Almost five thousand people joined the 14th Walk to Cure Diabetes held last Sunday at RIT. The event was hosted and sponsored by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation whose aim is to help finding a cure for juvenile diabetes. One of its highlights, apart from the walk, is a fundraising activity. The proceeds will be used for the continuing research and study towards better medication of the disease.
For more than 10 years, the organization was able to gather donations for about $ 1 million through fundraising events. In 2008, around $ 800,000 donations were recorded. They hoped that this year’s event will beat the record.
So far, the event last Sunday is the largest fundraiser of the year for the Rochester chapter of the organization.
Photo above is taken from Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, htt://www.jdrf.org
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