Support Rita Verreos in the 2007 Walk to Cure Diabetes

My dear friends:

I'm writing to you to ask for your support in a very special cause.

This year, along with other SURVIVOR castmates, I've been invited to
take part in the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's Walk to Cure
Diabetes along with a half-million other walkers across the country.
Our goal: To raise $100 million to help fund research for a cure for
type 1 diabetes and its complications.

Type 1, or juvenile, diabetes, is a devastating, often deadly disease
that affects millions of people--a large and growing percentage of
them children.

Many people think type 1 diabetes can be controlled by insulin. While
insulin does keep people with type 1 diabetes alive, it is NOT a
cure. Aside from the daily challenges of living with type 1 diabetes,
there are many severe, often fatal, complications caused by the
disease.

That's the bad news... and yes, it's pretty bad.

The good news, though, is that a cure for type 1 diabetes is within
reach. In fact, JDRF funding and leadership is associated with most
major scientific breakthroughs in type 1 diabetes research to date.
And JDRF funds a major portion of all type 1 diabetes research
worldwide, more than any other charity.

I'm writing to ask for your support because now more than ever, EACH
of us can be a part of bringing about a cure. Each of us can make a
real difference

If you donate just $5, I can easily reach my goal. You may, of
course, donate as much as you like to this very worthy cause as all
of your donations will be helping children with this disease to find
them a cure.

Together, we can make the cure a reality.

Thank you,

Rita Verreos
Survivor Fiji 07

Please visit my Walk Web page if you would like to donate online or
see how close I am to reaching my personal goal:

http://walk.jdrf.org/walker.cfm?id=86817540

Follow this link to make a donation:

http://walk.jdrf.org/support.cfm?id=86817540

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