Dear Child Life Society,

My husband and I would like to take this opportunity to thank Rabbi Wolkenfeld and the Child Life Society for sending our entire family on a beautiful, helpful and definitely much needed vacation to Key West, Florida one month ago. From the start the trip was fully coordinated and the Child Life Society made sure that we would have everything we needed whether it is from our car to our lodging down to what we would eat day to day.

This was our first time that our family got to go on this amazing trip and luckily this year was to Key West. The air in Key West did wonders for Abie’s lungs. The entire time that we were there he didn’t cough even once. He spent many hours in the ocean which was also very advantageous to his condition. The salt water is proven to be very good if inhaled enough through swim and play, and the fact that he was able to be swimming in an ocean during this time of the year really helped his condition both at the present time as well as now that we’ve been back almost a whole month later.

The climate in Key West is really ideal for children with Cystic Fibrosis. It not only helps during they’re stay there but the after effects of the climate keep the children healthy for many months after which is the main goal when you have a child with CF. keeping them healthy for as long as possible at a time, and that’s what Key West did for our Abie this time.

We are very grateful to be a part of this wonderful organization and hope to be going to Key West more often in the future. We have been to different parts of Florida in the past, but Key West has proven to be the best climate for his condition.

Thank you again for letting us have this wonderful opportunity to keep our child as healthy as he can be. Words can not begin to express our sincere gratitude and appreciation.

Mary and Asher A.