GREAT STRIDES WALK 2008: Taking Steps to Cure cystic fibrosis
Great Strides to Cure Cystic Fibrosis is the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's largest national fund-raising event. Tens of thousands of co-workers, friends and family come together each year as one community for one cause%u2026
The cystic fibrosis cause holds a special place in my heart -- way back in 1983 while I was at NC State our fraternity Lamdba Chi Alpha participated each year in Bounce for Breath -- bouncing a basketball from Chapel Hill to Raleigh NC to raise money. I met a couple of kids with cf and I was powerfully moved.
I hope you will find this handcrafted lens a unique and useful resource for your 2008 Great Strides Walk experience. Learn about what other walkers are doing and unique ways to energize your fundraising, motivate your team & inspire yourself!
So grab a cup of coffee & take a look around and while you're here check out Buttons of Hope and consider making a custom photo button to wear in support of a loved one during your Great Strides fundraising and at your event!
Official Great Strides 2008 website
Handy info and fundraising links...
- Find your Great Strides Walk
- Take the first step find your walk and register here...
- Why do it?
- In over 500!! cities all across the United States, tens of thousands of people just like you are showing their commitment to "adding tomorrows every day" to the lives of those with cystic fibrosis through the simple act of walking...
- I have a question???
- Frequently given answers....
Inspire More | Scribble Less with Buttons of Hope!
You know how it is, the morning of the walk ten minutes before the start and you're hurriedly scribbling the names of loved ones on your back!At Buttons of Hope we make is super easy for you to make custom photo buttons of all your loved ones before the walk. You know why you're walking ~ now you can proudly show them for WHO!
Less Scribbling....

More Inspiring....

Buttons of Hope in Southpark Magazine!
His Photo Buttons Serve Many Causes...like Great Strides against cystic fibrosis
read the article here | Photo Buttons Focus on People
Grab a Kleenex and then your Walking Shoes...
Jessica in her own words....
One (of many) Hero Stories...
Great Strides Heroes are not Born they work their butts off!
Mary Michaels, the Great Strides Walk chair in Syracuse, NY, has done a great job of growing one team into multiple teams. In her first year as a team leader for "Team Tess" (named after her daughter who has CF), she recruited 25 fund-raising walkers and raised $8,000.a very busy woman...
In 2005, Mary branched out again and added "Team Tess" to the Ithaca (NY) walk site. In 2006, Mary invited a local company, Home Finance... read more about Team Tess and other heroes here...
Make your own custom photo button to wear in honor of a loved one @ BUTTONS of HOPE.
To the world it may be just a button, but to one person that button may be the world!
Try something new this year! Show them WHO you're walking for. Honor a loved one or support a friend by wearing a custom photo button with their picture before and during your 2008 Great Strides fundraising walk.Make your custom button today at Buttons of Hope
- No Minimum - make one custom photo button if you like
- Upload a photo and add custom curved text
- $1 from each photo button donated to the cystic fibrosis Foundation
Absolutely everything you need to know about walking from Wendy Bumgardner!
Whether it's your first charity walk or you are a fundraising champ - Wendy's posts at About.com are interesting and informative. This is really good stuff!
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byI'm curious about You & the Great Strides Walk for cystic fibrosis
What is your experience with the Great Strides Walk?
So what do I know? Michael Gibbons' Behind the Button blog
Inspired stories about the people behind the photo buttons we make & some thoughts on fundraising & charities from the founder of Buttons of Hope.
Make a button and share your hero story and I will write all about it in Behind the Button!...and I will send you a cookie...seriously!
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byAbout.com's Joanne Fritz on Nonprofit & Charitable Orgs.
Awesome source for info, ideas and links to the non profit world.
From Joanne, "The nonprofit world is unique, complex, and fascinating. I'll help you keep up, stay informed, and develop your skills as you work in the field or develop your own organization."
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Walk in the 2008 Great Strides to end cystic fibrosis & remember to Put a Face on your Cause!
GREAT FINDS!
Stuff i stumbled upon about Great Strides & cystic fibrosis
- Great COFE Ride
- Wow!!...Cycling from Paris ( 28 July 2007) to Istanbul (6 October 2007) and filming a documentary to inspire those living with Cystic Fibrosis.
(by 3 people)
It does not get much more powerful than this WATCH and then WALK