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For participating in 2025 DICK'S Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon Weekend

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Join me in the fight to create a world without type 1 diabetes!

The 2025 half marathon is a heavy one for me. I am angry!

 April 4, 2015 my baby boy Isaiah(2yr) was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. June 11, 2024 my oldest baby Christian(15yr) was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. 

I don’t know how I was able to keep it together. I felt betrayed…still do. I wish I could take it for them. Here I am fundraising and advocating because that is something that I can do💪🏽

This race is for : My Christian and Isaiah. My sister in law Gretchen. Our Uncle Rick. Liam, Anthony, and anyone else you’d like to share with me. 

Every donation means so much 💙🩸

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Welcome to my personal Team Breakthrough T1D (formerly JDRF) fundraising page!

I have joined Team Breakthrough T1D to raise funds for the millions of people living with and affected by type 1 diabetes (T1D). The money I raise will help Breakthrough T1D  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.

Breakthrough T1D 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 Breakthrough T1D 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 Breakthrough T1D as generously as possible today?

Thank you for your support!

Thank You Donors

Donation date Donor name Donation amount
Mar 05 Joanne Gerardi You are an awesome mama! Keep up the good work! Undisclosed amount
Mar 04 Grunna gator A cure for sure $54.10
Mar 04 PapBear and GrunnaGator Undisclosed amount
Feb 27 Terry B. A great cause and people to donate to. Thank you for the chance to help. $107.35
Feb 26 Grammie Parker $54.10
Feb 22 Anonymous So proud of you! Thanks for racing for our boys! 💙💙💙 $107.35
Feb 17 Bill Bedillion Amazing cause and amazing family! Let us know what else we can do to help! $27.48
Feb 15 Anonymous Undisclosed amount
Jan 18 Nana Love you and do your best and be careful . Undisclosed amount
Jan 12 Anonymous Undisclosed amount