SSCC's Fayette Campus hosting Cystic Fibrosis walk/run
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A Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s Great Strides walk/run will be held 10 a.m. Saturday, May 21, at Southern State Community College’s Fayette Campus, 1270 U.S. Route 62 SW, Washington C.H. Registration begins at 9 a.m. and two routes will be available: a 5K (3.1 miles) route and a 10K (6.2 mile) route.
The event is being organized by the college’s SSCC Respiratory Club under the direction of instructor and program director Chyane Collins.
“I have helped treat patients with Cystic Fibrosis and for the past five years, I have been helping teach my students how to diagnose and treat those with CF,” said Collins, who noted that her motivation is the memory of her friend, Mark Garland. “Mark was a good friend to me and my extended family through high school, 4-H and FFA activities.”
Great Strides is the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s annual nationwide walk/run event that raises money to help support vital CF research and care programs. When the CF Foundation was established in 1955, children with CF were not expected to live long enough to attend elementary school.
Due in large part to the foundation’s investment in innovate research and care, people with the disease are enjoying much longer lives. The CF Foundation is an accredited charity of the Better Business Bureau’s Wise Giving Alliance, with nearly 90 cents of every dollar of foundation revenue going to support vital CF research, as well as medical and educational programs.
The SSCC Respiratory Club is comprised of alumni and current respiratory students in Southern State’s respiratory care program.
“We encourage everyone to become involved in the Great Strides event,” said Collins. Participants will be recognized for their fundraising efforts at the May 21 event and special recognition will be provided for the top fundraising individual and team.
For more information about participating in or helping to sponsor the event, please call Chyane Collins at 740-333-5115, ext. 5620, or ccollins@sscc.edu. You may also register online at www.greatstrides.cff.org.[[In-content Ad]]
The event is being organized by the college’s SSCC Respiratory Club under the direction of instructor and program director Chyane Collins.
“I have helped treat patients with Cystic Fibrosis and for the past five years, I have been helping teach my students how to diagnose and treat those with CF,” said Collins, who noted that her motivation is the memory of her friend, Mark Garland. “Mark was a good friend to me and my extended family through high school, 4-H and FFA activities.”
Great Strides is the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s annual nationwide walk/run event that raises money to help support vital CF research and care programs. When the CF Foundation was established in 1955, children with CF were not expected to live long enough to attend elementary school.
Due in large part to the foundation’s investment in innovate research and care, people with the disease are enjoying much longer lives. The CF Foundation is an accredited charity of the Better Business Bureau’s Wise Giving Alliance, with nearly 90 cents of every dollar of foundation revenue going to support vital CF research, as well as medical and educational programs.
The SSCC Respiratory Club is comprised of alumni and current respiratory students in Southern State’s respiratory care program.
“We encourage everyone to become involved in the Great Strides event,” said Collins. Participants will be recognized for their fundraising efforts at the May 21 event and special recognition will be provided for the top fundraising individual and team.
For more information about participating in or helping to sponsor the event, please call Chyane Collins at 740-333-5115, ext. 5620, or ccollins@sscc.edu. You may also register online at www.greatstrides.cff.org.[[In-content Ad]]