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Residents Help Raise Money to Fight Crohn's Disease
Brewster resident Dawn Becker is among the Team Challenge members.
Hudson Valley and Fairfield County residents have raised over $125,000 to date to help find a cure for Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, two debilitating intestinal diseases under the inflammatory bowel disease umbrella. The money was raised as part of the Team Challenge endurance training and fundraising program run by the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA).
“Team Challenge provides people with an opportunity to raise critical research dollars while training to do something that, for many people, they never imagined they’d be able to do- run 13.1 miles,” said Maddy Bell, endurance manager for the Fairfield/Westchester Chapter of CCFA. “It is inspiring to see a group of people come together, some who have these diseases and some who do not, united in the mission of finding a cure for Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.”
Known collectively as inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis affects 1 in 200 people in the United States. They are painful, medically incurable diseases that attack the digestive system. Crohn's disease may attack anywhere along the digestive track, while ulcerative colitis inflames only the large intestine (colon). Symptoms may include abdominal pain, persistent diarrhea, rectal bleeding, fever and weight loss. Many patients require numerous hospitalizations and surgery.
The fundraisers began training in March and will participate in half-marathons on July 12 in Jamestown, Rhode Island and on July 20 in Napa.
Participants include:
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AMAWALK, NY
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BREWSTER, NY
Dawn Becker
BRONXVILLE, NY
Cristina Mancini
CHAPPAQUA, NY
Elie Abemayor
Dana Gottleib
Tom Gottleib
Ira Silverman
CHESHIRE, CT
Nicole Bartone
CONGERS, NY
Lily Cretekos-Gross
CORNWALL ON HUDSON, NY
Diana McNally
FAIRFIELD, CT
Arlie Messmer
Daniel Pascone
Craig Stearns
HARTSDALE, NY
Jennifer Halperin
Glenn Trieff
KATONAH, NY
Elizabeth Greene
NEW CITY, NY
Michael Connor
Brian Studwell
Jonathan Studwell
NEW YORK, NY
Lauren Albanese
OSSINING, NY
Dan Kaplan
Rebecca Kaplan
POUGHKEEPSIE, NY
Melissa Magliula
SCARSDALE, NY
Jason Cavalier
STONY POINT, NY
Lauren Colantonio
SOUTHPORT, CT
Alexandra Hasenauer
VALHALLA, NY
Virginia Leone
WEST HARRISON, NY
Anthony Russo
WESTPORT, CT
Penny Wickey
Bob Wickey
WHITE PLAINS, NY
Melanie Johnson
Lisa Koenigsberg
YONKERS, NY
Eric Alters
YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, NY
Felicia DiBuono
Josh Reed
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