JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Would you help in the fight?

(Insulin is NOT a CURE!)PLEASE PLEDGE ME AND DONATE TO JDRF.

http://jdrfca.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&eventID=1081&participantID=125503

or by Cheque addressed to “JDRF CANADA” send to:

707 Bank Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 3V1

My personal goal is now $2,000.00

please help me reach it!!!!

* Cheques and cash donations also accepted

My Son AARON ROMEO DUVAL

Born May 6, 2010

(Diagnosed at 12 months -May 10, 2011)

Be sure to check out the 2011 Ride for Diabetes Research Video

This is what the Insulin Pump looks like on a young child with diabetes, we personally

want our son Aaron Junior to have it installed when he turns 2 years old… younger than

that seems a little complicated and unfortunately we will still have to inject him with

insulin ourselves until then. Thank God for technology!

Veronique Legault (Team Captain and mother of a child with Juvenile Diabetes)

Did you know…?

Type 1 diabetes

•Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which the body’s immune system attacks and destroys the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas.

•Type 1 diabetes strikes children and adults suddenly, leaving them dependent on injected or pumped insulin for life, and carries the constant threat of

devastating complications. While the causes of this process are not yet entirely understood, scientists believe that both genetic factors and environmental

triggers are involved.

•Living with type 1 diabetes means living a very structured lifestyle in order to adequately regulate blood sugar and avoid complications.

•Type 1 diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure, adult blindness, stroke, heart disease, nerve damage and amputation.

•Warning signs and symptoms include: extreme thirst, frequent urination, drowsiness or lethargy, increased appetite, sudden weight loss for no reason,

sudden vision changes, sugar in urine, fruity odor on breath, heavy or labored breathing, stupor or unconsciousness. These symptoms may occur suddenly.

Amazing Facts

•Living with type 1 diabetes requires approximately 1,460 needles a year (based on four injections per day) and 2,190 finger pokes a year to test blood sugar

levels.

•The World Health Organization indicates five to ten per cent of a nation’s health budget is spent on diabetes.

•Diabetes and its complications cost the Canadian economy more than $17.4 billion a year.

Canadian Statistics

•Diabetes currently affects 246 million people worldwide and is expected to affect 380 million by 2025.

•More than 3 million Canadians have some form of diabetes.

•Over 300,000 Canadians live with type 1 diabetes.

•Canada has the sixth highest incidence rate of type 1 diabetes in children 14 years or younger in the world.

•The incidence rate of type 1 diabetes is rising by three to five per cent in Canada; the greatest rise occurs in five to nine year olds.

•Worldwide 70,000 children develop type 1 diabetes annually (almost 200 children a day).

•Globally, every ten seconds two people develop diabetes.

•Diabetes is the fourth leading cause of global death by disease.

•Globally, every ten seconds a person dies from diabetes-related causes.

•According to the International Diabetes Federation, each year 3.8 million deaths are attributable to diabetes. An even greater number die from cardiovascular

disease made worse by diabetes-related lipid disorders and hypertension.

About JDRF

•Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) was founded in 1974 by parents of children with type 1 (juvenile) diabetes.

•JDRF is the leading charitable funder and advocate of diabetes research in the world.

•JDRF’s mission is to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research.

•JDRF is driving the development and delivery of research to find a cure.

•JDRF Canada is one of six affiliates around the world, including Australia, Denmark, India, Israel, and the United Kingdom.

GOLD BIKE BANNER (DONATE & RECEIVE GOLD ACKNOWLEDGEMENT)

Show your companies community spirit and get your name out there with a Gold Bike Banner – 2 x 2 banner that will be hung in the event area with your name, team name or business name when you buy a Gold Bike for a minimum donation of $250.00.

This event is a great opportunity for team building and getting to know other businesses in your community, while contributing to a great cause!

YOUR COMPANY NAME HERE.

PLEDGE ME AND DONATE TO JDRF.

http://jdrfca.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donor

Drive.participant&eventID=1081&participantID=125503

or

by Cheque addressed to “JDRF CANADA” send to:

707 Bank Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 3V1