American Athletics Honored By The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

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American Athletics Honored By The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
AU Receives Award For Second Year In A Row
PATRIOTLEAGUEDOTORG AU's Samia Akbar
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AU's Samia Akbar
 PATRIOTLEAGUEDOTORG

Aug. 27, 2002

For the second year in a row, the American University Department of Athletics was honored by the Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation as the Volunteer Civic Organization of the year for 2001.

AU student athletes from the cross country/track and field, volleyball and wrestling teams as well as athletic department coaches and staff assisted in three events last year which raised over $300,000 for Cystic Fibrosis research. The Office of Support Services, Physical Plant Operations and the Office of Eagle Endowment for Public and Community Services also aided in the events.

"American University, the students and the faculty, have played an enormous part in the implementation of our various special events," Gayle Greenberg, Director of the Washington Area Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation said. "Without the dedicated volunteers from AU, it would be difficult to have a quality event for our participants. I hope everyone at AU knows how much we appreciate and admire what they do for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation."

In the last year, AU participated in four events including the WorldCom Sports Challenge last summer, the National Association of Manufacturers Battle of the Beltway held last fall, the Cystic Fibrosis Stair Climb held at the USA Today building in February and the PHrma Celebrity Tennis Classic held in March.

Since AU received the award, the Athletics Department participated in the Great Strides Walk in May that raised over $400,000 towards finding a cure for Cystic Fibrosis.

Cystic Fibrosis is a genetic disease affecting approximately 30,000 children and adults in the United States today. When the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation was founded in 1955, few children with Cystic Fibrosis lived to attend elementary school. Today, the median age of survival for an individual with Cystic Fibrosis extends into the early 30s.

For more information about the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, please visit www.cff.org/metrodc.htm or call the Washington, D.C. Chapter office at (301) 657-8444.