L'Etape de L'Espoir

Dear Friends,

I know what you are going to say … “Here we go again …”.

Well, Yes and No.

After Marmotte de L’Espoir 2016 and 2017 (I thank you again for making these two fundraising campaigns a success), the event of choice this year will be L’Etape du Tour 2018 on the 8th July.

A beautiful 169km ballad in the Alpes, between Annecy and Le Grand Bornand, 4000m elevation gain and a lovely gravel section.

That is the easy bit.

As we speak, amazing people like my friend Jessica are silently facing the harsh reality of living with Cystic Fibrosis (Mucoviscidose in French)

For most CF patients, daily life means: 30 to 50 pills a day, daily hours of thoracic physiotherapy, recurrent lung infections which require IV cures of several weeks, digestive complications and CF related diabetes.

A lot of these patients silently go to work and raise families, hoping research will keep improving and extending their life expectancy.

Every year, fund raising allows significant progress in treatments, care and understanding of the condition, but there is sadly a lot more to do.

Please help “Vaincre la Mucoviscidose” and one day we will beat CF.

A huge thank you.

Fred