My Story…
My daughter, Rosie, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 9. Eight years later she inspires us with her strength and resilience every day. This will be my 8th time running Falmouth and my 4th for Breakthrough T1D, I run for Rosie and everyone else living with T1D.
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Welcome to my personal Breakthrough T1D fundraising page!
I have joined 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.
The challenge I have set for myself — to raise money for Breakthrough T1D and to race — is modest compared to the daily challenges of life with T1D, which involves a 24/7, unrelenting cycle of blood sugar testing and insulin injections to manage the disease.
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!
Recent Changemakers!
Donation date | Donor name | Donation amount |
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May 26 | Lori Chekal | $109.85 |
May 22 | Ann Charbonneau | $28.10 |
May 22 | Anonymous | $50.00 |
May 15 | Eugene | $109.85 |
May 11 | Cassandra | $109.85 |
Mar 21 | Anonymous | Undisclosed amount |
Mar 21 | Tricia B | $55.35 |
Mar 21 | Chrissy Sorrenti | $11.75 |
Mar 21 | Rufus | $28.10 |
Mar 21 | Linda and Richard Jancsy | $55.35 |