Charmain

JUNE 16th Baby!!


That's how we warm up before a show...

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CYSTIC FIBROSIS

We're Gonna Keep On Rock'n Till We Find A Cure

I never EVER knew anything about CF until I met my friend Emily, who unfortunately has this genetic illness, and is also the drummer of our band. Single handedly, Emily started an organization called Lets Rock CF, a way to spread awareness of this disease. As a result, Emily also thought of a way to spread awareness and raise money in a very rock'n way. By having bands rock out for the cure! If there is one show a year that HELLEN is serious about playing its the Cystic Fibrosis Benefit called, appropriately enough, "Just Let Me Breathe". We just played our 4th Annual Just let me breathe benefit at the Royal Oak Music Theater downtown Royal Oak in Michigan. What a great place to play! Emily's the master mind of this concert and this year alone we raised $14,000 that night. We want to see this get bigger and better every year. Since I didn't know anything about CF I thought to put some awareness on my page for that. So take the time to read below.

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disease affecting approximately 30,000 children and adults in the United States. A defective gene causes the body to produce an abnormally thick, sticky mucus that clogs the lungs and leads to life-threatening lung infections. These thick secretions also obstruct the pancreas, preventing digestive enzymes from reaching the intestines to help break down and absorb food.

More than 10 million Americans are unknowing, symptomless carriers of the defective CF gene. An individual must inherit two defective CF genes — one from each parent — to have CF. Each time two carriers conceive, there is a 25 percent chance that their child will have CF; a 50 percent chance that the child will be a carrier of the CF gene; and a 25 percent chance that the child will be a non-carrier.


(Royal Oak Music Theater'06)

The median age of survival for a person with CF is 33.4 years.

As more advances have been made in the treatment of CF, the number of adults with CF has steadily grown. Today, nearly 40 percent of the CF population is age 18 and older.

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(Above is not Detroit, FYI)

playing classical piano, asst.coaching, being dramatic, Wasabi overdosing, foreign beers, a good steak, bbq's, coffee at the Guardian, getting called an asshole, quaaludes, house work, being on stage, the hizzy, traveling, flip-flops, taking my foot out of my mouth, sushi nodding, PT, being competitive, writing songs, loving the sound of an acoustic guitar, sunflower seeds, always being a kid at heart, eating, sports, chocolate cake, drunk Aer, softball, eating, learning new languages, throwing a spiral football, holding the door open for the elderly, drunk conversations, nonchalantly posing for cameras, drunk conversations...