2008 Woodie Awards
Athletes climb towards cure for CF
Kathleen Radebaugh ’08
Issue date: 2/21/07 Section: Sports
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Saint Joseph's University has many stairs.
If you are a bio major with lab on the third floor of the Science Center, seriously, good luck.
God speed. See you next Tuesday.
Yet who knew scaling 53 floors with 1,019 stairs could actually help cure a disease?
This Sunday, Feb. 25 at 9 a.m., join the Saint Joseph's women's field hockey and soccer team participate in Wawa's 20th Annual Stair Climb to raise awareness and funds for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
Joining them are members of Summit Sports Training Center, including head trainer Jesse Wright.
"Last year, the coaches volunteered their teams as it was a new endeavor. This year, many members of both teams asked me about it and said they wanted to do it again," said Wright.
"It is an event first and foremost an opportunity to raise money for a great cause. I think the athletes understand that is the priority."
Cystic Fibrosis is a genetic disease that causes mucus to build up and clog many organs of the body, mainly the lungs and pancreas.
According to cff.org, approximately 30,000 people in the United States suffer from this life-threatening disease.
One in every 31 Americans are carriers of the defective CF gene, chromosome 7, but do not have the disease.
To have cystic fibrosis, a person must inherit two copies of the defective CF gene, one copy from each parent. If both parents are carriers of the CF gene, their child will have a 25 percent chance of having cystic fibrosis.
Patricia Barnes, event director, looks forward to greeting 300 to 350 participants Sunday morning at Mellon Bank Center on 17th and Market St. in Philadelphia.
"This is a very unique event because it draws such a wide range of people, from little kids to 70-year-old people," said Barnes. "It is the perfect event for February. People tend to get a little stir crazy with the cold weather. It is a great chance to get out of the house and to do something different with your family."
If you are a bio major with lab on the third floor of the Science Center, seriously, good luck.
God speed. See you next Tuesday.
Yet who knew scaling 53 floors with 1,019 stairs could actually help cure a disease?
This Sunday, Feb. 25 at 9 a.m., join the Saint Joseph's women's field hockey and soccer team participate in Wawa's 20th Annual Stair Climb to raise awareness and funds for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
Joining them are members of Summit Sports Training Center, including head trainer Jesse Wright.
"Last year, the coaches volunteered their teams as it was a new endeavor. This year, many members of both teams asked me about it and said they wanted to do it again," said Wright.
"It is an event first and foremost an opportunity to raise money for a great cause. I think the athletes understand that is the priority."
Cystic Fibrosis is a genetic disease that causes mucus to build up and clog many organs of the body, mainly the lungs and pancreas.
According to cff.org, approximately 30,000 people in the United States suffer from this life-threatening disease.
One in every 31 Americans are carriers of the defective CF gene, chromosome 7, but do not have the disease.
To have cystic fibrosis, a person must inherit two copies of the defective CF gene, one copy from each parent. If both parents are carriers of the CF gene, their child will have a 25 percent chance of having cystic fibrosis.
Patricia Barnes, event director, looks forward to greeting 300 to 350 participants Sunday morning at Mellon Bank Center on 17th and Market St. in Philadelphia.
"This is a very unique event because it draws such a wide range of people, from little kids to 70-year-old people," said Barnes. "It is the perfect event for February. People tend to get a little stir crazy with the cold weather. It is a great chance to get out of the house and to do something different with your family."
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