Participate or Host an event
It’s a unique opportunity for our community to come together and celebrate and raise awareness and funds for CMT research. The HNF staff will assist you in your efforts.
Learn about our events and co-host with us in your area!
We can help! The HNF Team will support your event with marketing, invitation designing, planning and more!
Some past events: Spin for a Cure, Poker Night, Set Sail for CMT, Card Party, Golf Outing, Go-kart Party, Cocktail Party, Bake Sale, Clay shoot, Paint Night, Gala & Auction and more.
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Past Events
Caramel Corn Chocolate Chip Cookies
“Sometimes me think ‘what is a friend?’ and then me think… friend is what last chocolate cookie is for.” You know the voice – it’s Cookie Monster, one of my favorite Sesame Street characters. “Me want cookie! Me eat cookie!
Hot Off the Press
Research on CMT is global, and covers both laboratory and clinical studies. It is therefore critically important to realize we should be aware of what is happening elsewhere as well as in the USA because it can have implications for what we do and fund.
Hot off the press
Some recent papers on Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease go to show that we are steadily and impressively peeling back the complexity of the biology even though it is a relatively common rare disease with several thousand publications on it.
Arclight Presents…BERNADETTE (NYR) September 17, 2013
Cast: Bernadette Scarduzio
Bernadette Scarduzio was born with the most common inherited disease that no one has ever heard of: Charcot Marie Tooth (CMT) syndrome. CMT is the number one hereditary neuropathy in the world, affecting 1 in 2,500 people or nearly 2.6 million worldwide.
September is CMT Awareness Month – Help HNF Spread the Word
At HNF we have dedicated our lives to raising awareness about CMT, so we’d like to spend the month sharing what we’ve learned
Special Events
Update on Michael Watkins – Team CMT Member
Michael Watkins completed the Leadville Trail 100 MTB race on August 15, 2015 in Leadville, CO. The trail race is widely considered one of the toughest mountain biking races in the country.
My last month in numbers
It has been entirely too long since I’ve updated my blog and so much has happened since late April. I thought I would share some info on what I’ve been up to since my last post on April 29th
It’s probably nothing
Blog – I’m taking on my biggest challenge yet this weekend, it is the 3 Mountain 3 State Challenge in Chattanooga, TN.
Work, Ride, Eat, Sleep, Repeat…
One of the things that keeps my motivation up is almost every time I go on a ride I set new personal records on the same segments that I ride weekly.
March 29, 2015: OK…Now What?
January 15th 2015. That was the day I got my official invite to the race, that was the day of no turning back, that was the day I realized I was going to riding my bike a lot this spring and summer, a whole lot!
Bike NY Spotlight: Kristin Gelzins
I am signing up for my VERY FIRST Five Boro Bike Tour. I need your help to find a cure for CMT. Please consider donating to my fundraising page to help me, my family and everyone living with CMT
Team CMT Takes on the Bermuda Triple Challenge
Meet Team CMT member Bill Morgan. Bill and Liz (his wife) recently ran three races back to back in Bermuda for Team CMT.
Sunday May 1, 2016: 2016 TD Bank Five Boro Bike Tour
HNF is thrilled to have been chosen for the fifth year as a Charity Partner for the 2016 TD Bank Five Boro Bike Tour.
Join Team CMT – Be a part of finding a cure!
You can join us, and truly make a difference. Register to be a Team CMT member and you’ll be part of an international effort to change the future for those living with CMT.
Meet Elizabeth Stenz, Team CMT Member
Her sister was diagnosed with CMT when she was 14, and since then her and many family members have become very familiar with the disease and have worked to raise awareness.




