Thank you for your generous efforts to help raise more than $1 million through the 2007 Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s Great Strides™ campaign. Your support will fund critical cystic fibrosis research and care across Canada. 

The official Great Strides™ Web site is now closed and will relaunch in February 2008. If you still wish to make a donation towards the 2007 Great Strides™ walk, please contact us directly at info@cysticfibrosis.ca or call 1-800-378-2233.

We look forward to seeing you at the 2008 Great Strides™ walk on Sunday, May 25, 2008.

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A million steps closer to a cure!

Record-breaking walk raises over $1 million for cystic fibrosis research and care

Toronto, ON (May 30, 2007) – On Sunday, May 27, thousands of Canadians stepped out at the 2007 Great Strides™ walk to help step up the fight against cystic fibrosis. The walk raised more than $1 million to support the work of the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CCFF).

In more than 35 communities across Canada, dedicated volunteers, walk participants, organizers and sponsors made the Great Strides™ walk a huge success – grossing nearly $200,000 more than anticipated. 

“Thanks to the incredible efforts of our volunteers, we have surpassed the $1 million mark – a Great Strides™ first,” said Cathleen Morrison, Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.  “We’re thrilled with these results, and want to thank everyone involved.”

Cystic fibrosis, which affects the lungs and the digestive system, is the most common, fatal, genetic disease affecting Canadian children and young adults. Although currently there is no cure for CF, there’s real hope.

Money raised at the walk will go to vital CF research and clinical care. In 2007, the Foundation will support more than 50 research projects, which are exploring all aspects of the CF puzzle; from investigating new methods of fighting infection and inflammation in the lungs, to finding new therapies that target the basic defect at a cellular level. As yet, there is no known cure for CF, but there’s real hope.

The CCFF is grateful to its generous and long-standing national partners: Hbc, Kin Canada, and American Airlines.

About the Foundation

The Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CCFF) is a Canada-wide health charity, with 50 volunteer chapters, that funds CF research and care. When the CCFF was established in 1960, most children with CF did not live long enough to attend kindergarten; today, half of all Canadians with CF are expected to live into their late 30s, and even beyond.

To learn more about the Foundation, click here.

Meet Our Super Striders! click here