Come join "Team Neilio" in the fight against CJD!

"Strides for CJD supports the mission to assist families, educate professionals, and fund research for a treatment and a cure.

While we're not able to gather in person this year, we will unite in spirit to raise much needed awareness and funds for CJD and other prion diseases."

Creutzfeld Jakobs Disease (CJD), is a terminal neurodegenerative disease with no cure.  It is a rapidly progressing disease.  80-90% of people diagnosed die within 6 months to a year from the onset of the symptoms. 

Neil is beating the odds!

This disease has left Neil no longer able to walk, struggling to talk, and unable to do all the daily tasks we take for granted.  It has caused him to have short term memory loss, but he remembers, and loves to hear about, his mischieviuos past.  Neil has always been a very social person, and even though he struggles with conversation, he still loves visits, and a laugh, with friends and family, whether online or in person.  (Socially distanced of course!)

 This is our second year as "Team Neilio" for the  Strides for CJD fundraiser.  Last year we had a great team of friends and family join us at the walk in South Park.  It was an awesome event hosted by Team Golden in honor of their husband/father. Thanks to our generous families and friends, we were able to surpass our fundraising goal of $5,000!  We will miss seeing  all the great people we met last year! 

This year, I have raised our total goal to $6,000, and I'm confident that we can again surpass it!  If we get $1,000 by August 21st, we can have a dedication included on the commemorative t-shirt given to each participant.