WDIV-TV Focuses on How Diabetes Alert Dogs Can Save Lives

WDIV-TV (NBC) Ashlee Baracy talked to Kathy Scott about her diabetes alert dog Henry and how canines can serve as a life line for people living with type 1 diabetes. Watch the clip here:  Diabetes Alert Dogs Help Save Lives

Charlie Kimball will be at the walk!

We are excited to announce that we will have IZOD IndyCar Series race car driver, Charlie Kimball, at this year’s walk!  Charlie Kimball is an open-wheel race car driver with Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing in the IZOD IndyCar series. Now in his third INDYCAR season, Kimball is the first licensed driver with diabetes in […]

Walk Team T-Shirt Contest!

Everything you need to know about Breakthrough T1D Walk Team T-Shirt Contest! Don’t forget to enter your team shirt in the Breakthrough T1D Walk to Cure Diabetes T-Shirt Contest! Just be sure to bring an extra shirt with you on Walk Day, and your team will be eligible to win an award for the best […]

West Bloomfield Woman Walks to Support Diabetes Research

Published by the West Bloomfield Patch on September 19, 2013. Carolyn Normandin will participate at the Walk to Cure Diabetes at the GM Technical Center Sept. 29. When West Bloomfield resident Carolyn Normandin was diagnosed at age 41 with Type 1 diabetes, she made a decision. “I wasn’t going to let this change my life so that I […]

Seneca student ready to lead team in Walk to Cure Diabetes

Published by the Macomb Township Chronicle on September 18, 2013. MACOMB TOWNSHIP — When a disease affects you or someone you love, it suddenly stops being something that you’ve only heard about from a safe distance and becomes a living, breathing thing. What once was a chapter in a textbook is now brutally, unavoidably real. […]

Team Spotlight: Natalie’s Ninjas

Janelle Semmel is the Team Captain of Natalie’s Ninjas.  She is the proud mother of Natalie Semmel, who was diagnosed with T1D in 2011 at the age of 11.  Natalie’s Ninjas has raised over $1,300 for this year’s walk.  To raise money, Janelle has utilized Facebook to promote her team!  Janelle says “I have been […]

Diabetes Awareness License Plates, Order Today!

On July 18, 2013 Governor Quinn signed into law House Bill 1815 sponsored by State Representative Tom Cross; a new initiative to raise funds for diabetes research by authorizing the Secretary of State to design and issue special license plates promoting diabetes awareness. However, the design and production of the Diabetes Research Specialty Plates cannot […]

Troy Resident Takes on Fight Against Type 1 Diabetes

Published by the Troy Patch, September 15, 2013 Terry Conley of Troy, a partner at Grant Thornton LLP, serves as chair of the Walk to Cure Diabetes events in Southeast Michigan. The Walk to Cure Diabetes events take place Sunday, Sept. 29 at the GM Tech Center in Metro Detroit and Hudson Mills Metropark near […]

A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR TOP WALK SPONSORS!!!

Discover Card 2% Matching Program

We are happy to announce the return of the Discover 2% matching program. Discover will match 2% of all donations made to Breakthrough T1D using a Discover Card from September 1, 2013 through January 31, 2014. Over the past 14 years, Discover has been a valued supporter of Breakthrough T1D. The Walk program has been […]