Walk For the Cure!

Hi everyone,

Dirk and I, along with Landon (who has juvenile diabetes) and Kyle are going to be walking in the Walk to Cure Diabetes walk on Sat. August 29, 2009. We are trying to raise a minumum of $400.00 to ensure that each member of our family can help raise awareness for the cause by getting a Walk for the Cure T-shirt to wear for the walk. Basically we wanted to let you all know and ask if you wanted to donate or even join our team to walk with us. You can donate any amount and we have a website where you can use your credit or debit card. The link is
http://walk.jdrf.org/walker.cfm?id=87397590 Whatever you can or want to donate is greatly appreciated. Oh, and as I said earlier we are trying to raise at least $400.00 by Aug. 29, but you can still donate after that day as well. Thanks!

Here is the synopsis of the walk from the website:

This year, we'll be taking part in the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's Walk to Cure Diabetes along with a half-million other walkers across the country. Our goal: To raise $105 million to help fund research for a cure for type 1 diabetes and its complications.
Type 1, or juvenile, diabetes, is a devastating, often deadly disease that affects millions of people--a large and growing percentage of them children.
Many people think type 1 diabetes can be controlled by insulin. While insulin does keep people with type 1 diabetes alive, it is NOT a cure. Aside from the daily challenges of living with type 1 diabetes, there are many severe, often fatal, complications caused by the disease.
That's the bad news... and yes, it's pretty bad.
The good news, though, is that a cure for type 1 diabetes is within reach. In fact, JDRF funding and leadership is associated with most major scientific breakthroughs in type 1 diabetes research to date. And JDRF funds a major portion of all type 1 diabetes research worldwide, more than any other charity.
I'm writing to ask for your support because now more than ever, EACH of us can be a part of bringing about a cure. Each of us can make a real difference
Won't you please give to JDRF as generously as you're able?
Together, we can make the cure a reality.
Thank you,
Sara and the Boys
Please visit my Walk Web page if you would like to donate online or see how close we are to reaching our personal goal:
http://walk.jdrf.org/walker.cfm?id=87397590

Thank you!
P.S. We just got back from our vaction to indiana and i plan on blogging about that next, but it may be a few days.