Thank you to our hosts Cari & Eric Marderstein
for making VIVA! Cinco de Mayo a tremendous success!
Event photos now available, click the 'View Your Photos' link & enter event ID ccfa2012
Honorary Committee:
Matt Brower
Wendy & Dan Dobres
Stacy & Robby Edelstein
Bunny & Norm Ginis
Nancy & Jerry Goldberg
Matt BrowerDebbie & Jerry Isaak-Shapiro
Roseanne & Michael Kadis
Karen & Doug Katz
Lauren & Doug Levin
Elana & Kevin Lurie
Ruth Moskowitz
Anne Muskin
Diana & Todd Ponsky
Susan & Marc Schlessinger
Paula & Walter Schwartz
Susan Warshay & Jay Ross
Sarah & Ben Weiss
Joanne & Joel Yarvis
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We are looking for volunteers
Many opportunities available. Please complete this volunteer intake form to get started.
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Make a difference today by signing up for Take Steps, CCFA's signature event - fundraising and awareness campaign that brings together children and adults affected by digestive diseases in a festive, family-friendly environment filled with food, music, and entertainment.
Take Steps brings together a community that often suffers in silence and encourages
them to be heard.
Cleveland
Sunday, June 3, 2012 at Wade Oval
http://www.cctakesteps.org/Cleveland2012
To learn more, contact Sandy: smcfadden@ccfa.org or 216.524.7700.
Akron
Saturday, October 6, 2012 at Lock 3 Park
http://www.cctakesteps.org/Akron
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Team Challenge is our group training program next destination: Las .We prepare you to run or walk a half-marathon while helping raise funds to find a cure for Crohn's and colitis. When you join Team Northeast Ohio, you'll meet great people, get into great shape, and test your physical and mental strength with a destination half-marathon.
Learn more at an upcoming info meeting
Saturday, August 4th, 8:00 a.m. < Mojo's Coffee & More, Bay Village (includes coffee)
Tuesday, August 7th, 6:30 p.m. < Pub Bricco, Akron (includes happy hour apps)
Monday, August 13th, 6:30 p.m. < Whole Foods, Woodmere
Tuesday, August 21st, 7:00 p.m < LA Petes, Independence (breakfast included)
Wednesday, August 15, 6:30 p.m. < Red Hawk Grill, Concord (includes happy hour apps)
Thursday, August 23rd, 6:00 p.m. < Hard Rock Café, Cleveland Kick Off Party to Follow
This is truly a life-changing experience!
Want more information? abontempo@ccfa.org, 216.524.7700
_________________________________________________________________ 25th Annual Golf Tournament: August 20, 2012
Chagrin Valley Country Club, more details coming soon
Photos from last year's event
To view, enter username: neohioccfa and password: crohns
Aaron Goldhammer and Tony Rizzo broadcasting live for WKNR, ESPN Cleveland
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Registration Closed for 2012.
www.ccfa.org/camps
July 8 - 14 2012
Camp Oasis is a week-long overnight camp exclusively for children entering grades 2 through 11 with IBD. Youth entering 12th grade are eligible to be Leaders in Training (LIT) and volunteers who are 19 or older and high school graduates are welcome. In 2011, we sent a record 19 Northest Ohio youth to Camp in Fenton Michigan!
For 2012, CCFA is prioritizing first-time camper so that
we can provide this tremendous experience to as many youths as possible.
Also new in 2012, we are requesting a $50 application fee to assist CCFA in offsetting the costs of processing applications for this FREE camp. This fee is non-refundable and due with the completed application packet. Thanks to the continued generosity of Great Lakes camp sponsors, we continue to provide Camp Oasis at minimal cost to families.
view exclusive video here
Camp Oasis offers:
A Life Changing Experience - all campers (and most of the adults) have IBD, which makes for a very supportive community. Strengthened by the knowledge that they are not alone, campers try things they never imagined.
Outstanding Medical Care - 24-hour medical supervision by physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals who are experienced in treating children with IBD and ensure that campers follow the medical regimen prescribed by their doctors back home.
An Outstanding Program - we offer group and individual activties that appeal to every taste, ranging from the arts, to land and water sports, to high adventure.
As one former camper explains,
"Camp Oasis means friends, fun, forgetting about everything that normally sets you apart from everyone else, learning more about your disease, feeling confident and knowing that everyone here knows what you are going through."
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Northeast Ohio Research Initiative
The Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America funds IBD research across the United States and abroad to improve treatment and search for cures. Decisions about which projects receive funding are made by our National Scientific Advisory Committee, which awards research grants on the basis of scientific merit to the best and the brightest – no matter where those projects are located, and with the persistent goal of finding a cure for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.
CCFA has a long history of allocating significant research dollars to Northeast Ohio. We are fortunate to be a hub of medical research, with world-class institutions including the Cleveland Clinic, University Hospital, and Case Western Reserve University.
The Northeast Ohio Research Initiative provides the unique opportunity for donors to support local CCFA research projects, ensuring the success of those projects, and continuing the tradition of stellar science in the Northeast Ohio Chapter community. |
Learn more or donate here
You can also send donations to
CCFA Northeast Ohio Research Initiative
4700 Rockside Road, Suite 425
Independence, OH 44131
Thank you for your support!
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CCFA Bracelets Now Available!
Blue silicone awareness bracelets feature "Crohn's & Colitis Foundation" on one side, and "www.ccfa.org" on the other. Available in youth and adult size for only $1. Call (216)524-7700 to buy yours today.
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