
You can join them. Take time this month to share your CF story and encourage people in your community to join the search for a cure.
Consider these facts:
- Approximately 30,000 children and adults in the United States have CF.
- More than 10 million Americans are symptomless carriers of the defective CF gene.
- CF used to be considered exclusively a childhood disease. Thanks to advancements in CF research and care, people with the disease are living into their 30s, 40s and beyond.
- The life expectancy for someone with CF has doubled in the last 30 years, but people still lose their lives to this devastating disease every day.
- The CF Foundation will not rest until we find a cure for all people with cystic fibrosis.
What you can do:
As someone who is interested in advocating on behalf of people with cystic fibrosis, you have a powerful voice. Here's what you can do to help support the CF community.
- Check out our “CF Awareness Toolkit” to get tips, tools and language that you can use to help spread the word.
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Take some time this month to educate someone about CF or encourage people in your community to get involved. It only takes a few minutes to make a difference.