I am proud
to be part of ONE Group and help raise money for JDRF to cure, treat and
prevent Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) through the ONE Group. We are a group of young
professionals supporting this mission: helping the 3 million Americans
with T1D fight this disease and get closer to finding a cure!
You may not
be totally familiar with T1D. Contrary to popular belief, T1D has nothing to do
with diet and lifestyle, and there's nothing anyone can do to prevent it, or
get rid of it. Put simply, T1D is when your body stops producing insulin (the
hormone that gives people energy from food). Currently, the best treatment
is for people with T1D to give themselves insulin shots multiple times
throughout the day and to constantly check their blood sugar to ensure it stays
in balance.
Can you imagine
if every single thing you ate affected the way you felt to the extreme? If
every day, for the rest of your life, you had to get multiple shots and battle
highs and lows all day long? If you knew you were high risk for kidney failure,
blindness, heart disease, stroke, amputation and pregnancy complications,
no matter how many hours you spent on the treadmill or how many salads you ate?
Life with
T1D is incredibly difficult, unnerving and, ultimately, life-threatening. But
we CAN help. We can all make a difference and make life better for people with
T1D. With every dollar that's raised, we help a fellow man/woman in need, we
spearhead research efforts and we get one step closer to finding a cure.
Please join
me and help support JDRF, the largest charitable supporter of T1D
research, find a cure! You can donate today or I would love if you could
join me at The ONE Party on November 9th (or both!), at American Spirit Works.
Tickets are $75 per person and there will be cocktails, delicious food, music and
dancing. Plus, the proceeds will go towards JDRF's efforts, so it's a party you
can feel really good about celebrating.
If you can't
make it to the party, you can donate online here or write a check. Please make
checks payable to JDRF and include my name in the memo portion. You can mail
checks to:
3525
Piedmont Road NE, Bldg 6, Ste 300
Atlanta, GA
30305
Thank you
for your support!