Support Me in Tour de Cure!  I will be riding 100 miles. 

Ok Friends,

This year we are going BIG!  I have set a goal to raise $10,000.00 to fund research, develop new technologies to treat and manage diabetes, and ultimately STOP DIABETES!  So I ask you to extend yourself and make the largest donation your are comfortable with making.  Any amount helps in the fight to STOP DIABETES.  I know with your help I will reach my goal. 

Read my story below:  This is why I ride!

My daughter was diagnosed six years ago with type 1 diabetes.  I vividly remember that day sitting in the examination room and listening to the doctor tell us "Your daughter has type 1 diabetes", and  feeling helpless. Everything stopped!  It was a bold realization that not only had my daughter's life changed forever but so had ours.  I remember packing a small bag for me and my daughter and heading up to Primary Children's Hospital to spend the next four days getting her blood glucose levels in check and learning all about what it takes to manage diabetes.  We all cried a lot over the next few days feeling overwhelmed with a roller coaster ride of emotions.  It certainly changes your perspective on life and being a parent when something like this is put in your path.  I stayed with her the entire time sleeping on that small cot in her room that more closely resembles a mid evil torture device.  Of course I really didn't sleep much but instead remained vigilant waking up throughout the night to check on her and whenever the nurse came in to check her blood glucose levels or draw blood.  We spent portions of the day between a haze of emotions and sleeplessness learning from dieticians, nutritionists, and the endocrinologist how to count carbs, what foods are better for people living with diabetes, and maintaining an active lifestyle.  I remember taking the syringe full of saline solution and practicing injections on oranges and thinking as a parent you are always of the mindset to protect your child, now you want me to take a sharp object and stick it into my child, and this is a good thing?  Five years later and about 10,000 injections, we are still in the fight to stop diabetes.  Support me and my daughter with a donation and lets change the future for those living with diabetes.

 I will be cycling in the American Diabetes Association's Tour de Cure fundraising event.  Select the "Sponsor Me" button. Our efforts will help set the pace in the fight against diabetes. So let's get in gear and ride to Stop Diabetes!

Help Make a Difference in the fight against diabetes!

Each mile I ride, and the funds I raise will be used in the fight to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes.

No matter how small or large, your generous gift will help improve the lives of nearly 24 million Americans who suffer from diabetes, in the hope that future generations can live in a world without this disease. Together, we can all make a difference!

Thank you for making a generous contribution to this cause that is so important to me!