Join me in the fight to create a world without type 1 diabetes!
November 28th, 2019 will be a day that will forever live in my memories. Not from memories made with family on my daughter’s 2nd Thanksgiving, but because that day has forever changed our lives. What we thought was the flu and a quick trip to the Emergency Room for a 1 year old, turned into a helicopter ride to Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, where my little girl was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. The 5+ days there were and are still a blur, from the sleepless nights, to countless professionals we met, not to mention all the information for the new lifestyle we were embarking on. From that day, I decided that I would fundraise to help find a cure for Type 1 Diabetes. That November 28th, I felt I needed to help make a change for those with Type 1 diabetes. That day, I decided that I would support JDRF, an organization that has changed so many lives of those diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes.
Emmy is now a 5 year old little girl, who does not let her diabetes define her or stop her. She is in Preschool, has a love for the outdoors, baking with mom, and playing with her Barbies, everything Disney, and princesses. Emmy has even ran her first kids 1 mile run and won 1st place and will be running in the Pittsburgh Kids Marathon also. She sees no boundaries! Where many may think of her devices as an inconvenience or hardship, she sees her insulin pump and glucose monitors as special devices that make her unique and special. Although they can be a challenge at times, they are challenges that she accepts.
The money raised for JDRF will go to help children with treatments, prevention, and to one day find a cure for Type 1 diabetes through research. Any little bit will help to support JDRF and children like Emmy and to ultimately find a cure for JDRF. Thank you!
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Welcome to my personal Team JDRF to Cure Diabetes fundraising page!
I have joined Team JDRF to raise funds for the millions of people living with and affected by type 1 diabetes (T1D). The money I raise will help JDRF fund critical research to progressively remove the impact of T1D from people's lives until no one has to fear developing the disease.
Type 1 diabetes is a life-threatening autoimmune disease in which a person's pancreas stops producing insulin—a hormone essential to the ability to get energy from food. It strikes both children and adults suddenly and changes life as they know it forever. It cannot be prevented and there is no cure.
JDRF is the largest nongovernmental funder of T1D research and the only global organization with a strategic research plan to fight T1D. This science is complex and costly, and every dollar JDRF is able to direct toward research comes from donors like you.
Please support me and donate to my fundraising campaign. Your gift will make a difference for millions of people affected by this devastating, life-threatening disease. Won't you please give to JDRF as generously as possible today?
Thank you for your support!
Thank You Donors
| Donation date | Donor name | Donation amount |
|---|---|---|
| May 03 | Wilmie and PapPap | $219.18 |
| May 03 | Grandma Rosie and PapPap Dick | $27.48 |
| May 03 | Sally and Steve | $27.48 |
| May 03 | CAE Fundraiser | $378.50 |
| May 01 | Darling and Bob! | $27.48 |
| Apr 27 | CAE Put a Hat on for JDRF Fundraiser | $255.00 |
| Apr 26 | Anonymous | $80.73 |
| Apr 26 | Anonymous | $443.00 |
| Apr 23 | Uncle Bubba & Aunt Theresa | $27.48 |
| Apr 19 | Aunt Debbie | $27.48 |
