2019 Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month Photo Gallery

Thank you to everyone who shared their photos with us, taken during a variety of events and activities in September 2019.
Maybe you’ll see yourself, or others you know. If you have photos from an event or activity, taken in September that want to share (and have the permission to do so from the people in the photo), please send them to Sharon@cpff.ca. We’ll post them on this webpage and/or our Facebook page.

Blowing Bubbles

You can find more of these photos, as well as videos, on our Facebook page.

There’s also a great media photo of the Calgary City Council blowing bubbles for PF with Abbie Clarke, here.

Calgary

Hamilton

Kamloops, BC

Thompson Rivers University baseball team spent some time between exhibition games blowing bubbles. The WolfPack were blowing the bubbles to bring attention to pulmonary Fibrosis after one of their alumna brought the disease to their attention. See more here.

Niagara-on-the-Lake

Nova Scotia

Toronto

Winnipeg

Clarke Walk for Pulmonary Fibrosis

Watch the video of Abbie Clarke’s speech at the Walk.

Check out media coverage about the Clarke Walk.

The following are just a sample of hundreds of photos taken by Photos with Finesse at the Clarke Walk. You can view all of the photos here. Our thanks to Photos with Finesse, for allowing our visitors to view them all.

: Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi, left, takes a moment out to congratulate 12-year-old Abbie Clarke, who started the Clarke Family Walk for Pulmonary Fibrosis four years ago.

Proclamations, flag raisings and landmarks

: Markham Mayor Frank Scarpitti holds up the Markham Proclamation with CPFF representative Heather Davidson.

: Burnaby Mayor Mike Hurley presents Sharon Lee, CPFF Executive Director, with a Proclamation from the City for Pulmonary Fibrosis Month.

: Holding up a flag in recognition of Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month are, left to right, Winston Younker, Doug Archbell, The Honourable Antoinette Perry, Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island and Mike MacLean. The flag was raised on August 30, 2019 for September.

: Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month 2021 this September will take place again during the lingering pandemic. You can help by requesting the lighting of a landmark or an official proclamation to reach out in your community.