Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) has announced the dates of this years Walk To Cure Diabetes Events. The North Metro Atlanta Walk has been moved from Central Park in Cumming to Johns Creek Technology Park in Johns Creek and will be held on Sunday, October 4th, 2009. JDRF is the leading charitable funder and advocate of type 1 (juvenile) diabetes research worldwide. The mission of JDRF is to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research. Please consider getting involved in this great annual fundraiser and event. For more information contact ldrewry@jdrf.org, or
click here to register. Johns Creek Technology Park is located at 11350 Johns Creek Parkway, Johns Creek, GA 30097. Registration begins at 1:00 p.m. and the Walk is scheduled to start at 2:30 p.m.
See you there!
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On Sunday, Oct. 5th at Forsyth County Central Park, more than 1,000 walkers are expected to participate in the Georgia Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) 4th annual Walk to Cure Diabetes. Registration begins at 2:30 p.m., followed by the walk at 3:30 p.m.
The Georgia Chapter hopes to raise more than $250,000 for research to find a cure for diabetes and its complications.
At the Cumming Walk, there will be music, food, bounce houses and clowns. On-site registration begins at 2:30pm. The entire walk will be approximately 3 miles long, starting at Central Park.
"It's great to be partnering with JDRF and working together on such an important goal – curing a disease that kills one American every three minutes. The recent statistics are staggering and reveal that health care expenditures surrounding diabetes cost our nation more than $132 billion," says Natalie Bailey. These are the reasons we are committed to raising money for the cutting-edge research that JDRF funds. By working together, we can make a difference."
In addition to wide-spread corporate support, entire families from kids to grandparents take part in the fundraising efforts of the Walk to Cure Diabetes – many affected, but even those who are not among the 14 million Americans with a personal connection to type-1 diabetes.
JDRF Walks are held in more than 200 cities worldwide. Nearly 500,000 people nationally walked last year and raised $94 million to cure diabetes.
For more information on how to participate or make a contribution visit
www.jdrf.org.
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The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) is the leading charitable funder and advocate of type 1 (juvenile) diabetes research worldwide. Type 1 diabetes is a disease which strikes children suddenly and requires multiple injections of insulin daily or a continuous infusion of insulin through a pump. Insulin, however, is not a cure for diabetes. The mission of JDRF is to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research.
Our own Brian Vanderhoff has had Type 1 Diabetes for 33 years. He has become accustomed to the daily insulin and everything else that goes along with being a diabetic. We support JDRF in hopes that someday "Becoming a Diabetic" is no longer a lifestyle change, but merely an illness that is treated and recovered from. Or even a vaccine that prevents it all-together.
Please join us to help support JDRF at the Annual Fresh Market sidewalk sale. The Fresh Market will hold its 14th annual Hope Floats Sidewalk Sale on Friday, September 12, through Sunday, September 14, from 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. daily to benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Each of The Fresh Market’s 80 stores in 18 states will offer root beer floats, hot dogs and gourmet cookies in exchange for a donation to JDRF in support of its mission to find a cure for diabetes and its complications. Volunteers are also needed at each location to help with this event. If you are interested in volunteering please contact Katie at the Georgia Chapter office at (404) 420-5990 or e-mail Katie at gachaptertemp1@jdrf.org.
To learn more about JDRF, visit
www.jdrf.org.
Please also visit your local Fresh Market to thank them for supporting JDRF once again:
www.thefreshmarket.com.
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