My Story…
Running the Falmouth Road Race for a second time means even more to me this year. What started as a personal challenge has become something much deeper,I run for my dad, who lives every single day with type 1 diabetes. Watching someone you love manage this disease with strength and resilience puts everything into perspective, and it’s what pushes me through every mile.
Being part of the Breakthrough T1D team gives this race a purpose far beyond the finish line. Every step I take is for my dad and for the millions of others affected by type 1 diabetes who deserve easier, healthier lives. This cause is incredibly close to my heart, and I’m proud to be running not just for awareness, but for real change.
Your support means more than you know. Every donation helps fund critical research, improve treatments, and move us closer to a cure. Thank you for standing with me, supporting this mission, and helping turn each mile into something meaningful.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| May 12 | Lauren & Nick | $55.35 |
| May 06 | Brian’s and Louise M | $273.35 |
| May 06 | Bleh | $25.00 |
| May 04 | Fran Robbins | Undisclosed amount |
| May 04 | Rick James | $11.75 |