Walk Celebration

Last week, we attended the JDRF celebration for the 2011 Walk to Cure Diabetes. It was great to gain a better understanding of the magnitude of the generosity of so many that make these events so successful, to interact with kids and families from other walk teams, and of course to see people and teams awarded for their tremendous efforts to raise funds for this great cause. Emerson especially liked officially meeting another young TID for the first time since her diagnosis. She thought it was pretty cool to be sitting at a table with another family that had a little girl with TID just like we do.

We are looking forward to this year’s walk and hopefully another successful year for Emerson’s team – Redhead’s Walkers!

Golden Sneaker Award

Team Award

Redhead Walking

On Saturday, October 29^th, we participated in our first JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes at Military Park, in Indianapolis.  We had 30 people – including family, friends, co-workers, classmates and school staff - come down and support Emerson in her first walk.  Emerson had a great time and even walked the entire 3.1 miles. 

We raised $3,500 prior to walk day, so we are hoping to come close to $4,000 once all the money collected on walk day has been counted.  We initially started out with a goal of $1,000 – not knowing what to expect for our first walk.  We quickly surpassed our goal thanks to the generosity of family, friends, and even strangers.  A big thanks to everyone who walked with us or donated to our team.   

We can’t wait to start planning fundraisers for next year so we can raise even more money to find a cure. 

The Redhead

The Redhead's Family