Thank you for your CF donation - 2026


 Thank you to the following individuals for making donations in 2065 (our 17th year of fundraising) to either the Tara K Telford Graduate Student Award at UC Davis or the Cystic Fibrosis Great Strides event. Your generosity is appreciated!

If you make a donation to Tara's fund, please let me know so I can properly thank you - I won't get a notification.

Donation information can be found here: https://nystromfam.blogspot.com/2026/04/cf-fundraising-2026-17th-year.html


CFF = Cystic Fibrosis Foundation donation
UCD = Tara K. Telford Graduate Student Award at UC Davis donation

  1. Michelle Ford - CFF - donated within 8 minutes of me sending the email!!
  2. ???
You never regret being kind.

Here is the Honor Roll of Donors (as of 4/20/2026)

15 years7 years
Erin Haley *John and Janine Loconsolo
Joy and Jared GoorVivian Hui
14 yearsAnnie Chang
Julie PierronAudrey and Bryan Gillette
13 years6 years
Ryan LongKristin Perkins
Corey McIntyre *Rick Long
Hassan Mahmoud *Raul Tiansay
Bruce and Jean KelleyMichelle Nystrom
12 years5 years
Michelle Ford and Fran CoenBetsy McClellan
11 yearsAlex and Shelby Breen
Gina PiperKatie Loughnot
Bill and Sharon McKeeMichael Kan *
10 yearsManal Assal
9 years
Christine Butler
Shannon DeCola *
8 years
Annie Chang
Lauren and Tom Mensch
Bill and Maggie Foley
Loy and Marge Hayes
Becky and Cordell Baanhofman
* = donated multiple times for 1 or more years
    (likely by accident, but grateful for that!)

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