Source: NiagaraThisWeek.com
Melinda Cheevers, staff | Jan 12, 2011 – 10:15 AM
For Nancy Clayton there couldn’t be an easier fundraiser than the $1 museum day.
As the vice-president of the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CCFF)’s Niagara chapter, she’s been organizing the event for the past 23 years. It started with a need to fundraise funds for cystic fibrosis research but what it’s become is an annual community event that Niagara Falls residents not only participate in, it’s something they look forward to.
“We’ve had people calling asking us when the next one’s going to be,” she said. “The community really likes it.”
Cystic fibrosis is the most common fatal inherited disease affecting young Canadians. The CCFF describes it as a build-up of thick mucus in the lungs leading to severe respiratory problems. The mucus and protein build-up in the digestive tract results in extreme difficulty in digesting and absorbing adequate nutrients from food. (more…)
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does that mean only people that live in the falls can go or is it opend to the region???
Comment by sara — January 16, 2011 @ 11:12 am
Sara anyone can go they dont ask for id oranything and its for charity!
Comment by niki — January 15, 2012 @ 12:24 pm
Anyone in the region can go. Friends of mine from welland are there right now.
Comment by Terra — January 15, 2012 @ 12:50 pm