Walk to Cure Diabetes

Recently, a good friend of ours, Karen Lavery, lost her only son to a life-long struggle with Type 1 diabetes. As the director for Bucks & Montgomery Living Magazine, Karen has always been there for us and many Bucks County organizations in the past.

Diagnosed with Juvenile Diabetes at the young age of 15, Karen's son Danny went through many years of trying to manage this illness and had been hospitalized numerous times each year because of it.

Type 1, or juvenile, diabetes, is a devastating, often deadly disease that affects millions of people–a large and growing percentage of them children. Many people think Type 1 Diabetes can be controlled by insulin. While insulin does keep people with type 1 diabetes alive, it is NOT a cure. Aside from the daily challenges of living with type 1 diabetes, there are many severe, often fatal, complications caused by the disease.

This year, she is walking with team “Dash for Danny” in the JDRF's Walk to Cure Diabetes, along with one-half million other walkers across the country, who are trying to reach their goal of raising $90 million. There is some good news, though. JDRF is our best hope for finding a cure. It funds more type 1 diabetes research than any other charity worldwide – and it’s making progress along many promising paths toward better treatments and a cure.

Now, more than ever, you can make a crucial difference. Please help Karen reach her goal by donating here.