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  • Meet our 2023 Blog Ambassador | Tyler Smith

    Meet our 2023 Blog Ambassador | Tyler Smith

    What comes to mind when we here to words, “we need to talk about transplant as an option?” To me I felt in my mind that this is the end stage of maybe not just my lungs, but of me, but it wasn’t. On June 22nd, 2018, I was given a second chance at life.…

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  • Chronic Illness and Mental Wellness

    Chronic Illness and Mental Wellness

    Our returning Blog Ambassador, Kasey Seymour, who underwent double lung transplant surgery in 2016, shares her struggle with anxiety, depression and taking control of her mental health… Cystic Fibrosis is an invisible disease, for the most part, you can’t tell we are sick. To most people we look like everyone else, it isn’t until our…

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  • Meet our 2022 Blog Ambassador | Kasey Seymour

    Meet our 2022 Blog Ambassador | Kasey Seymour

    Our 2021 Blog Ambassador Kasey Seymour is back for another year! As a Double Lung Transplant survivor, Kasey shared her experiences living overseas with Cystic Fibrosis and her double lung transplant journey… My name is Kasey Seymour and I am so excited to be a CF- transplant ambassador for the Lea Marie Faraone Foundation! I…

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There’s less than one month until our 7th Annual L There’s less than one month until our 7th Annual LMFF Chalk Walk!

Take a look back at last year's Chalk Walk that we filled with color, the community, and joy in Lea's honor 💜

With the butterfly-covered pavement and the laughter-filled afternoons with family, this event is one of our favorite days of the year. And we're just getting started on making this year even bigger.

📅 Save the date: October 17 | 10AM–4PM
📍 Hunt Valley Towne Centre, Center of Main Loop
🌧️ Rain Date: October 18

Who's ready to fill Hunt Valley Towne Centre with color again? 🎨
Another LMFF Mission accomplished! The latest Fly Another LMFF Mission accomplished! The latest Fly Me To The Moon grant has officially launched! 🚀🌕

Our LMFF Advisory Council is honored to have awarded medically necessary therapy to a 4-year-old grant recipient from Georgia living with a chronic illness, helping advance her quality of life and giving her family a little more freedom to simply enjoy being together.

At the family's request, we're keeping her story private, but they wanted to share their heartfelt thanks with all of you:

"Thank you to the LMFF team, our sponsors, our donors, and everyone who follows and supports this mission. Your generosity means more than words can say."

This is exactly why we do what we do. Every grant, every donor, every one of our supporters, you're part of what makes moments like this possible 💜

Here's to more launches ahead 🔭🦋
Why do we paint the pavement with chalk butterflie Why do we paint the pavement with chalk butterflies every year? 🦋💜

The Chalk Walk isn't just a fun family event. It's one of the most visible ways we bring cystic fibrosis and CF-related illness awareness into the community. Every butterfly drawn on the ground represents a life touched by CF, a message of hope, and a reminder that no one should have to wait for wings to fly.

This year marks our 7th Annual Chalk Walk, and every single one has been a testament to what community can do when it shows up for each other.

📅 October 17 | 10AM–4PM
📍 Hunt Valley Towne Centre, Center of Main Loop
🌧️ Rain Date: October 18

Come paint the pavement with purpose this October 💜 The more butterflies we draw, the more support and donations we receive.
Say hello to the Butterfly Catcher 🦋 This is one o Say hello to the Butterfly Catcher 🦋 This is one of the brand new children’s activities at this year's Chalk Walk and we are SO excited to debut it!

Little ones will get to toss butterflies into the catcher and see how many they can land. How adorable (and fun!) is that?!

Bring the whole family and let the kids play their way through a day made for community, color, and connection 💜

📅 October 17 | 10AM–4PM
📍 Hunt Valley Towne Centre, Center of Main Loop
🌧️ Rain Date: October 18

See you on the pavement! 🎨

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The Lea Marie Faraone Foundation is a 501c(3) providing life changing opportunities to children and young adults fighting chronic illness so they may live as if they are illness-free.


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