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Hope Gala 2016
Saturday, May 21, 2016
Wilmington Convention Center

JDRF is creating a future without type 1 diabetes

fund a cure

 

Over 40 years ago, a small group of parents shared a common goal to find a cure for diabetes. Their conviction and determination built the cornerstone for JDRF. At our Hope Gala on May 21, 2016,  our story of hope unfolds in the quiet of a single moment. We call this moment… FUND A CURE

Fund A Cure is known as the Auction of Passion. It is an opportunity for guests to donate a 100% tax-deductible donation directly to cutting-edge medical research and fund the science that will deliver a world where:

· Families affected by T1D sleep through the night without fear

· An intelligent pump eliminates dangerous high and low blood sugars

· A single daily injection maintains tight control with no carb counting

· Those with T1D can live insulin free for up to 24 months

· Families no longer worry that a loved one will develop T1D

· There is no carb counting, no injections, no testing… no T1D

 

JDRF isn’t just imagining a cure, WE ARE MAKING IT HAPPEN.

Since JDRF was founded, we have given over $1.9 billion to type 1 diabetes (T1D) research.

Last year, through the Fund A Cure program alone, JDRF directed more than $25 million to research.

 

We hope you will join us in supporting Fund A Cure and be a part of making this future a reality.

 

You can make a Fund A Cure donation on the night of gala or click here to donate now

 

Brandi Buchanan is our 2016 Fund A Cure speaker.  Brandi and her husband, Bill, have a four year old son with type 1 diabetes (T1D). 

Hope Gala 2016 Sponsors

  • Live Oak Bank
  • New Hanover Regional Medical Center
  • Anonymous
  • Coastal Children's Services
  • Dr. & Mrs. Brian & Kate Groat
  • Mustaches for Kids
  • Dexcom
  • Mr. & Mrs. Jim & Andrea Johnston
  • Keller's Inc.
  • Liberty Healthcare Management
  • Mr. Charles & Alice Mintz
  • Dr. John Parker & Dr. Heather M. Henderson
  • PPD
  • Sechrist Technology Group
  • Wilmington Health
  • Wilmington Health
  • Eli Lilly Company Foundation, Inc
  • Dr. and Mrs. Richard & Belinda Morrison