My family and I are once again participating in a Strides for CJD event. This year Geoff and Joanne and I will be in Boston for their Walk. Hopefully, we will also have some other friends with us to fundraise and celebrate Nathan. We continue to work toward a therapeutic or cure for this horrific disease. We wholeheartedly support the CJD Foundation as the only resource for families of patients and for the doctors who try to cope with the overwhelming effects of CJD.

Instead of forming a "Team Nathan" this year, I have decided to join up with the Vallabh Minikel Lab team which was already registered in Boston. This team is actually working in the Broad Institute in Boston to find a solution to prion diseases. Sonia Vallabh and her husband Eric Minkel are brilliant scientists who are dedicating their lives to a treatment or cure for this currently untreatable illness. Upon Nathan's diagnosis, we were immediately referred to palliative care and Hospice. In the future, with the help of this lab, those diagnosed with CJD or carrying genetic markers may be given hope because of the work being done by these people in this lab.

Thank you to everyone who donates to this extremely important work. May God bless you and your families.  We love you Nathan.

Donations of $250 and above are considered sponsorships.

Sponsorship Levels:

• Premier: $20,000
• Diamond: $10,000
• Platinum: $5,000
• Gold: $1,000
• Silver: $500
• Bronze: $250

Premier, Diamond, and Platinum Sponsors will have their name or logo displayed on participant t-shirts, the Strides for CJD website, and signage. Gold Sponsors will have their name or logo displayed on the Strides for CJD website, and will have their name (not their logo) listed on participant T-shirts and signage. Silver and Bronze Sponsors will have their name listed on the Strides for CJD website only.