We are thrilled to announce we are only $8,759 away from meeting our dollar for dollar match goal of $25,000! Here are Kent and Kathy Duncan with a few words of encouragement: “From the bottom of our hearts, thank you to everyone who has donated to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Your generosity in supporting the Foundation and the Annual Fund provides the promise for adding tomorrows to every CF fighter’s life.”
Together, we can make an impact. By joining the match today, you will help make a difference: https://give.cff.org/greater-illinois/Donate
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The Greater Illinois Chapter is excited to announce that local families Mary Kay & Jon Bottorff, Nikki & John Conway, Kathy & Kent Duncan, Lilly & Bart Murphy and Peggy & Phil Reitz have kindly offered a $25,000 local matching gift opportunity! Beginning October 3rd, all gifts in the amount of $1 to $9,999 in support of the Greater Illinois Annual Fund will be matched dollar for dollar up to $25,000 by December 31st, or when the match is completed, whichever comes first. Donations received in excess
of the matching goal of $25,000 will be used to support the CF Foundation's mission.
Thank you to Viatris for their support of Great Strides and the CF Foundation! Together we're going to make CF stand for Cure Found.
Please join us in thanking AbbVie for their generous support of Great Strides and the CF Foundation!
Team Tuesday is here, and we are excited to bring on more walkers for this year’s IN-PERSON event! For day 2 of team week, we are challenging you to recruit 5 NEW walkers to celebrate with you and your team at our Great Strides walk! Remember, the teams who complete all 5 tasks of team week will win a VIP Package for walk day!
Don’t know where to start with your fundraising effort for Great Strides? No worries, we are here to help!
Tomorrow we will be kicking off our annual Facebook Fundraising Friday where you can easily join in on the fundraising fun by connecting your personal fundraising efforts to a Facebook Fundraiser.
Need ideas on how to best utilize your Facebook Fundraiser? Take a look at our Facebook Fundraising TeamMATE Talk to get ready and geared up for Friday!
Thank you all for coming along with me as I shared what a day in my life looks like! I am so lucky to be surrounded by a great community like you who are all working towards the same goal – a cure for CF. I hope to see you all at a Great Strides walk in May! 💜
As I mentioned earlier, I love Tiktok! Here’s a fun one of me transitioning into my vest for my chest therapy!
Good morning, everyone! My name is Laila and I’m this year’s Local Ambassador. I’m so excited to be taking over the CFF Chicago Office’s social media today to give you a little insight into what a day in my life looks like. Keep an eye on Facebook and Instagram today as I share what a day in my life looks like!
2022 Great Strides Kick-Off
We are so excited to kick-off our 2022 Great Strides season! Join us as we talk all things Great Strides, from incentives to Local Ambassadors! See you this Saturday, March 12th at 10 am!
Team Sign-On Week Update!
Thank you to all of the Great Strides teams who have signed up during Team Sign-On Week! Keep watching for a message from our Local Ambassador, Laila!
Way to go! Thanks to all of our SUPERHEROS who have signed up their teams this week! So far, 10 teams have registered this week. Can you help us reach our goal of registering 30 teams this week? Our next milestone is 20 teams - if we get 20 teams registered, then Hannah and Katie will be making their 2022 debut with the parent trap handshake!
Sign up today ➡
https://fightcf.cff.org/site/SPageServer/?pagename=143_gs_landing_page
Team Sign-On Week!
Are you ready for Team Sign-On Week? Starting TODAY, Monday 2/7, you could be eligible to win any of these awesome prizes! Start gathering your team and register this week to join in on the 2022 Great Strides fun!
Thank you to everyone who participated in Chicago's 2021 CF Cycle for Life ride! Whether you rode in person or from afar, you helped us get one step closer to making CF stand for Cure Found.
Please join us in watching our 2021 CF Cycle for Life Virtual Celebration!🥳🚴♀️
Thank you to our National Gold Sponsor, AbbVie, for their continued and steadfast support for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation! We are so grateful to them for their unwavering dedication to our mission to find a cure!
Thank you to our National Silver Sponsor, Vertex, for their unwavering support in our collective mission to make CF stand for Cure Found!
Today we're raising a glass to everyone in our community in honor of Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month! Special thanks to Teddy at @theleavittstreet for making us this CF inspired cocktail, The Violet Rose.
This CF Awareness Month, we want to encourage nominating an honoree to Chicago's Magnificent. Nominated Honorees show exemplary leadership in their lives and are active in their communities.
Nominate someone Today at http://bit.ly/MagNom2021
Warning: Adorable Post Ahead!
While FestivAle has always been a celebration of craft beers for beer lovers, by beer lovers, in one case, that celebration of love has continued on for many years. Johnny and Allison met at FestivAle back in 2014 when both were invited by friends at the last minute. An unexpected meeting in front of the @SmylieBrothersBrewingCo Tasting station resulted in one unforgettable conversation and a serendipitous love of Purple Line beer. The pair was married on October 7, 2017 and have since welcomed an adorable son, Jack. We want to #cheers Johnny and Allison and thank all the breweries who make our events magical!
Thank you to our National Bronze Sponsor, Viatris, for their generous support of our Greater Illinois Great Strides program. We are so grateful to have them as a member of our Great Strides family!
Thank you to National Silver Sponsor, Vertex, for their continued support of our Greater Illinois Great Strides program! We are so appreciative of their dedication to the CF Foundation’s mission!
Thank you to our National Gold Sponsor, AbbVie, for their continued dedication and support of our Greater Illinois Great Strides program! We are so grateful to have virtually celebrated with everyone this past Saturday!
Our assistant counselors from National Charity League have put together an awesome video with a few camp crafts that you can make with materials around your house! If you complete the crafts, don’t forget to tag us in your photos.
Virtual Walk Day at Camp Great Strides
Thank you for tuning in to our Virtual Camp Great Strides program! Join in on the fun by leaving comments under this video, tagging your teamMATEs, and cheering on your fellow campers!
Are you as excited for Camp Great Strides as we are? Join campers Sarah, Mae, and Beth as they share a spooooky story to get us in the camping state of mind!
We’re halfway through Camp Great Strides Spirit Week and almost to walk day! We want to know why you walk in our Great Strides walks. Take a look here to see why our Camp Great Strides Counselors stride. Comment on our post and tag us in your own!
Campers Mae, Beth, and Sarah are getting into the Camp Great Strides mood by reading scary stories by the campfire! Tune in on Saturday, May 15th to join in on more of our Camp Great Strides fun!
For the third installment of our TeamMATE Talk series, Katie Reardon will walk us through hosting a successful Facebook Fundraiser from beginning to end and share her tips and tricks to take advantage of Facebook's helpful features!
In our second installment of TeamMATE Talks, check out this video from Cheriz Kunkel and Andrew Loebach on all the great features of the new Fight CF app!
Download the Fight CF app from the App Store or Google Play today!
Back by popular demand, TeamMATE Talks! Check out this short video from Randell Gans on virtual fundraising. Randell is 33 years old with CF and an avid TeamMATE with that Foundation. Take a look to see what Randell has done to be successful while fundraising in a virtual world.