Invite all your friends!!!!!!!! Tuesday May 10- ALL DAY!!!!

PRINT FLYER OR JUST MENTION YOU ARE WITH CCFA AND PUCCINI'S WILL DONATE 20% TO OUT CAUSE. ALL DAY TUESDAY MAY 10th.

CCFA has launched a new interactive website for patients called I’ll Be Determined

CCFA has launched a new interactive website for patients called I’ll Be Determined

Click here to view the website

EVERY WEDNESDAY IN APRIL! ENJOY PIZZA & HELP US FUNDRAISE, WHILE BUILDING AWARENESS

BoomBozz Pizza's Frankfort Avenue Location is Hosting a Fundraising and Awareness Event for the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation

Every Wednesday in April

Dine In or Carry-In

YOU MUST PRESENT THE FLYER

Please hand out to all friends, family, church members, co-workers!
The more awareness the better!

One Teacher Gets Her Class Involved to Build Awareness and Raise Funds!

Dana Wallen, Team Captain of The Irritables, is getting her 2nd grade class involved in her fundraising. Not only is she holding a contest to see what class raises the most money, but she is having the 2nd graders "Learn about IBD and Digestive Diseases."

Below is Dana's Story:

Over the next two weeks my school, Meadowthorpe Elementary, will be holding a fundraiser to help support Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA). Meadowthorpe has a long track record of fundraising that helps inform their students of the many different foundations, however this is the first year the school has supported CCFA. This is due to my efforts in hoping to find new ways to fundraise for our team, The Irritables, for the upcoming Lexington Take Steps Walk. This has also been made possible due to the support of our new principal, Mr. Katte, who is familiar with Crohn's.


This is proving to be a great tool for raising funds and awareness of IBD and CCFA. Several of my students will be explaining Crohn's & Colitis on our morning show (in elementary terms that are easily understood), as well as telling about the coin drive that will take place. Each class has been given a yellow or pink bucket (which were donated) to collect change over the two week time period. The class that raises the most money will receive a party, which will hopefully be fully donated. I look forward to seeing how much our 500+ students are able to raise for this great foundation!

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Welcome.... Lexington's Honored Hero

Lexington, Kentucky – March 7, 2011 – Maizie’s Schwarz deals with her Crohn’s Disease like a champion. Diagnosed the summer of 2010—just two days before her 13th birthday—she took the news amazingly well and continues to live life with gusto.

Despite losing 25 pounds and dealing with difficult pain and anemia, Maizie continued on a mission trip with her church group to Tennessee where she worked on homes for the needy people. She also participated in two weeks of strenuous band camp for her high school marching band. Upon her return home she found she had developed several abscesses in her intestines.

In the months that followed, Maizie had a variety of doctor’s appointments—which often required drinking nasty liquids— being probed and poked, photographed, talked at and generally feeling exhausted. However, Maizie does not act like a victim.

“I choose to go on with my life and continue to take part in the stuff I enjoy doing. Band is a huge part of my life and I don’t ever want to let down the team by not continuing to work as hard as I can.”

According to Maizie’s mom Amy Schwarz, “Maizie deals with her disease fiercely. I never heard her say, ‘Why did this happen to me?’ She never uses her disease as an excuse and she constantly maintains a positive attitude and fighting spirit.”

Since her initial diagnosis only five months ago, she has had two rounds of PICC line IV antibiotics, a handful of different medications, and finally an ileostomy.

"As I walked away from her sitting in that hospital bed just a couple of weeks ago,” said Amy, “both of us knowing that she was getting ready to enter into surgery with no clear results, she smiled and told me everything would be okay. To me, those are the words of a true hero.”

Maizie is inspiring other people in Lexington area to participate in the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation’s Kentucky Chapter ‘s Take Steps Walk on Saturday May 14, 2011 at 4:00p in Lexington on the Legacy Trail and Coldstream Park Trailhead.





“I am so glad that there are fundraisers like this one to help fund the research being done in the Crohn’s and Colitis field. It is important that awareness is raised about these diseases.”

Scarp Book for a Good Cause!

Scrapbooking Party

Do you love scrapbooking? Use your creativity to help raise funds for Take Steps. Make a few sample holiday scrapbook pages and invite friends to come over for an evening of prepping scrapbook pages for the holidays. Invite all your friends and family over, ask them to pay an entry fee and provide light appetizers and refreshments as you enjoy the day treasuring memories.