Thank you to everyone who walked and fundraised. Because of your dedication and relentless fundraising efforts, important research continues that is accelerating us toward our ultimate goal of removing T1D from our lives forever.

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Gold Level

USS-POSCO Industries
Joe’s Impatient Walkers
Team Jordan
Joey’s Jammers
Team Johnson & Johnson
Cam’s Crew
Team PMI Mortgage Insurance Co.
Savannah Smiles
Amy’s Angels
Wells Fargo
Draeger’s Epicures For The Cure
Landon’s Rockin Walkers
Team Lockwood
Team Ally
Comerica Bank
Ashley’s Army
Steppin’ for Smoles
Paris Husic
Jason Finkelstein Family Walk Team
Hawley Family Team
Hannah’s Hikers
Team Max B

Silver Level

The G-Force
Diabesorous – Brave Buddies
NOAH’S NINJA TURTLES!!!
Wells Fargo
Team CJ
Abigail’s Friends
Daniel’s Diabetes Destroyers
Team Emily
Lexi and Kylie’s Pod Squad
Ruby Hill Walkathon
Mary’s Dancing Walkers
Alec’s Advocates
Bear Harley & Mac

Bronze Level

Team Stearns & The Lien Machines
Team SamCat
Team Nolan
Team Rob Panacci
Katelyn’s Corral
Priory Walk Team
Pleasanton Lions Club
Chloe Fine Arts Gallery
Emily’s Dream Team
Team Joey
Allgress, Inc. – Fishing for a Cure
Sangamo
M&M’s
Dr. Pepper Snapple Group – Team Hedgehog
Jordan’s Team
Nater Nation
Team Tommy
Team Hollywood
Sierra Sunshine Team
U.S. Bankers
Catalina Cougars Care
Team Parkerman
Team NP
Team Kai
Chloe’s SF Crew
Shelby & Co.
Pete’s Friends
The Kennedy Family
Team Joe G.
Team Louise
Walk 4 Robin
O’Melveny & Myers LLP
CVS Pharmacy – Walsh’s Walkers, District 2
The Klein’s
Team Behr
Natural Lightning
Team Cierra
No Betes
Team Craze
Team MJB
Team Jensen
Wellness Walkers for Diabetes
Suzy Pulver
Ashna’s Angels
Zach Attacks T1D
Team Max B
Goodwin – Mesic
Lily’s Walking Wonders
Cheli’s Warriors
Team Abbott Diabetes Care
Team Jena
Athenian Owls
Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula
The Evanquakers
Freedom
Team Kendall Horalek
Otto Stompers

Walkers who raise $200 or more by December 1, 2011  can select one of our gift catalogs featuring a variety of prizes. Items available include JDRF branded apparel from North End®, housewares from T-Fal® and Hamilton Beach®, as well as electronics from Apple®, Sony®, Philips®, and Sharp®. Great gifts for kids, like games and bikes, are available at all levels! Check out all of the award levels and prizes at www.jdrf.org/greatprizes. Only one prize per walker, please.

Many employers sponsor matching gift programs and will match any charitable contributions made by their employees. To find out if your company has a matching gift policy click here and enter your employer’s name.

If your company is eligible, request a matching gift form from your employer, and send it completed and signed with your gift. We will do the rest. The impact of your gift to Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International may be doubled or possibly tripled! Some companies match gifts made by retirees and/or spouses.

NBC Bay Area’s Janelle Wang sat down with JDRF Bay Area Board President Mark Fischer-Colbrie to talk about type 1 diabetes (T1D), JDRF’s mission, and the Walk to Cure Diabetes and Walktoberfest happening on Sunday, October 30 at Marina Green in San Francisco.

Cool down after the Walk on Sunday with a tart and tangy treat from Myo Frozen Yogurt. In celebration of the Walk to Cure Diabetes, 20% of all proceeds from Sunday, October 23, 2011 will go to JDRF. Locations in Monterey and Salinas will be participating. Thank you to Myo Frozen Yogurt for their generosity and support of the Walk to Cure Diabetes.

Myo Frozen Yogurt Locations:

685 Cannery Row Ste. 103
Monterey, CA 93940

491 Avarado Street
Monterey, CA 93940

1091 S Main Street
Salinas, CA 93901

Many thanks to Gina and all 55 of G-Force’s Walkers for their fundraising efforts — over $10,500! — and sharing this video with us.

Team G-Force’s Story:

Hello Walkers!

Are you excited? This Sunday, October 23, you will be arriving at Mazda Laguna Seca Raceway to join other families, friends, and colleagues walking in support of the millions of kids and adults with type 1 diabetes (T1D).

When you arrive at Laguna Seca, follow the Walk to Cure Diabetes signs to the parking lot (with ample parking spaces) by the Island around which we will be walking. Registration starts at 9:30 AM but arrive a little early to have a cup of coffee, juice, or Chobani yogurt from the yogurt bar.

While we are walking, Mercedes cars will be racing around the track! Wear blue, if you can — the color adopted by the diabetes community to show unity in our support for life changing research. MY Museum, Monterey County’s Youth Museum, will be offering activities to entertain the kids. After you walk, join us for a healthy lunch.

Most importantly, have you reached your fundraising goal? It’s not too late to raise at least the minimum suggested contribution of $100 per Walker. Just ask 10 people for $10 or 5 people for $20. Send emails and reminder emails. Install the Facebook Walk App. Don’t forget: raising funds for research is why we walk and your fundraising efforts make a big difference in JDRF’s search for ways to cure, better treat, and prevent T1D.

We are grateful to our many local sponsors who help our Walk with both cash and in-kind donations:

Chiquita Brand Foods
Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula
Earthbound Farms
Peet’s Coffee
Driscoll Berries
Foster Farms
Taylor Farms
Harrod Brothers
Fresh Foods
J. Marchini Farms
Wells Fargo Bank, Monterey
Jessen Investments
Foster Farms
Advancedtech Aviation
Silvestri Vineyards

Zoom, zoom!!!

Janet Isak Hawley
Walk Committee Co-Chair
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca

The 2011 JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes at the Oakland Zoo is this Sunday! Please keep the following in mind:

• Walk Route is .5 miles
• You may turn-in your checks and cash donations the morning of the Walk.
• You MUST arrive by 9am to receive zoo admission and a lunch voucher to the park.
• Only 1 food voucher per person will be distributed.  Please check with your team captain first to see if they’ve picked up the food vouchers for the entire team.
• NO dogs
• NO noisemakers
• Admission to the Zoo is included for registered teams and Walkers
• Program will begin at approximately 9:30 AM in the Meadow

Chris’ Pit Crew is one of the new Family Walk Teams joining the fight against type 1 diabetes (T1D).  They will be joining us at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on October 23^rd.

Chris Bailey was diagnosed August 27, 2008 at just 16 months old.  Chris’ mom, Isis, noticed that he wasn’t eating and was craving fluids.  In addition, he was urinating frequently especially at night.

I met Isis through my hairdresser.  It is the strangest thing to be sitting doing something mundane, like getting your hair cut, and have someone say, “I met someone and I thought of you.  She also has a diabetic child.”  Those words still never fail to energize me.  Who is she?  Where does she live?  How old is the child?  When was he diagnosed? It is something that instantly bonds people: a child with T1D.

Chris is now 4 years old and the best thing about Chris is his personality and love of life.  He is strong and understands what he is facing.

The worst things his parents deal with in regards to Chris’ diabetes are the restrictions and sudden consequences of his condition.  Such simple things can throw his body so far out of whack and can hurt or kill him quickly.  As parents, they hate the constant worry.

Chris’ Pit Crew decided to join the Walk to help raise money for JDRF who they believe is their greatest hope of finding a cure for Chris.

Make sure and say “HI” when you see them at the Walk!

Kathy Lockwood
Co-Chair, Walk at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
Mother to Quinn (4 years old – diagnosed at 18 months) and to Teagan and Ellison (4 month old twin girls)

We are thrilled to bring back Walktoberfest to Walk to Cure Diabetes at Marina Green!

Walktoberfest is a fun-filled tent for all Walk participants 21 years of age and older, where you can get a tasty meal, chilly brew, and jive to some great swing tunes!

If the 5 mile fun run or the 3.2 mile Walk leaves you parched and your tummy grumbling, pop into Walktoberfest where you can receive a frothy beer for a $5 donation or a skewer with sides and unlimited beer for a donation of $20!

100% of all funds raised through Walktoberfest will help accelerate JDRF’s search to cure, better treat, and prevent type 1 diabetes.

As the Walk is the day before Halloween, feel free to dress up in traditional Octoberfest lederhosen or dirndl as we enjoy the afternoon and raise funds to help find the cure!

When: Sunday, October 30, 2011 from 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM.
Where: Marina Green, San Francisco
Contact: Simone Price at (415) 597-6319.

Thank you to our generous Walktoberfest sponsors: