Swamp Pop Music Festival: About Cystic Fibrosis Foundation


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Cystic Fibrosis Foundation; Adding Tomorrows Every Day

About the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

Proceeds from the Deep South Crane And Rigging Swamp Pop Music Festival benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. The mission of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation is to develop the means to cure and control cystic fibrosis and to improve the quality of life for those with the disease.

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a life-threatening genetic disease that occurs when a child inherits two copies of the defective CF gene - one from each parent. More than 10 million Americans (one in 31 people) are symptomless carriers of the gene. Each time two carriers conceive, there is a 25 percent chance their child will have CF.

The defective CF gene causes the body to produce an abnormally thick, sticky mucus that clogs the airways and leads to life-threatening lung infections. The thick CF mucus also obstructs the pancreas, preventing enzymes from reaching the intestines to digest food.

There are approximately 30,000 children and adults in the United States who have CF.

When the CF Foundation began in 1955, few children with CF lived to attend elementary school. Today the median age of survival is 36.8 years. Research funded by the CF Foundation is making a real difference, but precious lives continue to be lost every day.

Besides supporting CF drug discovery and development research, the CF Foundation helps fund a nationwide network of more than 115 specialty care centers dedicated to treating people with CF, including Tulane University Medical Center in New Orleans and LSU Medical Center in Shreveport; a network of CF research centers at major universities across the United States; and science grants.

The CF Foundation has been consistently recognized by The Wall Street Journal's Smart Money Magazine as one of the top health charities for efficiently using funds raised. Over 90 cents of each dollar raised is put directly into programs helping CF patients, and only 10 cents to administrative and fundraising costs.

The only thing that stands in the way of finding a cure is the need for additional funds to support CF research.

You can help us add tomorrows every day for CF patients. Click here to DONATE to the Swamp Pop Music Festival and CF Foundation.

Click here to learn more about the CF Foundation.