Help Kathryn raise money

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), like my friend Hannah! 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.

Hannah was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in elementary school, and has been living  with the disease for the last 13 years. We both attend Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA, where she is hardly ever seen without a smile, her flowered blood sugar kit, or her cowgirl boots in tow! Hannah is an elementary education major and graduating in May, and she plans to stay in the area to teach. Hannah is the type of person I want to be when I grow up, and I am so grateful that organizations like Breakthrough T1D are working to fund research that helps Hannah thrive!

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 world of difference for people like Hannah living with T1D. Won't you please give to Breakthrough T1D as generously as possible today?

Thank you for your support!