This year the PE department will be participating in a series of small fundraisers to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF). The CFF is dedicated to the fight against Cystic Fibrosis (CF).CF is a genetic disease that affects the lungs and the digestive system. One out of every 3,900 live births in the U.S. is born with CF. In order for a person to be born with CF both of the parents must carry the recessive gene. One of the problems is there are close to 10 million carriers of the disease, but most people have no idea they are carriers.
There is no cure for CF. In the 1950's when the CFF was first founded a person born with CF was not expected to live to see elementary school. Now, thanks to organizations like the CFF a person with the disease could live into their 30's, 40's and possibly even beyond.
For more detailed information on CF and its effects on the body please stop buy the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation web site at: www.cff.org .
As some of your children may have told you, the reason I have chosen to support the CFF is a reason that is most near and dear to my heart. This past July my wife and I had our 3rd child, Bryce. Three weeks after he was born we received a phone call informing us that his mandatory screening came back positive for CF. We went in later that same week and had Bryce tested. The test came back positive.
As a father of a CF child I feel that it is my duty to support the CF world. Please do what you can to help. During the week of April 6-10th we have a few different activities planned. Here is a break down of each one:
Hat passes-
on Tuesday and Thursday hat passes will be sold for 1 dollar. As long as the students have their hat pass sticker on they will be allowed to wear a hat all day!
CF Awareness Bracelets-
Each morning we will be selling blue rubber bracelets to show our support. The bracelets will be sold for 2 dollars each.
JAR WARS!!-
This is a class versus class competition. We are going to challenge each class to bring in different denominations of money each day. The class who raises the most money by the end of the week wins the competition! The winning class will receive a prize...something like a pizza party paid for by me (Coach Jones). The details of the prize are still being nailed down.
Here is the schedule for JAR WARS!
Monday- bring in as many pennies as possible
Tuesday- bring in nickels
Wednesday- bring in dimes
Thursday- bring in quarters
Friday- bring in dollars
All money raised will go straight to the CFF where it will be put to work battling CF.
There is one more thing about our fundraiser! There are many schools across the state of Georgia who will be raising money to help fight CF. That is a whole lot of people supporting Cystic Fibrosis. One of them in particular is Chipper Jones, of the Atlanta Braves. Chipper has signed on as the state's "Celebrity Chair" for the CFF, and will be visiting the school who raises the most money. Let's see if we can get him to come by Davis!
As for school fundraisers I have just one more thing. If any parents would like to help out with our week's activities please feel free to contact me! I would love some extra help. My e-mail is: bryan.jones@cobbk12.org
One last thing, outside of the school fundraiser- My wife and I have registered a team to walk in the Great Strides Walk to benefit Cystic Fibrosis. The walk is scheduled to take place May 16th at GA Tech. If any one would like to go above and beyond we would love the support for our Great Strides team! Please stop by our team's web page:
http://www.cff.org/Great_Strides/BryanAndJenniferJones
Once you are there you can click to donate to our team OR you can sign up and walk with us! Again, if you have any questions please contact me!
Bryce says thanks for supporting CF!
Thank you!
Coach Jones
