by Laura Bonnell | Sep 12, 2022 | Podcasts
The Children’s Organ Transplant Association (C.O.T.A), helps people waiting for transplants, fund the procedure and everything that surrounds it. Laura Bonnell learned about COTA when her nephews needed a bone marrow transplant (not CF related). When someone needs a...
by Laura Bonnell | Aug 22, 2022 | Podcasts
CF and Colon cancer, the risks are higher than you may be aware. Anna Payne is 35 years old and was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer a year ago.Anna is advocating to get colon cancer screening down to age 25 for people with CF. She’s in the fight of her life, and...
by Laura Bonnell | Jul 11, 2022 | Podcasts
Andrea Hoffman and Alyson are twins born with CF. Andrea is 30 seconds older than her sister. The women attend Ohio Northern University. As you will hear, they are over achievers! This is the twin’s Senior year of college. Andrea plans to attend law school after she...
by Laura Bonnell | Jul 5, 2022 | Podcasts
Dr. Jennifer Shedden reached out to the Bonnell Foundation to see if we were interested in raising awareness about cystic fibrosis in the Hispanic community, and the non CF community. The Bonnell Foundation said “YES”. In this podcast we talk about all the...
by Laura Bonnell | Jun 27, 2022 | Podcasts
As we wrap up pride month, we have a lovely story to tell you. It’s Wes Hawkins story. All of us at The Bonnell Foundation know there are many people with CF that are in the LGBTQ PLUS community. Host Laura Bonnell saw a post by Wes Hawkins on FB. He shared his CF...
by Laura Bonnell | Jun 18, 2022 | Podcasts
My Mom, Lois Teicher is a famous sculptor in the U.S. and a strong cystic fibrosis supporter. In this podcast we talk about how grandparents feel when they hear the CF diagnosis. I realized that I was always focused on how our family was doing, and never really asked...
