Taste For a Cure For CF 2020 - another fantastic success!

We wish to express our deep gratitude to all our friends and supporters in Amherst who helped make Taste for a Cure for CF , such a fantastic success this year. Due to Covid 19 Taste was a little different this year, we wnet virtual! With the help of our local community and beyond we raised over $62,000  to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. This means that Taste has raised over $1.3 million for CF research in 14 years– just incredible!!

The night would not have been possible if it was not for the involvement and generosity of many, many  people! The Taste Committee is the backbone of Taste; this event could not have happened without the hard work and dedication of the most wonderful committee. A huge thank-you to the restaurants, who donated gift certificates and shared recipes for our Cook Book!

We are so grateful for the support of our sponsors and businesses who donated auction items.

A  huge thank-you to the staff of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, who work tirelessly to find a cure for cystic fibrosis. Long after the office door closed they worked tirelessly to ensure the success of this event. And lastly and most importantly, thank-you to our guests who bought tickets, purchased auction items and contributed to Bid For A Cure, we are forever grateful for your support and know that every dollar makes a difference.

The Garvey Family 

 Rosie preparing her speech, where she explained what it is like to live with cystic fibrosis.

How Taste For a Cure For Cystic Fibrosis came to be.

My  daughter, Rosie was born with cystic fibrosis – a genetic disorder that affects many parts of the body but in particular the Lungs - there is no cure. Over 30,000 Americans have CF, we don’t get any federal funding for research so it’s up to families and many passionate friends to help raise funds for a cure for this condition. One Friday night, in May 2006, I sat on my deck with a neighbor talking about ideas of how we could raise funds to find a cure for Rosie. We agreed that everyone loves food and came up with the idea of “Taste for a Cure For CF”. Firstly, we formed a committee – basically my neighbors on Holly Hill! After realing that very one on the committee had great talents we agreed to start a food based fundraiser to raise money for CF research. We contacted local restaurants and food businesses to see if they would be interested in joining us at Taste and serving their signature dishes to guests and were surprised with the support we got. To cut a long story short, we called everyone we knew who would attend Taste, participate in the event, sponsor the event, donate auction items! We hoped that we would raise $20,000 at our first Taste at The Millyard Museum in Manchester NH. The snow ( yes, in April!) didn't stop anyone form attending and we raised an amazing $70,000! From very humble beginnings Taste for a Cure has blossomed into an annual event that has sold out the past couple of years and has raised over $1 million for the CF foundation – we raised over $140,000 this year. I cannot identify one single thing that makes Taste such a success but rather a combination of many things and the most amazing committee that makes it all come together! Talking of the Taste committee, we are a group of local ladies whose combined talents make the Taste magic happen – our talents range from bow making to organizing excel spreadsheets!  I have to give a special mention to the Grunbeck Family Foundation whose continuous support  of Taste has made it the great event that it has become. Although there is no cure for CF, this year, for the first time ever the median age for people with CF in the US is over eighteen years. Great progress continues to be made and hopefully we will have a cure for Rosie very soon!

Thank-you so much, we are forever grateful for your support.

The Garvey Family

For more information on cystic fibrosis please visit www.cff.org 

 Some pics from 2014 - our photographer Ray Peeples did a fantastic  job, check his website http://www.peeplesphotography.com/

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