Greetings!
I'm writing to you to ask for your support in a very special cause.
This year, the Parrot Heads of New Mexico will be taking part in the Juvenile
Diabetes Research Foundation's Walk to Cure Diabetes, on September 16, 2006,
along with a half-million other walkers across the country. Our goal: To raise
$90 million to help fund research for a cure for type 1 diabetes and its
complications.
Type 1, or juvenile, diabetes, is a devastating disease. Today, almost 230
million people live with diabetes or almost 6% of the world population; a
growing portion of that population is children. Diabetes is one of the most
common chronic childhood diseases and approximately 13,000 new cases of
childhood diabetes is diagnosed every year.
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,
Gregory Meyer
Parrot Heads of New Mexico Phlock Walkers
Team Captain
Please visit my Walk Web page if you would like to donate online or see how
close I am to reaching my personal goal:
http://walk.jdrf.org/walker.cfm?id=86426369
Follow this link to make a donation:
http://walk.jdrf.org/support.cfm?id=86426369