My Great Strides Story
Leah Boubaris
Fundraising for Tampa Bay Great Strides 2026
Leah Boubaris
I don’t personally know anyone with cystic fibrosis, but watching my brother grow up with asthma, and although experiencing how concerning it can be to have someone you love struggling to breathe and being hospitalized at a very young age, nothing compares to health conditions and diseases with no cure as cystic fibrosis.
You can live a normal life with asthma, which is manageable with great medicine and medications, and sometimes asthmatic patients can outgrow their condition.
My family and I pray that one day there is a cure for cystic fibrosis, and that advances in medicine can help the patients live a healthy and normal life, just like asthmatic patients live.
There is currently no cure for cystic fibrosis and too many people with CF die young. I’m walking to help change that reality.
CF is a genetic, life-shortening disease that devastates the lungs, pancreas, and other vital organs. CF makes it difficult to breathe and fight life-threatening infections, often leading to extensive lung damage and respiratory failure.
Every person born with cystic fibrosis is on a unique journey and experiences this challenging disease differently. While progress has been made, a long road lies ahead for far too many people fighting this terrible disease. We need a cure so that everyone with CF has a better chance to live a long, healthy life.
Will you help us end cystic fibrosis?
By donating to my fundraising goal, you have the power to advance the research and science needed to drive our shared dream forward – a cure for everyone with CF.
You can live a normal life with asthma, which is manageable with great medicine and medications, and sometimes asthmatic patients can outgrow their condition.
My family and I pray that one day there is a cure for cystic fibrosis, and that advances in medicine can help the patients live a healthy and normal life, just like asthmatic patients live.
There is currently no cure for cystic fibrosis and too many people with CF die young. I’m walking to help change that reality.
CF is a genetic, life-shortening disease that devastates the lungs, pancreas, and other vital organs. CF makes it difficult to breathe and fight life-threatening infections, often leading to extensive lung damage and respiratory failure.
Every person born with cystic fibrosis is on a unique journey and experiences this challenging disease differently. While progress has been made, a long road lies ahead for far too many people fighting this terrible disease. We need a cure so that everyone with CF has a better chance to live a long, healthy life.
Will you help us end cystic fibrosis?
By donating to my fundraising goal, you have the power to advance the research and science needed to drive our shared dream forward – a cure for everyone with CF.
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