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red bone, p span In 1984 Gary and Susan Ellis newborn daughter Nicole was span br span diagnosed with cystic fibrosis They were told with span br span considerable care she should live to her early teens After span br span asking the question what is cystic fibrosis they set out to span br span find a way to fight it In 1988 with the help of help of their span br span friends beginning with the legendary hitter Ted Williams they span br span founded the Redbone Celebrity Tournament Series to help span br span fund cystic fibrosis research Guides anglers and celebrities span br span from film and sports teamed up o thirty-three boats to fish for span br span redfish and bonefish From that tournament came the name span br span Redbone They raised 16 000 that first year and more span br span importantly introduced CF into the conscience of the span br span Islamorada fishing community in the Florida Keys From that span br span small seed the Redbone mushroomed into 20-plus span br span tournaments bearing the name of Redbone spanning both span br span coasts of the U S Belize Bahamas Costa Rica and Mexico span br span Since 2016 Redbone Tournaments including their cooperative span br span efforts with the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation have netted over span br span 1 million a year To Catch the Cure span br span When the Redbone was first established children with CF span br span rarely lived to attend high school Today the median age of span br span survival for a person living with CF is 40 years We should not span br span celebrate this achievement since a single life has yet to be span br span saved from this devasting disease But it is a sign of hope for a span br span brighter tomorrow for the CF community span p