Taste For a Cure is only over and its time to mark your calendars for the 2010 Great Strides Walk for cystic fibrosis!!!! This year, Team Rosies Roses will be walking in the BEAUTIFUL Mines Fall Park in Nashua on Saturday, on Saturday May 15th. This year we want Team Rosie's Roses to be nationwide and worldwide. If you don't live near a walk site, set up your own, whether it is a walk down the Prom in Tramore or a stroll around the house, it doesn't matter - we just want to raise awareness and hopefully raise funds for a cure. Its hard to believe that Rosie will be 12 in April and she is keeping very well thanks to her many daily medications and therapies. Huge progress is being made in the treatment of CF thanks to the work being carried out by the CFF. BUT THERE IS STILL NO CURE AND TIME IS MARCHING ON, WE NEED THIS CURE NOW!The CF Foundation is not just helping Rosie by looking for the cure, they part fund the CF clinics nation wide, including Rosie’s wonderful clinic at CHaD. Each new drug developed costs $15 -$20 million!!! That is a huge amount of money, you can help by donating to Rosies Roses or walking with us on May 16th. Please help us meet our fund-raising goal of $20,000.00 by sponsoring us or walking with us. The teams fundraising goal is $40,000, I know it is an enormous amount of money but we have to do it. Your generous gift will be used efficiently and effectively, and your donation is tax deductable. We apprecaite that this is not an easy time for many families but be assured that EVERY PENNY MATTERS and if you are not in a position to sponsor we would love if you could walk with us to show your support and if you can't walk making a donation is easy and secure! Just click the "Click to Donate" button on this page to go to make a donation that will be credited to my team. Any amount you can donate is greatly appreciated!

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a devastating genetic disease that affects tens of thousands of children and young adults in the United States. Research and care supported by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation is making a huge difference in improving ing the quality of life for those with CF. However, we continue to lose precious lives to CF every day. The average life expectancy of a person with CF in the US is still only 37 years. That's why your help is needed now more than ever to ensure that a cure is found sooner - rather than later. To learn more about CF and the CF Foundation, visit www.cff.org.

Together, we can make a difference in the lives of those with CF! Thank you for supporting the mission of the CF Foundation and GREAT STRIDES!As always we are so grateful for the wonderful support of our family and friends!