Blind Grandfather Calls Attention to Cystic Fibrosis

Jamestown (CSi) David Kuhn is running to call attention to those with Cystic Fibrosis.

The 62 year old Kuhn, who is blind, passed through Jamestown on an 11,000 mile 18 month run, to increase awareness of the disease affecting his 12 year old granddaughter, Kylie.

On Tuesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Kuhn said, he started from Seattle, enroute to Bangor, Maine, then south Jacksonville, Florida, west to San Diego, and north, back to Seattle.

He finds a running guide to help him “see” along the way, and runs a scenic route, or track.

He’s running the track at the University of Jamestown, along with other scenic routes in Jamestown.

As of Tuesday morningKuhn, who is also a marathon runner, has covered about 75 miles in Jamestown.

Kuhn also travels by bus or by car besides running.

As of Tuesday morning he was seeking a ride to Fargo on Wednesday.

Anyone who can provide a ride, or knows someone who can may call Nellie Degen in Jamestown to make arrangements at 320-5440.

Also on our show was Nellie Degen, who is helping Kuhn coordinate running guides while he’s in Jamestown.

She said that Kuhn will be at the University of Jamestown track between 2-and 3-p.m., on Tuesday, and will visit the All Vets Club in Jamestown about 8-p.m., on Tuesday.

Cystic Fibrosis is an illness primarily affects the lungs and digestive system.

So far, Kuhn has raised more than $3,400 for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, a nonprofit headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, that funds CF research.

For more information, visit Kuhn’s blog or his Facebook page,   facebook.com/itsallicando.

For more on cystic fibrosis, visit www.cff.org.