue to fundraise until a cure is found for Jake and others living with the rare/ nonsense mutation."💜
🌹 Join us in congratulating The Dyne Family in the comments And mark your calendars for our National Annual Meeting on January 28! https://engage.cff.org/annualmeeting/
2021 Great Strides websites are live, HOORAY! Help us reach our goal of registering 30 teams by Tuesday, Jan 26th and the CFF LA Chapter staff will share their senior photos!🎓
✨To register your team, join a team, or make a donation, please head to: cff.org/great_strides
We would like to recognize, Richelle Meiss for receiving the Tomorrow's Leaders Award at the Volunteer Leadership Conference (VLC) in 2020. We were not able to come together to celebrate Richelle due to Covid-19, but we are so proud of all her hard work over the years with the LA Chapter and her success with Get Salty Comedy Show.
Tomorrow’s Leaders Day is almost here! On January 23, we’ll give you 1-2-3 reasons to join the Foundation’s young professionals group, Tomorrow’s Leaders. This dedicated group of adults ages 21+ is committed to finding a cure for cystic fibrosis, while growing personally and professionally, and you can join this winning team.
Email Natalie to learn more, [email protected].
Learn more: https://www.cff.org/Get-Involved/Give-to-the-Cause/Tomorrows-Leaders/
Congratulations to Ben Calvert, as our Tomorrow's Leaders Award for 2020! The Tomorrow Leaders Award goes to a young professional who furthers fundraising and/or awareness for the CF community. 💜
✨Ben Calvert was born in the UK and grew up in a town called Doncaster in Yorkshire. At the age of 20, He moved to the south of the UK to attend the University of Hertfordshire, to study Pharmacology as an undergrad. He Graduated with honors in 2011 and began his Master’s course in Clinical Research at a small, little known university called Cranfield University in the UK. Whilst at Cranfield, Ben developed an interest in cell biology and joined a research team studying the link between diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease. After graduating with his Master’s in 2012, Ben joined the UK’s premier pharmaceutical company, GlaxoSmithKline as a junior research scientist, investigating respiratory inflammation and conducting research to find new treatments for inflammatory lung diseases. He used this research to submit a thesis for his doctorate which was awarded in 2017. Ben then joined Professor Amy Ryan’s Lab at USC where he has been working ever since, developing laboratory models to investigate Cystic Fibrosis. Ben was also a Finest honoree in 2020 and an active member of the Tomorrow's Leaders group. You can always find Ben working hard in his lab whenever Tomorrow's Leaders have a virtual meeting.
📢Tomorrow’s Leaders Day is almost here! On January 23, we’ll give you 1-2-3 reasons to join the Foundation’s young professionals group, Tomorrow’s Leaders. This dedicated group of adults ages 21+ is committed to finding a cure for cystic fibrosis, while growing personally and professionally, and you can join this winning team.
We’re combining the spring Great Strides walks (Greater Los Angeles [ combined Santa Monica and LA], Santa Clarita, Fresno, Bakersfield, and Ventura) to create one grand, VIRTUAL event on Saturday, May 15th! We are so excited to come together virtually and to continue making incredible strides as a community. The Great Strides walks have always been about connection, support, and community – and we plan to keep this vibe going! 💜
The websites are LIVE! To register your team, join a team, or make a donation, please head to the link: https://fightcf.cff.org/site/SPageServer?pagename=143_gs_landing_page
Although we are walking as one community, you will still register at your usual walk site.
✨Congratulations to the Varner Family from Santa Clarita, CA as our Outstanding CF Advocate for 2020!
💜The Varner Family began their journey with CF when their daughter, Audrianna, was diagnosed 3 years ago. Dad - Chris, Mom - Candice, Brothers - Austin and Colton and Sisters - Piper and Darcie all vowed at that moment that her fight was OUR fight. Being adopted, Audrianna’s diagnosis came as a shock coupled with confusion and concern. Our friends, family and the entire community circled around us as we joined forces with the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to help raise awareness and funds for a cure. Audrianna is a lover of unicorns and West Ranch football, so she aptly named her team Audrey’s Unicorns and has even been able to convince her dad’s football team to wear unicorn shirts and walk for a cure with her. In 3 years, we have raised over $25,000 and are so encouraged and excited to continue until there is a cure for all.🦄
Join us in congratulating The Varner Family in the comments And mark your calendars for our National Annual Meeting on January 28! https://engage.cff.org/annualmeeting/
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Life for people with cystic fibrosis looks very different now than it did in 1989 when the gene was discovered. Advancements in care and therapies are allowing people with CF to dream of their futures and achieve milestones of all kinds – like getting married, having careers, and starting families. These incredible advancements were made possible because of support from people like you. And we aren’t done yet. We will not rest until CF stands for cure found. A gift to Annual Fund will help us usher in even more progress as we enter a new era in CF. To give today, donate to: fightcf.cff.org/losangeles-anf You can also join Richelle tomorrow night for Get Salty! Tickets can be purchased here: Getsaltycomedy.com
Meet, Maddie Madrid! Maddie is a local cystic fibrosis patient who never takes the ability to take a deep breath for granted, loves experiencing the beach with her daughter, and a relentless fighter in the mission for a cure. We invite you to hear Maddie share her story below, and why she supports the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Although drugs like Trikafta improve the lives of people with cystic fibrosis, there is still no cure. We have not stopped in our mission to find a cure for 100% of people with cystic fibrosis. Please consider making a donation today: fightcf.cff.org/losangeles-anf.
Thank you for participating in our 65 Roses Challenge: Passport to a Cure! Missed out on the 65 Roses Challenge? No worries, you can still join one of our FALL events - LA’s finest and 65 Roses Climb! We are excited to announce that for this years’ Finest event we will be collaborating with the Dallas chapter on Thursday, November 5th. You can also join us on December 5th by signing up for our Virtual 65 Roses Climb! Visit the links in our bio to sign up! We are #LosAngelesTogether!
Are you ready for our virtual 65 Roses Climb? Start or join a team TODAY! Climb, walk, spin, cycle, or run the equivalent of Rose Bowl Stadium (1000 or 3000 steps) anyway you can with us on December 5th!! Visit the link to register today! Kristen Brockman Knauf fightcf.cff.org/65rosesclimb
Have you heard about the fanny pack challenge?? Raise an additional $500 for your Great Strides or 65 Roses Climb page by 9/7 and this amazing fanny pack is all YOURS!
We challenge YOU to raise an additional $500! Accept this challenge and you will receive a CFF fanny pack, which will add a beautiful splash of color to your outfit and is compact for an active day spent hiking! Challenge starts today and ends September 7th!
🦄 Audrey's Unicorns are working out hard 💪 and fundraising for CF! Join them and challenge 5 of your friends to donate $20 to CF today! Register for Great Strides or 65 Roses Climb and make a donation or start your own team today! https://www.cff.org/greatstrides CF Climb: https://fightcf.cff.org/site/TR?pg=entry&fr_id=8223
We are now halfway through our 65 Roses Challenge: Passport To A Cure✈️ summer campaign ending on September 7 where we encourage you to get creative and fundraise through various activities and challenges! If you haven’t had a chance to join us yet – there is still time! To participate, simply register for a local Great Strides walk or the 65 Roses Climb here: https://linktr.ee/cff_losangeles. Print out your passport and get started. See who @kirstinbenson will challenge today! 👣 After all, we have 30,000+ reasons to move 300 miles and help collectively raise $65M dollars to support our mission. 💸
Haven’t you always wanted to get active and spread CF awareness while fundraising? The 65 Roses Challenge: Passport to a Cure provides an exciting opportunity for you to do just that! We challenge you to walk, hike, swim, read, or do any activity to move 300 miles and help collectively raise $65M nationwide. Join Rebecca today as she gets stamps and go places to help those with cystic fibrosis.
Are you a college student? Join us for the Tomorrow’s Leaders College Program that will run Tuesday and Thursday evenings from July 21 – August 13. This four-week virtual program is intended for college students to continue building leadership, advocacy, and fundraising skills to make a difference on their campus and beyond. Check with your college or university to see if you are eligible to receive service learning hours or credit for this program. Application deadline is July 10. For more information and to apply here: https://tomorrowsleaders.cff.org/collegeprogram
Sneak peek of our summer fundraising challenge. We are excited to launch this new adventure with you all next week!
As we close out #NationalVolunteerWeek we have a very special message from Paisley- "I want to thank the care centers, the volunteers and people who fundraise for my mommy who has cystic fibrosis. I appreciate all that you do for my mommy and the cf community"
We couldn't do what we do without YOU! Our volunteers are the driving fource behind everything we do for the CF community. Thank you for lending a helping hand at a event, raising awareness, raising funds to help us find a cure, connecting - you are an inspiration! THANK YOU! Check out a mesage of thanks from the LA Chapter's Executive Director, Chris Mendoza.
It's National Unicorn Day! Check out this special message from Audrey, the star of Audrey’s Unicorns and her sisters. We may not be together for Great Strides this year but we will all come together on 6/5 for our Virtual Walk on 65 Roses Day!
Congratulations to all our volunteers last night that joined us to accept their award for their amazing efforts in 2019. With their support, we are one step closer to making CF stand for 'Cure Found'. Thank you all!
2020 Annual Meeting and Volunteer Reception: Madison Madrid, 2020 GS Ambassador speaking about her experience on Trikafta.
Thanks to all the Team Leaders that have registered their team so far for Great Strides! We have 51 teams ready to spread awareness and fundraise for CF.💜 Register your team today and we hope to see you at Great Strides! www.cff.org/greatstrides
Forge new roads, find new adventures and register for Great Strides! We are on the path to finding a cure for CF. cff.org/greatstrides
Congratulations to these awesome teams who have already registered for our Great Strides 2020 walks! Get your team registered at www.cff.org/greatstrides by December 20th to get a very special holiday 🎁!
Q & A with Andy Lipman, author of The CF Warrior Project. Have a question for, Andy? Ask in the comments section.
Join us for the 10th Annual 65 Roses Climb on November 23rd at iconic Rose Bowl Stadium. Get your step count going and join us to CLIMB OR SPIN FOR A CURE! Haven't registered yet? Starting today (10/16/19) use the code "FREE" and register for FREE! This offer will be available until midnight on Sunday, October 20th. http://fightcf.cff.org/65rosesclimb
Looking for a quick fundraiser for Great Strides? How about the 'Jeans for Genes' campaign! Meagan from Team Nathan raised $300 in 24 hours at her job with Enterprise! #untilitsdone #strongertogether
Today is not just June 5 – it’s 65 Roses Day! The term “65 Roses” has been used by people in the CF community to describe cystic fibrosis and inspire hope. You can inspire hope for people living with CF year-round by joining the 65 Roses Club. Your monthly gift will advance research, care, and advocacy for everyone living with CF. fightcf.cff.org/losangeles-anf
Help us honor CF mothers this Mother’s Day by sharing what makes them a warrior! Our CF Advocate, local Great Strides ambassador and mother, Madison Madrid is kicking off our CF Warrior Mom week with her story! Stay tuned for more videos from our community this week. #CFWarriorMom
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