Player Bio:

Born: Kitimat, BC
Played Hockey since 1996

I feel privileged to be apart of raising money to fight a disease so many Canadians live with. Thank you Val Skelly for putting in so much time and effort to such a great cause.

Please sponsor me to fight this debilitating disease. Thank-you so much.
 
 
 

The Canadian Facts & Figures on Cystic Fibrosis:
Did you know…

-one in every 3,600 children born in Canada has cystic fibrosis
-60% of people with cystic fibrosis are diagnosed in the first year of life, and 90% by age 10
-3,800 children, adolescents and adults attend specialized cystic fibrosis clinics
-one in 25 Canadians carries a defective version of the gene responsible for cystic fibrosis
more than 50% of people with CF carry two copies of the most common cystic fibrosis mutation, ΔF508
-more than 85% of all people with cystic fibrosis carry at least one copy of ΔF508
-there are over 1,800 mutations in the gene responsible for CF
in the 1960s, most children with cystic fibrosis did not live long enough to attend kindergarten
today, half of all Canadians with cystic fibrosis are expected to live into their 40s and beyond
-the number of Canadian adults with cystic fibrosis (aged 18+) surpasses the number of children with CF

For more statistics, download the Canadian Patient Data Registry Report