Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) is a serious and stressful disease to manage.  When you have T1D, your pancreas stops producing insulin—a hormone essential to turning food into energy. This means you must constantly monitor your blood-sugar level, administer insulin, and carefully balance these insulin doses with your eating and activity just to stay alive. JDRF is the only global diabetes foundation with a strategic plan to end T1D. One of the main fundraisers for JDRF is in the form of the “Walk for the Cure” held all over the country these walks are often attended by thousands of people, all walking to help raise money to find a cure for T1D.

Just over a year ago we found out that my youngest daughter Paige has Type 1 Diabetes. JDRF has been amazing in helping us initially cope with the disease, but also being there in support of us when we needed it and providing community support for families in our situation.

Last year my company PSC Group sponsored The Odd Socks walk team as part of the work done through the Philanthropic Committee. We raised over $5,000 as a team and we were incredibly proud of what we achieved in our first year.

We are doing the Walk in Schaumburg Illinois again this year September 30^th.

Please consider donating your time and or fundraising for the team so that we may find a cure for T1D. You can do both from the link to the team page below.

https://www2.jdrf.org/site/TR?fr_id=7460&pg=team&team_id=264088

You can join the team any time until the day of the walk itself but we need to know before Saturday 22^nd if you want one of the new improved TYE-DYE t-shirts for 2018.