Meet local Mason mom, Renee Donoghue.  Renee has two wonderful children, Tommy (15) and Hannah (9).  Renee has been an active volunteer and fundraiser for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation ever since her youngest daughter, Hannah, was diagnosed with CF as a baby.  You can read more about Renee on Associated Content.

The annual Great Strides Walk is going to be held on May 8, 2010 at Pine Hill Lakes in Mason, Ohio.  If you'd like to donate for the walk, please click here for more information.  The Donoghue's have raised over $125,000 in support of CF with the help of family, friends and their community. Renee is amazing.  She's not only an active volunteer and fundraiser for CF, but she also works for I Supply Company, (a great supporter of CF), is a Mom of two, and coaches Hannah's softball team.

Renee has a website, www.cure4Hannah.com, where you can read more about her family's journey with Cystic Fibrosis as well as links to make a donation for the upcoming Great Strides Walk.

Here's some of the Q&A with Renee (read more about Renee on Associated Content):

Q: How long have you been married?
A: Nineteen years.

Q: How long have you lived in Mason?
A: Eleven years.

Q: What are your big fundraisers that you participate in ?
A: All the Great Strides Walks - Mason (May 8), Cincinnati (May 15) , Dayton (May 16) & Mason plus the Run Like Hell run in Cincinnati.

Q: What are the top three things your family does for fun:
A:  It is baseball season and Tommy is on the Mason Freshman White team.  Hannah will be playing softball. 
We love to go to Reds games.  We like going to movies and we like to travel to various cities to see baseball games.
We have been to Boston, Milwaukee and Chicago (White Sox and Cubs), Cleveland and a couple of minor league teams.

Q: Is there anything unique about you that your friends may not even know about?
A:  I actually enjoy public speaking and will go anywhere anytime to speak about CF.  I also played the saxophone in high school.

Q: Where do you work and what do you do?
A:  I work for the I Supply Company in Fairborn.  I am Director of Vendor Management/Merchandising.  I am responsible for all negotiations with vendors, researching and marketing new products.  We are the food and disposable supplier to Arby’s, Popeye’s, Cinnabon to name a few. We also sell disposables and cleaning products to a variety of local businesses in Cincinnati, Dayton plus 11 states that we deliver to.  A nice family owned business.

Q: If you had visitors in from out of town, where would you tell them to visit in Cincinnati?
A: The Zoo, I love the zoo.   The Cincinnati Art Museum and Kings Island.

Q: What is your favorite family restaurant and why?
A:  Toot’s, the kids have something to do and when they were younger you didn’t have to worry about disturbing anyone when they got a little fussy.