Family Rallies are a great opportunity to meet other parents in the type 1 diabetes community. In addition to free entrance to the zoo, the rallies include important information:

• Learn how the dollars raised by Family Walk Teams translate into tangible progress toward the cure
• Hear about the progress being made in the field of diabetes research
• Gather information on how you can fight back by forming a Family Team

Thursday, July 22, 2010 | Oakland Zoo | RSVP

Saturday, July 24, 2010 | San Francisco Zoo | RSVP

About the Walk to Cure Diabetes

The Walk to Cure Diabetes is JDRF’s largest fundraising program. In 2009, Walkers raised $89,000,000,nearly half of JDRF’s total public support, thanks to the countless numbers of volunteer teams that support the Walk. The Walk to Cure Diabetes is a fun-filled event for you and your friends and family and it builds camaraderie among co-workers. It’s also an uplifting and encouraging experience and an opportunity to be part of the diabetes community. It is a chance to take action, to step up to the plate and do something positive. Walk is the way to the cure!

More than three million people are living with type 1 diabetes in the United States today.   More than 75,000 people in just the Bay Area are living with diabetes.  Did you know that 30,000 people will be diagnosed with type 1 diabetes this year?

Type 1 diabetes is a devastating disease which strikes children and adults suddenly, but lasts a lifetime. People with diabetes need to test their blood sugar and give themselves insulin injections multiple times per day – every day for the rest of their lives.  Insulin, however, is not a cure for diabetes, nor does it prevent its eventual and devastating complications.  Unfortunately, more children and adults will be diagnosed with diabetes this year than last year.

With more than 200 Walk locations across the country and five Walks in the Bay Area, Walk to Cure Diabetes is the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s largest fundraiser!  The goal is to raise more than $90 millions for diabetes research this year.  The mission of JDRF is to find cures for diabetes and its complications through the support of research.  JDRF is the world’s largest charitable funder and advocate of type 1 diabetes research.

Register to Walk to Cure Diabetes.  Help fuel the research that will cure diabetes.