The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Walk was held this weekend with teams registering and starting out at Center City Park. This year's Corporate Walk Chair Steve Frost works at Bank of America. Additionally Grimsley High School helped the Piedmont Triad Chapter with the Greensboro Walk. Our local chapter was funded in 1994 with their first fundraising events held in 1995 on behalf of people with Type-1 diabetes. The goal of the organization is to find a cure for diabetes and its complications (more here). In the USA, over 26 million people are living with the disease.
We're hoping someone will post the total number of people who registered to walk this year. Teams did a great job of coming up with creative t-shirts for their walkers and supporters. Seeing so many people brave the soggy day to walk for such a good cause was downright heartwarming. Center City Park is truly becoming Downtown Greensboro's favorite spot for fundraisers and community events.
Comments