35 Faces, 35 years of Walking, 35 Reasons to Give

I want people to know that having type 1 diabetes (T1D) isn’t easy and that people with T1D are AWESOME! I was diagnosed with T1D when I was 4 years old, and I haven’t let T1D stop me from being a kid. Every year my family and friends participate in the Athens Breakthrough T1D One Walk. We have raised over $10,000 the past 5 years! I love designing our walk t-shirt every year. Last year the theme was “Building a world without Type 1”. The shirt had awesome Lego mini-figures on it and the words were built with legos! It was so cool! We sell these t-shirts to friends and family to help raise money for our walk team. I also share my story and talk about what a cure means to me. My favorite memory at the Breakthrough T1D One Walk is getting to cut the start line ribbon and winning the t-shirt contest! I wish we would find a cure soon so I wouldn’t have to watch my blood sugar levels and prick my fingers. A cure would mean freedom! Freedom from having to count carbs and watching everything I eat. It would give me the freedom just to be a normal kid. If you don’t have a walk team, you can join mine or start your own! Raising awareness and fundraising is the best way to spread the word about T1D and the Breakthrough T1D One Walk. 

Please consider supporting Caden’s fundraising efforts by donating to his Breakthrough T1D One Walk team here.