Walk with TEAM KELLER at the Salisbury Great Strides Walk for Cystic Fibrosis

Hundreds of local residents will walk for a cure for Cystic Fibrosis on Sunday, June 14th, and a 3 year-old Salisbury boy is one of those people searching for that cure. Keller Hoch, the son of Jenna and Corey Hoch, was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis eighteen months ago, a week after his 2nd birthday. Please join TEAM KELLER and other local teams for the Salisbury Great Strides Walk for Cystic Fibrosis. The walk is on Sunday, June 14th, at the Green Hill Country Club. Registration is at 11:00 am and the walk around the golf course will begin at 12:00. Following the walk will be lots of food, kids activities, corn hole, Party Starz super heroes, DJ Last Call, fire truck, face painting, and swimming in the Green Hill pool.

Last year, TEAM KELLER, raised over $40,000 with more than 300 walkers supporting Keller and other local Cystic Fibrosis families.

“We cannot express how important this day is to us and what it represents,” the Hochs said in a statement. “As parents of a child who has a life shortening genetic disease, we pray everyday that our son will be able to live a full and long life. The only way this can happen is by keeping him as healthy as possible, doing his daily therapy, going to Johns Hopkins six times a year, keeping up with blood draws, x-rays, breathing tests and raising money, so science can cure cystic fibrosis.”

Cystic fibrosis is an inherited chronic disease that affects the lungs and digestive system of about 30,000 children and adults in the United States (70,000 worldwide). A defective gene and its protein product cause the body to produce unusually thick, sticky mucus that clogs the lungs and leads to life-threatening lung infections and obstructs the pancreas blocking natural enzymes which help the body break down and absorb food. Today, advances in research and medical treatments have further enhanced and extended life for children and adults with CF. Many people with the disease can now expect to live into their 30’s, 40’s and beyond.

Finding new medications to fight cystic fibrosis and to ultimately cure the disease is the driving force behind the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. The foundation’s goal is to have a medicinal cure for all but 5% of the CF population by 2020. Research is moving at an unprecedented pace, and with the increasing number of potential life saving drugs, the future for those battling CF has never been brighter.

The 1.5 mile walk begins at 12:00 at Green Hill Country Club on Sunday, June 14th. Strollers and dogs are also welcome. Donations will go directly to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

Green Hill Country Club is located at 5471 Whitehaven Road, Quantico, MD 21856.

For more information, to sign up for the walk, or to donate please visit http://fightcf.cff.org/goto/goteamkeller

Also, Check out the 2015 TEAM KELLER video at www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7ifFD8a-V8