Nearly
4,000 walkers who represent families, local businesses, schools, and other
community organizations touched in some way by type 1 diabetes (T1D) are
expected at the JDRF Nevada Chapter’s annual Walk to Cure Diabetes, on
Saturday, October 25, 2014 at UNLV. The
chapter has set a $542,000 fundraising goal this year which will help fund
research toward preventing, better treating, and curing type 1 diabetes (T1D)
and its complications.
“There
have been tremendous strides made in the technology and treatment available to
those with type 1 diabetes in the last several years,” said Colleen Saca,
Executive Director of the Nevada Chapter of JDRF. “This walk and those held
across the nation allow us to continue funding the important research which is
getting us closer to a cure.”
JDRF
Walks are held in more than 200 cities worldwide. Nearly 900,000 people
nationally walked last year and raised $86 million for research toward curing,
treating, and preventing T1D and its complications.
Participants
can sign up for the walk as an individual, create a team, join an existing
team, or donate to someone already registered to walk by going to
www.lv.jdrf.org. On-site registration for the walk begins at 9 a.m. on October
25, 2014 at UNLV’s North Field. The walk begins at 10 a.m. The 5K route will wind through the UNLV
campus with several stations providing water and snacks.
JDRF
Statistics:
• 85 percent of those living with type 1
diabetes are adults, most diagnosed as children or teenagers.
• Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease
that cannot be controlled through diet and/or exercise.
• Insulin is not a cure; it is life support
for type 1 diabetics.
• JDRF's Advocacy efforts have raised $1.9
billion so far for type 1 diabetes research.
To
sign up for the walk or to make a donation, go to the website www.lv.jdrf.org
or call &02-732-4795 for more information.
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