Event Info

Date: April 19, 2025

Location: Richland Twp., Geistown Boro, Westmont Boro & Conemaugh Valley School District (CVSD)

Contact: Nancie Seifert


You're invited to our Egg My Yard for a Cure for Cystic Fibrosis fundraising event to help make CF stand for 'Cure Found'.

Beginning at 7pm on the evening of Saturday, April 19, 2025, volunteer Bunnies will silently hide surprise filled eggs in your front yard so your children will wake to our Easter egg hunt!

Please read ALL "RULES" below and then click on the BUY TICKETS button above to reserve your spot. If you would like to donate in addition to your order, please click on the “+Add Donation” button at the bottom of the order form.

If you would like to make a donation without having eggs delivered, please click on the DONATE button above.

RULES:

** All deliveries MUST be to homes within Richland Twp, Geistown Boro, Westmont Boro or CVSD, as we have volunteers located in these areas. Donations CANNOT be refunded to any orders outside of the delivery areas.

** For any areas outside of the Richland Twp, Geistown Boro, Westmont Boro or CVSD areas, pick-ups are available. After purchasing your eggs through the BUY TICKETS button, email TeamLuciaPalmer@gmail.com to discuss pick-up.

** A minimum of 25 eggs must be ordered. We will deliver 25 eggs for $25.00, 50 eggs for $45.00 and 75 eggs for $70.00. For 100 eggs, order two $45.00 tickets.

** A special egg with a simple note from the Easter Bunny can also be delivered for $5.00 (only one per home). 

** Eggs will be filled with candy and stickers. Children should only open eggs under the supervision of an adult.

** Please ensure your children are not in view of the front yard and all pets are secured beginning at 6:45pm.

** If the weather is inclement, eggs will be left in a bag on the front porch.

** If the yard being egged is different from the billing address, please email  TeamLuciaPalmer@gmail.com to provide appropriate delivery address.

** Spots are limited and reservations end on 4/11/2024, 11:59pm.

Make sure the Easter Bunny doesn't miss your yard with this EGG-cellent event!

My husband, Karl, and I are the proud grandparents of Lucia and Palmer Santichen (pictured above), 4 year old identical twins with one of the rarest forms of CF. Upon birth, they were life-flighted to Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh (CHP), a two hour drive from home, where they spent their first 104 days in the NICU. They endured several surgeries and had a few close calls. The girls are underweight but currently doing well. They each take 7 pills before every meal and 4 before a snack. This medication isn’t a cure or even therapeutic. It simply allows them to absorb nutrients needed to survive. They also spend 30 minutes 3 times a day with a rigorous airway clearance physical therapy. This past May, Lucia spent 14 days in CHP due to a virus. In October she spent another 14 days due to a lung bleed that needed embolization. January 1, 2025, Lucia was taken by ambulance to CHP where she had the upper portion of her right lung removed. She ran into complications and ended up spending 9 days in the PICU and 7 days in a regular room. It was a month long recovery and she is thriving now.

In America, approximately 40,000 children and adults have CF. Three thousand of them have rare variants that do not respond to the therapeutic medications that are currently available. Of this 3,000, only 10 others have the same variant as Lucia and Palmer. Money for research, medication, clinical trials and a cure is needed for the 3,000 individuals with rare variants, as well as for all people with cystic fibrosis.

We raised a little over $11,000 in our first year and over $21,000 in our second year, both with the help of two matching partners and some other corporate donations. This year, we hope to raise a total of $40,000 with the help of our matching partners and other various corporate donations.

Your participation in this fun and EGG-citing event is most appreciated. Please share our site with your neighbors and local businesses!!

We won’t stop until CF stands for "Cure Found”!