AET continues its outstanding support of Cure4CF...

The Cure4CF Foundation is delighted to announce that it has received funding in the amount of $10,000 from Australian Executor Trustees Discretionary Charitable Trusts for the financial year ended 30 June 2011.
Mr Cesare Silvestri, Manager Charitable Services, said in relation to the funding:
"AET's Charitable Trusts Committee Members agreed that it would be appropriate again to make a significant contribution to such a worthwhile charity."
The Foundation extends its sincerest gratitude to AET, and thanks it for its continued support of the Foundation's work.

Australian Executor Trustees is a prominent authorised trustee company in all mainland Australian States and Territories, and provides a comprehensive range of investment management, estate planning and administration, superannuation, accountancy and trustee services. For more information, please visit the web site - www.aetlimited.com.au.

City-Bay Fun Run Heroes

Congratulations to our fabulous City-Bay Fun Run Heroes!

Danika Rohde and her team ‘like_a_g6’ raised $1,290 for Cure4CF through the City-Bay Fun Run.

Amanda Kenny and her team ‘Kenny Girls 4 CF’ raised $1,000 for Cure4CF through the City Bay Fun Run.

Thanks to Danika and Amanda, their team mates and all their generous supporters for your commitment to Cure4CF Foundation.

If you would like to hold a fundraising event or activity, Everyday Hero http://www.everydayhero.com.au/charity/view?charity=1447 makes the process easy.

Keep on Cookin' in September... and go into the draw to win a $100 GOODLIFE Pizza Voucher!

You can now Cook for a Cure throughout September!

Cook for a Cure has been extended. Become a Cook for a Cure Host and tell us about your event by Friday September 16th 2011, and you'll go into the draw to win a $100 GOODLIFE Modern Organic Pizza Voucher!*

To tell us about your event simply send an email to events@cure4cf.org or Facebook us!


*The Fine Print!
The voucher is to the value of $100, is valid until 30/12/2011 and can be used Monday-Thursday at any of the three GOODLIFE restaurants. It is not redeemable for cash and conditions apply.

Gene therapy for cystic fibrosis lungs: are we there yet?

Join us on Wednesday 17th August as Dr Maria Limberis from the University of Pennsylvania discusses the current status of gene therapy for cystic fibrosis lungs, and asks the question: are we there yet?

Dr Limberis is currently Research Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics.

Where & when:

Date: Wednesday August 17 2011
Time: Sandwiches and networking from 12 noon, talk from 12:30 - 1:30.
Where: The Queen Victoria Lecture Theatre, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide.

We look forward to seeing you there! Event proudly supported by the Cure4CF Foundation.

Get a cookin' for the cure in August...

This August gather friends, family or work colleagues together and join the Cure4CF Foundation as we Cook for the Cystic Fibrosis Cure!

We invite you to become a ‘Cook for a Cure Host’. Becoming a Host is a fun and tasty way to support the Foundation and the work of the leading Adelaide-based gene therapy research team. As a Host, all you need to do is hold an event (and this can be as simple as a cupcake party or as elaborate as a renaissance themed dinner party…) and ask your guests to consider making a donation to Cure4CF in lieu of what they would normally have spent on a night out (or on the host's gift).

More information, including a Host Pack (which features recipes from Cook for a Cure Ambassadors such as Maggie Beer and Janelle Bloom) is available on the Cure4CF website. You can find out about how others are cooking for the cystic fibrosis cure, or share your Cook for a Cure story, by joining our Facebook page.

Calling all City-Bay fun-runners: support Cure4CF while getting fit and fabulous!

The Sunday Mail City-Bay Fun Run (Sunday September 18 in Adelaide) is a great event, and whether you are entering as an individual, with friends or as a team you can make it even better by raising funds to support the efforts to find a cure for Cystic Fibrosis.

Supporting Cure4CF is easy: simply go to the Everyday Hero website and set up an account, nominating Cure4CF as your charity. You can now use your Everyday Hero webpage to keep friends and family up to date with your training (or for those of us focussing on fun, rather than run, the all important pre-race strategy sessions*) and enlist their support for Cure4CF as you run, walk or wheel your way to the Bay.

*where you can work through the important issues, such as who is bringing the museli bars, and the location of your post-race coffee.

AHA|SA supports Cure4CF

The Cure4CF Foundation was recently successful in winning a grant from the Australian Hotels Association (SA) for $18,800. These funds will be utilised to purchase a much needed centrifuge which will be used by the scientific research team in the new Allan Scott CF Research Laboratory which will open early in 2012.

Our sincere thanks to the team and members of the AHA|SA for their generous support of the Cure4CF Foundation!