Breakthrough T1D One Walk Day, Greater New England 2021
October 2, 2021
10:00 am
We are thrilled to launch our 2021 Breakthrough T1D One Walk for the Greater New England Chapter! This year’s One Walk will bring the experience right to you. With online activity tracking, fitness and fundraising challenges, and individual Walk Day experiences this fall. You have the chance to make the Walk exactly what works for you.
You Choose: When You Walk!
Where You Walk!
How You Walk!
With the health and well-being of our community as our top priority, the 2021 Walk will be virtual again this year. The good news is that last year our walkers discovered that going virtual meant they were able to go bigger. Friends and family members from across the country were able to join teams virtually, moving as one, with one mission—a world without type 1 diabetes (T1D).
The Breakthrough T1D One Walk is a community fundraising effort, driven by individual experiences, that allows participants to select a goal and activity that is meaningful to them and leverage that experience to inspire support from around the world. No matter what you do, we want you to take lots of photos and make new memories! Please make sure you are following state and local regulations regarding social gatherings.
Register today and rally your team!
If you have any questions about our Walk plans this year, please reach out to greaternewengland@BreakthroughT1D.org.
To ensure your team is as successful as possible this year, we’ve pulled together some resources to help you in your team recruitment, fundraising and overall energy generation about this exciting event!
Breakthrough T1D ONE WALK RESOURCES
In addition to the ideas in the Fundraising Tool Kit, there are tons of great ways to fundraise for your Breakthrough T1D One Walk team from a letter writing campaign to making a unique video of your T1D Champion. The possibilities are endless and there are so many ways to find what works for you and your team.
Back again, fitness tracking through Strava! Make tracking your miles to mission easy by connecting Strava to your participant center. Check out this Strava Guide to get started today! Join our Breakthrough T1D One Walk Greater New England Chapter club on Strava! Compete against Walkers across all GNE Walk locations: www.strava.com/clubs/JDRFGNEWalk2021.
If you’re unsure of what Your Walk, Your Way could look like for you and your Team, we’ve got you covered! A few of our Walk friends shared some fun tips and tricks that can be easily duplicated. These range from putting together a neighborhood Walk to hosting a Walk Day bake sale. Check out all the Walk Day Guides at: jdrf.org/greaternewengland/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2021/09/JDRF-One-Walk-How-To-Walk-Day-Guides.pdf.
Throw on our Breakthrough T1D One Walk Spotify playlist for an official soundtrack while you and your team Walk Your Way and celebrate!
Visit our Breakthrough T1D One Walk Resource page for fundraising ideas, templates, Breakthrough T1D info, how-to guides, social media posts and more! jdrf.org/greaternewengland/p/jdrf-one-walk-resource-center
MILE OF HOPE
The Mile of Hope is a special part of Walk Day where we highlight the faces of our T1D community, honoring those living with T1D and their families and remembering those we have lost. We’re excited to continue carrying out this special tradition. Take a stroll through our virtual Mile of Hope.
TOP TEAMS AND V1PS
Congratulations to our Top Fundraising Teams! Your passion and dedication have made a tremendous impact on our mission. Thank you! *As of September 29 at noon.
Boston
#10 Taylor’s Whalers
#9 Team Durnan
#8 Peace, Love, Pumps
#7 Team Cotney
#6 Team One with Type One
#5 Matthew’s Mission
#4 Team Sudbury
#3 Gracie’s Peeps
#2 ANNA’S ALL-STARS
#1 Newton Knocks Out T1D!!
Central MA
#5 Keiras Krew
#4 NZilla’s Diabetes Stompers
#3 Jacob’s Jumping Frogs
#2 Team Talia
#1 Team Jada
Maine
#5 JD’s Journey
#4 Team Thibeault
#3 Easton’s Crew
#2 Kicking It With Kam
#1 Color Me Cured-Thomaston
New Hampshire
#5 Rick’s Walkers
#4 Team MaddieA
#3 Abigail’s Avengers
#2 Pumped up!
#1 Osborne Sullivan United
Rhode Island
#5 Awesome Annie!
#4 Team Super Jack
#3 Mady’s mad-dogs
#2 CAM’S CREW
#1 Team Carson
Thank you to our 2021 Breakthrough T1D One Walk V1Ps! You are part of a community within Breakthrough T1D that is exclusively awarded to our top 5% of fundraisers who individually raise $1,000 or more.
This group of exceptional people go above and beyond in their fundraising efforts because they know every dollar that Breakthrough T1D is able to direct towards research helps turn type one into type none! Check back leading up to Walk Day on October 2 to see who is a V1P!
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!
