FACT: One in 20 Americans have diabetes.
FACT: Every 21 seconds someone new in America is diagnosed.
FACT: Diabetes kills more people than AIDS or breast cancer – 200,000 will die this year alone!
FACT: Diabetes is the fourth leading cause of death by disease in the US.
These are all statistics that I didn’t know until a few weeks ago when my 23 year old cousin was diagnosed with Type One Diabetes. Since then, I have armed myself with as much knowledge as possible to try and make sense of the situation – I needed to feel a little more in control of this “thing” that’s taken over my cousin’s body.
What better way to help out and feel like I’m contributing than help raise money for a cure for diabetes? I recommend that you join me on Saturday, November 4th to walk for a cure. Your support or gift will be make an impact for the 20.8 million children and adults who live with this disease every day. Making a donation or signing up for the walk is easy: click here to visit my personal page.
Together, we can help set the pace in the fight against diabetes!
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