Each year, in an effort to raise funds for CF treatment & cure research, we host our Purple Tie Ball fundraising gala (events.cff.org/indianaptb24). The event, which brings together nearly 500 individuals and organizations for an evening of live & silent auctions, engaging speakers and an epic after-party, is our largest fundraising effort. The evening is capped off with a CF community speaker, who shares their family's journey from diagnosis, to progress, to setback, to the hope they still hold that one day, a cure will be found and their loved one will live past the median life expectancy age of 56.