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A Cure for Addie and her Type 1 Diabetes Friends

Julie Wade is raising funds to find a cure for Type 1 Diabetes

Fundraising Amount=$0.00 ; Goal=$10,000.00
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Dear Family and Friends, 

As most of you know, our family's world was turned upside down when my daughter, Addie, was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) four years ago this month.  T1D is an autoimmune disease which attacks the pancreas, precluding it from producing insulin, which turns our food into energy.  It is not preventable, treated with life style change, nor is their a cure.... She must wear an insulin pump with a catheter under her skin 24/7, prick her fingers/toes six times a day to determine how much insulin she needs, count the number of grams of every carbohydrate she eats, live in fear of a miscalculation, which could result in a life threatening event, and most importantly, live with the understanding of the daily toll this disease takes on her major organ systems.  The toll may result in serious long term complications, e.g. heart, disease, neuropathy, blindness, amputation, and, for the average person, a shorter life span.

Phew...what a downer...just had to lay it out there.   On a positive note, she is such a cool kid.  She excels at the Governor's School, she is an awesome equestrian, and is involved in many community service opportunities.  She is pragmatic yet hopeful about her disease. She is also engaged and responsible in managing it. We are fortunate that our only scary experience to date has been a TID related trip to the emergency room during a mission trip in Honduras. 

So, finally cutting to the chase.  Fundraising is on my top ten list I hate to do the most.  DESPISE it.  But this is my child.  I will do anything for her.  I chaired the JDRF Gala in 2013, during which we grossed $650K toward a cure for this disease.  I am on the 2015 Gala Committee and was recently named to the JDRF Board.  We are so close to a making significant improvements in managing T1D, and, with help from kind folks like you, I am confident a cure is just around the corner.  Any contribution you are able to make, small or large, gets a closer  

Sincere thanks for your consideration.  

Fondest Regards,  

Julie Wade,

(David, Addie and Grace too!)


JDRF is the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes (T1D) research. JDRF’s goal is to progressively remove the impact of T1D from people’s lives until we achieve a world without T1D.  JDRF collaborates with a wide spectrum of partners and is the only organization with the scientific resources, regulatory influence, and a working plan to better treat, prevent, and eventually cure T1D.  As the largest charitable supporter of T1D research, JDRF is currently sponsoring $568 million in scientific research in 17 countries. For more information, please visit www.jdrf.org.
 
 Fund A Cure is a unique opportunity to make a 100 percent tax-deductible donation to JDRF that will fund critical type 1 diabetes (T1D) research. Since 1994, JDRF has raised more than $211 million through the Fund A Cure campaign alone.

 

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