Local Moms Help Raise Over $13,000 to Fight Diabetes
Kecia Elder and Terri Collins are driven to raise money to fight this disease.
Kecia Elder and Terri Collins and their families at the Walk to Cure Diabetes
courtesy of Kecia Elder
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Kecia Elder and Terri Collins recently helped students at Dacula Elementary School raise over $13,000 to fight type 1 diabetes. These two local moms are determined to increase awareness of this disease, one that both of these ladies tackle daily.
Elder has an 11-year-old son, Kaleb, who was two when he was diagnosed, and Collins has an 8-year-old daughter, Karson who was four when she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Both ladies have been involved with the JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) for several years. These moms are not just going to live with it, they are working hard to fight the disease.
“We have children with type 1 diabetes so we wanted to raise money to find a cure,” Elder said.
Collins and Elder brought their mission to raise awareness and money to find a cure for type 1 diabetes to Dacula Elementary School.
“We organized the walk and lead fundraising efforts at the school,” Elder said. “We also passed out information to the students and teachers about type 1 diabetes.”
The walk was held in honor of three kids at Dacula Elementary School with diabetes, Kaleb Elder (fifth grade), Karson Collins (third grade), Sofia Arenas (second grade). Students at the elementary school talked about juvenile diabetes (type 1) in class to help raise awareness, and brought in money for a two-week period to help raise money for a cure.
“Dacula Elementary raised $8,895.94, and with a matching gift of $5,000.00 from Novartis Pharmaceuticals the grand total raised for JDRF was $13,895.84,” Elder said proudly.
Elder and Collins are committed to fighting type 1 diabetes because it is a challenge they see their children face daily.
“We try to make life as easy as possible for them and as normal, but they still have to stop to check blood sugars and get insulin many times during the day,” Elder explained. “We raise money because we want to make a difference in the lives of these sweet children that have type 1 diabetes. We want to help find a cure so they don't have to endure all that they face with having diabetes.”
Elder and Collins also want to help educate people on the difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
“I think having the walk at the school has helped raise compassion and awareness for type 1 diabetes,” Elder said. “It gets people talking about it and gets more involved in this cause and other causes that come about.”
If anyone would like to help Elder and Collins in their mission to find a cure for type 1 diabetes, you can make a donation by visiting www.jdrf.org, click on get involved, click on Walk to Cure Diabetes, input Dacula Elementary as the walker and it will give you a link to donate to their walk.
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Sandra Arnow
7:31 pm on Monday, May 7, 2012
So glad to be able to be a part of this cause. Way to go my friends!!!!
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Tammy
9:42 pm on Monday, May 7, 2012
What research does JDRF fund that is "cure" oriented? Just curious...
Kecia Elder
11:16 pm on Monday, May 7, 2012
Thanks for asking! The funds raised for JDRF not only go for research to find a cure for Type 1 Diabetes but is also helps funding of clinical trials. Two main trials that are happening right now are the artifical pancreas, which may be available within the next 5 years and also a program called TrialNet. TrialNet tests relatives of Type 1 diabetes to see if they have the gene that is triggered when you become at Type 1 diabetic, the testing will help follow those with the gene to see what may cause the onset of Type 1 and what can be done to prevent the onset.
JDRF CURE Research Goal: Restore and Maintain Normal Pancreas Function
To cure someone diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, two fundamental aspects of the disease need to be corrected. First, we need to find ways to turn off the misguided immune system attack on the insulin-producing beta cells; stopping the autoimmune process, or protect new beta cells from this ongoing attack (encapsulation). Next, we need to find a way to restore the body's ability to produce its own insulin. Restoring new insulin-producing cells in the body could be achieved in a few different ways - either by making them from other remaining healthy cells in the pancreas (regeneration) or by making them in a lab or obtaining them from other animals and putting them into the body (replacement).
I hope that helps answer your question. You can go to www.jdrf.org to get more information about Type 1 diabetes.
Nancy Higgins
10:22 pm on Monday, May 7, 2012
You can find some info here about what all JDRF does.
http://www.jdrf.org/
Pam Tuggle
3:31 pm on Friday, May 11, 2012
It was an awesome day for a cause dear to students at Dacula!
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