Promoting CF awareness

Times Reporter 

 

Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a disease that kills from within. A thick mucus builds in the lungs and other organs, making every breath a struggle and basically drowning CF sufferers from the inside. CF is also a disease that is not well known, which is one reason why Olivier Boulais and Calgary musician David DeWolfe are biking across Canada.   

Raising money for CF Canada is great, but DeWolfe said, “more importantly for us this is like an awareness campaign,” when he stopped in Strathmore on June 28.

It was a year and a half ago when he first even heard what CF is. Since then DeWolfe has immersed himself in finding out more, and came up with the idea to bike from Vancouver, BC to Halifax, Nova Scotia to raise awareness and money for research. He spent eight months training to prepare for the start of his trek, which began on June 15. 

“It was useless, I may as well not have trained at all and saved myself eight months of worrying and just gone into. I don’t think it matters how much you train, nothing prepares you for the Rockies,” said DeWolfe laughing. 

The ride is approximately 8,400 kilometres and the two men hope to raise $10,000. The ride so far has not been without its ups and downs. Besides wet weather conditions, and aches and pains the men weren’t prepared for, they have also lost their sponsored flight and don’t quite know how they are getting home. DeWolfe’s CDs are being sold to help raise funds for the flight back. Anyone interested in purchasing a CD can contact Strathmore Times. To find out more about DeWolfe and Boulais’s ride go to www.davulous.com.