A Letter from Carroll , CFRI Executive Director

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DATE: Feb. 7, 2003

FROM: Carroll , Executive Director

As the new Executive Director of Cystic Fibrosis Research, Inc.,

I am working wholeheartedly to generate support for CF research.

I also believe it is important that we continue to be an active

community resource for children and CF adults, their families,

and the medical support system to share information that will

lead to healthier, more productive lives.

What our organization is able to accomplish is largely the

result of volunteer efforts. It is also due to monies raised to

support our investments in research and education. Many of you

have found ways to support this mission of finding a cure for

cystic fibrosis and making each day brighter for those with CF.

You support one another as caregivers; you support causes that

raise money for CF; you volunteer your time and energies for

different organizations. Thank you.

This message is an opportunity to speak to those who have time

to go the extra mile, and are seeking another way to help.

At this time we at CFRI are gearing up for our most important

fundraiser: the Mother's Day Tea. Printed invitations will be

sent to people around the country requesting a donation to CFRI

so that we can fund research to find a cure for CF. An amazing

amount of work goes into this single piece of mail. This

winter, an artist from the East Coast painted a beautiful teapot

still life for CFRI - this will be turned into the invitation.

R.C. Bigelow, Inc. has donated teabags to be enclosed in each

envelope. A remit envelope is enclosed requesting a donation

for CFRI to fund research. Hundreds of people have signed up to

send these invitations of this " virtual tea " to people they

know. These volunteers are called Tea Senders. We would love

to have you join us as part of this growing group of Tea Senders.

Money from this fundraiser accounts for approximately 70% of our

income to support our mission.

If you would like to be involved, the office can mail to you all

of the materials in order to send out invitations. As a tea

sender you would choose friends and family to whom you would

like to send a tea invitation. We ask you to fill out the

invitations and send them back to CFRI. Our office will stamp

and mail each invitation out. You might include a photograph or

a personal note including news about a CF connection in your

life. Every Tea Sender is important whether they send an

invitation to two, twenty, or two hundred people! If you would

be interested in helping us, we welcome your help. Our office

phone is , and our e-mail is cfri@....

Thanks for thinking this over.

Warm regards,

Carroll

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