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at the stouf fville royal canadian legion feb 17 the club has held numerous fundraisers for cf since 1991 bringing in more than 38000 gary gornick dis trict cf service director for the local club said the stouffville kinsmen provided some financial support to the family during the time of dans transplant pro cedure kinsmen and kinettes across canada have raised more than 33 million for cystic fibrosis research and support since 1964 the lung transplant made quite a dramatic difference dans mom tanis hargrave said without it he wouldnt be alive dan is now the assistant manager at a sports store in aurora where he has worked for two years before the surgery dan the nephew of councillor rob har grave became so weak he could barely walk this type of organ transplantation is still a fairly new frontier ms hargrave said but great strides have been made in the past five years alone a lot of kids arent as fortunate as dan she said they might be on the list and organs never come more and more of these transplants can be done because people with the disease are healthier thanks to advances in research in the 1960s people with cystic fibro sis often didnt live past the age of four now many are living to their 30s and beyond the disease affects mainly the diges tive system and the lungs people with cystic fibrosis have to take large quanti ties of enzymes to help them absorb suf ficient nutrition and undergo daily ther apy to loosen mucus from the lungs a cystic fibrosis carrier does not have cystic fibrosis and can never get the dis ease however two people who both have cystic fibrosis genes have a one in four chance of having a child with the disease the stouffville kinsmen valentines dance takes place from 7pm to 1 pm with a roast beef dinner and a live band during the evening the stouffville ymca employment resource centre is holding a silent auction to raise money for their local projects tickets are 50 per couple and are available by calling 9056429823 for more information on cf go to the canadian cystic fibrosis foundations website at cysticlibrosisca symptoms of cf constant cough with thick mucous excessive appetite combined with weight loss bowel disturbances saltytasting skin bouts of pneumonia