United Day School Is Already Walking For A Cure
Written by admin, Mar 28, 2011, 0 Comments
Courtesy Xochitl Mora,
Every year, students at United Day School do their very best to help raise awareness and funds for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation; this year will be no exception as they get ready for this year’s 2011 Walk to Cure Diabetes fundraiser event.
On Monday, March 28, 2011, at 10:00 a.m., the school, located at San Isidro Parkway at McPherson will welcome Laredo Bucks player Serge Dube, and The Great American Cookie Man, as they host a school walk to help raise funds to help JDRF. Earlier this month, the students had a JDRF T-Shirt Contest to see who could design the best t-shirt design promoting this year’s Walk theme: Lasso the Cure. UDS students’ fellow classmate, Jordan Garza, has lived with Type 1 Diabetes for some time and this event is especially important to the kids, to not only help raise money for a cure, but to show support for their friend Jordan.
This year’s walk promises to be one of the best ever, as it is the easiest way for anyone in the community to help raise funds for this worthy cause. This 5K Walk (three miles) will be held on Saturday, April 2 and is one complete loop around the beautiful grounds of TAMIU. People can register on their own or as a team at www.jdrf.org (Register for Laredo Walk) or inside the TAMIU Student Activity Center starting at 8:00 a.m. The Walk begins at 9:00 a.m. on the east side of the Student Activity Center and participants simply walk to collect pledges for the cause. There will be entertainment, food and drinks, Children’s Corner, Team T-shirt contest and other festivities during the event.
Laredoans never fail to show their desire to help worthy causes in our community. JDRF extends a special “Thank you!” to this year’s Walk sponsors: Title Sponsor: BBVA Compass Bank, as well as other sponsors, including the Lamar Bruni Vergara Trust; IBC; HEB; Laredo Medical Center; Commerce Bank; Del Mar Mini Storage; Great American Cookie; and PLACAS Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club from Eagle Pass.
Diabetes afflicts 1.7 million children and adults in Texas alone, many who live in Laredo. Funds raised from sponsorships and attendees of the annual Walk to Cure Diabetes will go towards research to find a CURE for this debilitating disease.
Today, people with type 1 diabetes rely on insulin to manage the disease. But insulin is not a cure, nor does it prevent the possibility of the disease’s devastating effects, which can include kidney failure, blindness, heart disease, stroke, amputation and pregnancy complications. JDRF is especially prevalent among Hispanics.
