2008 Ridgecrest
Great Strides Walk Over $52,000 raised in 2007!

LeRoy Jackson Park
December 6, 2008
9AM Registration, 10AM Walk

GREAT STRIDES is the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's largest and most successful national fund-raising event. The 2nd annual Ridgecrest Great Strides walk will start at Leroy Jackson Park and follow an easy 5 km multiple loop course. Upon finishing, food and music will be provided. You can help find a cure to cystic fibrosis (CF) by:

• Donating to the FRISBEE GIRLS team
• Forming your own fundraising team
• As an individual walker without a team
• Corporate sponsor of this event

How to get started...

Put together a group of your co-workers, friends, or family members and form a GREAT STRIDES team! CF Foundation staff will help you along the way with tools and tips to make your team successful. Whether you are a part of a corporate, family, or organizational team, your participation will be make a difference.

Your fundraising efforts are crucial in helping the CF Foundation fund the research that is needed to find a cure. Set a goal for yourself and your team and ask everyone you know to reach your goal. Staff will help put the "fun" in "fundraising." Online fund raising is easy - simply send an email to everyone you know and ask for their support. Through raising funds you can be assured that you are taking the next step in helping to find a cure!

Now come join your community, friends, and family to celebrate your hard work and tremendous fundraising efforts! The walk will be a great celebration with activities for the whole family! Enjoy the fun, and move one step closer to making CF stand for "Cure Found"!

B. Cepacia Policy: Because of risks to people with CF, individuals with a confirmed positive sputum culture for Burkholderia Cepacia complex shall not attend this event. This is because B. Cepacia can be passed between individuals who have CF through close proximity. B. Cepacia infection in a person with CF can cause serious respiratory illness, and in some patients, may lead to death. Despite this policy, there still might be some individuals with B. Cepacia in attendance. B. Cepacia is not a risk for otherwise healthy individuals. For alternative ways to participate and for information about this policy, please contact the CF Foundation at (800) FIGHT-CF or visit our website www.cff.org. Consult your CF care center physician with medical questions.

CF is a life threatening genetic disease that affects the lungs and digestive system. More than 10 million Americans are symptomless carriers of the defective CF gene. While much progress has been made toward finding a cure, our work is far from over as we continue to loose precious lives to this devastating disease.

The CF Foundation is Efficient

Almost 90 cents of every dollar raised goes toward vital CF programs. According to SmartMoney, the CF Foundation is "a charity that won't waste your money."

The CF Foundation is Innovative

Forbes has recognized the CF Foundation's innovative approach to research. By offering milestone-driven research awards, the CF Foundation stimulates the development of new CF therapies that are having a profound impact on thousands of young lives.

The CF Foundation is Results Driven

When the CF Foundation began, few patients lived to attend elementary school. Thanks to the research and care supported by the CF Foundation, the median age of survival is almost 37 years.

The CF Foundation Needs Your Help!

Although the outlook for a child born with CF today has improved tremendously over the years, it is NOT good enough. Your participation in GREAT STRIDES is critical to ensuring that the momentum in CF research continues. Working together, we can add tomorrows every day to the lives of all people with CF!

The GREAT STRIDES walker turning in the most money in designated Cystic Fibrosis Foundation regions - on or before walk day - will receive round-trip, coach-class air transportation for two on American Airlines/American Eagle to any one of more than 170 cities that AA/AE flies. Travel must be within the contiguous 48 United States and Canada. Restrictions apply. Airline tickets courtesy of American Airlines, Outstanding Corporate Partner of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

• When you raise money for GREAT STRIDES, you can earn great prizes! It is our way of saying "thank you," on behalf of the children and adults who live with CF every day.

Note: Prizes will be delivered within 6 to 8 weeks of being ordered. If you do not select a prize it will be donated back to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Each participant who raises $100 or more earns an official TEAM CF T-Shirt. You can earn one additional prize based on the total amount you turn in. An item of equal value may be substituted by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation if the listed prize is unavailable.