Day 6 of the 1200 km GearUp4CF bike ride takes the riders over Kootenay Pass, the highest elevation of roadway in Canada. Check out Bill's blog for a daily accounting of the challenges and highlights www.65for65roses@blogspot.ca This is a photo of the start on Day 1, leaving Crescent Beach near Vancouver with over 120 riders for the 100 km ( Read more... )

65for65roses Eva's dad is turning 65 this spring. He thought it fitting to train for and to ride in the GearUp4CF 1200 km/9 day cycle from Vancouver to Banff in June. His goal is lofty ... to raise $65,000 for CF research, in honour of Eva and her 65_redroses legacy. Scientists are making amazing progress in developing new treatments that can ( Read more... )

Eva had many dreams for herself and for others suffering from Cystic Fibrosis. Near the end of her life, Eva began to dream of leaving a legacy that would carry on … a legacy of love and of hope and of remembrance. On February 18 2010, Eva wrote …

a mark on the world ( Read more... )

Eva would have been 29. Check out a memorial mention in the local newspaper.

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/vancouversun/obituary.aspx?n=eva-dien-brine-markvoort&pid=163925641

Across Canada, on Sunday May 26 thousands of people will take 'Great Strides' in the quest to support CF research. This research is crucial to finding better treatments and ultimately a cure for CF. That is what it is all about!

Please join our 'Reddy4aCure' team
for the walk in New Westminster
(organized by the cfVancouver office).Register ( Read more... )

amazing ... the film
'65_redroses
has been chosen to help celebrate the 20th anniversary of HotDocs, the premier documentary film event in Canada.
It's one of twenty selected documentaries, many of which have been nominated for Oscars and
all of which are deemed to have had a great effect in the world of film.
It will be shown in Toronto ( Read more... )

Great gift buying online from the new CFVancouver online shopping site.
**NEW ITEM** - stationary cards, '1 dozen roses', based on the painting 65redroses. (2 each of 6 roses) All proceeds go to fund CF research ( Read more... )

Americans can now purchase the documentary 65_RedRoses (the Oprah Winfrey Network version) on iTunes in the U.S.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/65-redroses/id518909623

Are you in Canada or the US? You can also buy the DVD and other items at ( Read more... )

June 19 is the 'official' release date for the US DVD of 65_redroses.  Go to  http://www.65redroses.com or, you can link directly to the company handling the DVD sales, 'Hello Cool World' at http://www. ( Read more... )

June 19 is the 'official' release date for the US DVD of 65_redroses.  Go to  http://www.65redroses.com or, you can link directly to the company handling the DVD sales, 'Hello Cool World' at Read more... )