More than 1,000 walkers are expected to participate in the Georgia Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) 4th annual Walk to Cure Diabetes on Sunday, Oct. 5 at Forsyth County Central Park. Registration begins at 2:30 p.m., followed by the walk at 3:30 p.m.
The Georgia Chapter hopes to raise more than $250,000 for research to find a cure for diabetes and its complications.
At the Cumming Walk, there will be music, food, bounce houses and clowns. On-site registration begins at 2:30pm. The entire walk will be approximately 3 miles long, starting at Central Park.
"It's great to be partnering with JDRF and working together on such an important goal – curing a disease that kills one American every three minutes. The recent statistics are staggering and reveal that health care expenditures surrounding diabetes cost our nation more than $132 billion," says Natalie Bailey. These are the reasons we are committed to raising money for the cutting-edge research that JDRF funds. By working together, we can make a difference."
In addition to wide-spread corporate support, entire families from kids to grandparents take part in the fundraising efforts of the Walk to Cure Diabetes – many affected, but even those who are not among the 14 million Americans with a personal connection to type-1 diabetes.
JDRF Walks are held in more than 200 cities worldwide. Nearly 500,000 people nationally walked last year and raised $94 million to cure diabetes.
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