April28
The Love to Breathe Award
To give our race a special twist I decided we need to honor someone with a very awesome and special award. This will be an annual award that we give to some living with our without CF who is very active in the CF world and is making a difference. So I asked my gal Somer Love if she would like to team up with us for this award. Somer is an amazing painter and I thought her work would be the perfect award and give it that special touch. So Somer painted one of her signature pieces for the us and we used her phrase “Love to Breathe” as the title of the award.
Picking the winner this year was a little tough but I knew in my heart that my friend Jane Aula deserved this baby. Jane had a double lung transplant 2 years ago. She ran the 5K portion of the Rivers race and completed her first half marathon the week after. Jane’s zest for life is amazing and her positive attitude is contagious. It was also cool to see “Jane’s Posse” at our race this year; a group of friends and family from different states who gathered to help us Rock CF.
Here is a pic I took of Jane and the Love to Breathe Award at one of our coffee talks..
….. Click on the pic to visit Somer’s Blog!
Be well and enjoy spring!
Rock CF,
Emily
April15
I am super pumped about this! Abed from NBC’s hit show Community rocked CF on the April 14 Competitive Wine Tasting episode!
I gotta give a huge shout out the Sabrina, the shows Wardrobe Supervisor. Thanks for helping us spread some worldwide awareness.
Rock CF,
EM
April13
What’s up Rock CF’ers?
It has been a while since I’ve posted or updated because I have been going crazy! So far 2011 has been an incredibly busy and successful year for the Rock CF Foundation. Lot of travel and guest speaking gigs for me, and of course the Rock CF Rivers Half Marathon & 5K. We are proud to say that this event raised roughly $24,000. When we started our planning for the run last year we hope to just break even or raise a couple grand. Also we hoped for 300 runners but ended up with 1,540 signed up. This is amazing and I am still trying to wrap my mind around it!
The date for the 2012 Rock CF Rivers Half & 5K will be set soon…so stay tuned! Also look out for upcoming Rock CF events. A bike ride, golf outing? We think so..
Rock CF,
Emily
March28
I just want to send out a huge thank you to all of the 2011 Rock CF Rivers sponsors! Check them out!
March24
So the Inaugural Rivers Half Marathon & 5K was beyond a success!
1,450 Runners signed up and we raised around $20,000. Our original goal was 300-400 runners and to make a couple grand. I need to thank all of the runners, sponsors, donors, the whole island of Grosse Ile and most importantly the volunteers that made this race go off without a hitch (well not too many!).
We do have some Women’s Long Sleeve Tech shirts left that I just put into the online store here. I also added coffee mugs..so get on over to the shop and buy yourself something nice!
Stay tuned for a full report with pics and some very cool highlights from race day.
Rock CF,
Emily
March12
Holy cow..when we first started planning this race we’d hoped to get 400 or so people. As of today we are over 1,030 runners between the half and 5K and are actually making money to fund research!! We project around 750 people to run our favorite half marathon course around the island and around 500′ish to rock the 5K. There will be a lot of CF friends running in both races too…running for their lives and the other CF friends around the world.
You still have time to register. Click the link below to make it happen:
We still need volunteers to help out on race day. If you want in please email me emily@letsrockcf.
Rock CF,
Emily
February21
This month’s Hero of Hope Living with CF, Kathleen Burke, age 20, is the kind of person who truly appreciates life and makes sure she takes nothing for granted. A junior theater major at Drew University, Kathleen loves being on stage and dreams about having one of her plays performed on Broadway.
To read the rest of Kathleen’s story, click HERE!
Know of a hero with CF? Nominate them today at www.HeroesofHope.com.
Rock CF,
emily
