This will be the only thing I will ask of you. Pinky swear.
I am asking for your support in a very special cause. As you all know, this is a cause that is very near and dear to my heart, as my husband Mark was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes over 23 years ago.
This year, I’ll be taking part in the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s Walk to Cure Diabetes along with a half-million other walkers across the country. Our goal: To raise $105 million to help fund research for a cure for type 1 diabetes and its complications.
Type 1, or juvenile, diabetes, is a devastating, often deadly disease that affects millions of people–a large and growing percentage of them children.
Many people think type 1 diabetes can be controlled by insulin. While insulin does keep people with type 1 diabetes alive, it is NOT a cure. Aside from the daily challenges of living with type 1 diabetes, there are many severe, often fatal, complications caused by the disease.
That’s the bad news… and yes, it’s pretty bad.
The good news, though, is that a cure for type 1 diabetes is within reach. In fact, JDRF funding and leadership is associated with most major scientific breakthroughs in type 1 diabetes research to date. And JDRF funds a major portion of all type 1 diabetes research worldwide, more than any other charity.
I’m writing to ask for your support because now more than ever, EACH of us can be a part of bringing about a cure. Each of us can make a real difference
Won’t you please give to JDRF as generously as you’re able? Whether it’s $1 or $100, every little bit helps.
Together, we can make the cure a reality.
SINCERELY, JENNI
Please visit my Walk Web page if you would like to donate online or see how close I am to reaching my personal goal:
http://walk.jdrf.org/walker.cfm?id=87614454
Tags: diabetes, donate, fundraising, JDRF, type 1
By Vic of Nursing Manual, January 21, 2010 @ 9:11 AM
Good day, your cause is truly nice, it wants to help people with type 1 diabetes. If only i can contribute to your cause. When I have money in my paypal account i will send it immediately. but first maybe some health teaching can help the potential diabetes type 1 carriers. type 1 diabetes is juvenile onset, it means when you are born you dont have diabetes it just develop because you didnt take careof yourselves. prevent it than cure it. thanks for this cause.
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