With your help, we can all cure diabetes. Our family will be participating in the “Walk for a Cure” again this year. If you would like to help raise donations and walk with our team, please let us know. If you would like to sponsor our walk team, but cannot participate, please do so by (a tax deductible) donation. To make it easy, you can go to the following web page to make an online donation.
http://walk.jdrf.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=extranet.personalpage&confirmid=86644269
2007 FUNDRAISERS
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Diabetes Research & Education
Stop by
Jon Francis & Co. On
From
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– 2:00 p.m.
Hair Cuts $20
Manicure $10
Blow Dry Extra
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| Venue: | Siemens | |||||
| Date of Walk: | 3/24/2007 | |||||
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| Walk Start Time: | 10:00 AM | |||||
| Length of Walk: | 5K | |||||
| Contact Person: | Esther Swann | |||||
| Local Chapter: | Greater Palm Beach County Chapter | |||||
| Local Chapter Phone: | (561) 686-7701 | |||||
February
6, 2007
Dear Family and Friends,
On Easter Sunday, 1996, our
19 year old daughter, Nikki was diagnosed with Juvenile Diabetes. She was
only 8 years old. Each member
of our family was ill with a stomach virus and was sick for about twenty
four hours each. When Nikki
got sick with the virus, she never got better.
The virus basically destroyed her pancreas and therefore her
ability to produce insulin. We
rushed our daughter to the hospital barely weighing 38.
We learned shortly there after that our lives were about to change
forever. With a dangerously
high blood sugar of 869 (normal is 70-115), Nikki was immediately taken to
ICU. For the next several hours, we listened to the doctor tell us she may
not make it through the night. He
also explained to us exactly what Juvenile Diabetes was.
Once she was stabilized, we had to learn how to give her injections
and check her blood sugars. We also learned to measure out our daughter’s meals in
accordance to how much insulin she received.
We became our child’s doctor and dietician, as well as remaining
her parents.
As with everyone with Juvenile Diabetes, pricking their finger and
giving injections is the only way of life they will ever know until there
is a cure for this devastating disease.
Although, year by year, researchers have moved forward in finding
that cure, they are not quite there yet.
The insulin that Diabetics give themselves is not a cure.
It is merely a therapy to control their blood sugars.
If Diabetics do not monitor there blood sugars regularly and take
care of “their” disease, they can have life threatening complications
such as blindness, amputation of limbs, kidney failure, and stroke or
heart attack. This is always on our minds as we try to help our daughter
survive by daily making medical decisions that affect her life.
Nikki is in College now. It
is difficult for every parent when their child leaves home.
The difficulty is increased a million times over when you have to
not only worry (as a parent does) what decisions your child is making
while away from you, but are they the “everyday” decisions that will
keep her alive! Nikki is now
in total control of her Diabetes by herself with little or no help from
us. She makes more daily
decisions about her life than many adults will make in a lifetime.
Nikki is truly in control of her destiny.
She was robbed of her childhood, as she had to “grow up” more
quickly than everyone around her.
When Nikki was diagnosed eleven years ago, a friend of the family
gave Nikki a kitten (Friskie). Last month, Friskie, was diagnosed with Diabetes.
Friskie is on the same insulin as Nikki and must receive two shots
a day. What are the chances
of that?
Would you please help us raise money to find a cure for Juvenile
Diabetes in our daughter’s lifetime?
Our goal is to raise enough money so that Nikki and other children
like her can have a future without needles, insulin or complications.
The Wagner Family is going to “Walk for a Cure” on Saturday,
March 24, 2007 at the Siemens Corporation in Arvida Park of Commerce.
Will you sponsor us on this our 11th
Walk? Your donation is
tax deductible and should be made out to the JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes
Research Foundation). Donations
can be sent to: You
may also donate on line at http://walk.jdrf.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=extranet.personalpage&confirmid=86644269 Thank you for your continued support! Together, we can “WIPE OUT DIABETES.”
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JDRF Walk For A Cure 2005
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THANK YOU JON FRANCIS & CO.
A big THANK YOU to all the employees at Jon Francis & Co.
who donated their time & talent once
again at the March 2, 2005 Cut-a-thon.
They earned a total of $880 towards the Wagner family team total.
Insulin is not a cure. Let everyone know it by wearing a CWD bracelet. They're great for everyone in your family and all of your friends. Bracelets are made from 100% synthetic silicone rubber.
Bracelets are $5 each to US addresses, $6 each to Canadian addresses, and $7 each to all other addresses. Shipping is included in the price. Bracelets are $4 each in quantities of 100 or more for all addresses. Actual shipping will be added to the credit card charge.
For those who are curious about the $5 price, please note that CWD orders these bracelets in much smaller numbers than some of the larger organizations (i.e., benefits for cancer and AIDS). Thus, our per bracelet expenses are much higher.
The CWD Bracelet is an initiative of CWD's IDYA teen advocacy group. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation to help fund diabetes research and the Education for Children with Diabetes Foundation to help fund educational opportunities for children with diabetes.
To order, download and print the order form:
If you have questions about your order, please contact Laura Billetdeaux at laura.billetdeaux@childrenwithdiabetes.com.
Local Businesses Have Partnered WithJon Francis & Co.To
Host a Vendor Fair Raising Funds to Support
Diabetes
Research and Education
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2004
It was that time of year once
more where we geared up for this years largest fundraiser...
The Walk to Cure Diabetes is a walkathon held in more than
200 locations throughout the year benefiting the Juvenile Diabetes Research
Foundation. More than four hundred thousand men, women, and children-including
those from 5,000 large corporations and local companies along with 3,500 family
teams, participated this year. The Walk raised almost $70 million last year for
diabetes research and the count is still in for this year's total..
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Jon Francis & Co.
boca
Raton (Off Butts Rd. & 19th Street, behind town Center Mall) |
For
more information, please call:
(561)
393-6640
Juvenile
Diabetes Research Foundation, Greater Palm Beach County Chapter
1800 Australian Avenue South, Suite 200 * West Palm Beach, FL 33409 * (561) 686-7701
2003
Dear
Family and Friends,
The walk to cure diabetes was a great success. We raised $23,201. But we
could not have done it without your help. It means the world to me that people
want to help raise money or donate to the cure. My life is very hard and it is
worse being a teenager, but knowing that there will be a cure in the future
makes me feel so much better.
I
just wanted to say thank you for helping us. Also, seeing all the wonderful
faces at the walk, made me so happy to know that you were there helping my life
and other people that have diabetes.
Someday I will have a normal life, like everyone else when there is a
cure. I will be able to eat when I want, without getting sick. Thank you for
making my dream of a cure possible.
Love Always,
Nikki
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The Wagner Family would like to thank the following companies who donated their delicious food to our fundraiser at Club Radius in Boca Raton, Florida .
Radius
7000 W Palmetto Park Rd
Boca Raton, FL
(561) 392-3747
Subway
at.Sandalfoot Plaza
23133 Sandalfoot Plaza Dr
Boca Raton, FL
(561) 483-6624
Jasmine
- Taste of the Orient
860 Glades Rd
Boca Raton, FL
(561)
483-8888
Brewzzi's
2222 Glades Rd
Boca Raton, FL
(561) 392-2739
BOCA ALE HOUSE
244 W. Glades Rd. Boca Raton,
FL. 33434 561-487-2989
2002
Thank
you
Felix
the Tailor
for
hosting many socials to benefit the
Juvenile
Diabetes Research Foundation
Greater
Palm Beach County Chapter
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March
25, 2002
Dear Family & Friends,
This years Walk To Cure Diabetes was a
wonderful experience, but I would have never been
able to do it without you. The Wagner Family Team
on it’s own raised $22,000 and I just wanted to
thank everyone who donated or even helped raise
the money that we received.
When
teachers in school ask me what my life goal is, I
tell them to find a cure for Diabetes. This
disease that I have is not fun; sitting in lunch
watching all the other kids eating cookies, candy,
and chocolate. Even though it’s not healthy, I
wish that I could eat whenever I wanted (just like
other kids).
One
day there will be a cure and they are very close,
but all that is preventing us from the cure is
funding. The scientists need the money to do
different studies.
So
I just wanted to say thank you, from the bottom of
my heart, for all the money that you are giving or
raising for the cure. Right now a life without
diabetes is a dream, but if we keep on raising
more money, that dream of mine (and all the other
kids with diabetes) will come true.
Thank You!
March
9,2002- JDRF
10th Annual Walk for a Cure
Boca Raton,
Florida
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Feb 10th,
2002- Salon Jon
Francis-
Cut-a-thon for a Cure...
over $1500 was raised!
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Salon Jon Francis located on the NW corner of
Palmetto Park Rd. and Powerline
(the Del Mar
Shopping Center),
Boca Raton.
(561) 395-4247.
February
2002-Advent
Lutheran School's
Student Council
members under the
guidance of teachers Chantelle
Autenrieth and Susan
Doty, held various events on campus in February , to
raise nearly $1200 for the Walk. They
held a
Carnation Sale (for Valentines Day) and a
"Pay To Dress Down" day as well as
other fun ways for the students to be involved in this
charity.
Special thanks to everyone at Advent Lutheran!
Advent
Lutheran Elementary/Middle School
5001 N.E. 4th Avenue
Boca Raton, FL 33431
Phone: (561) 395-3635
Email:
info@adventlutheranschool.org
JDRF KICK-OFF LUNCHEON
Jan. 15,
2002
- The JDRF
"Walk for a Cure" Kick-off luncheon took
place at The Embassy Suite Hotel.
DADS AGAINST DIABETES
FIRST FUNDRAISING PROJECT
D.A.D. was created by the father of a child with diabetes as an avenue for the fathers of other children with diabetes to join forces to raise awareness of the plight of these children and to raise funds to be used towards a cure, not prevention or maintenance. We all want a cure and we want it now!
We need dedicated and compassionate fathers who can make things happen! You would be amazed to see your co-workers' reactions when you mention your child's 5 finger pricks or two or three injections a day. Until people personally know someone who is dealing with diabetes, they don't realize what our children have to do just to survive - and the more we can educate Johnny Q. Public, the better the chances for obtaining funds for the research projects. Raising corporate consciousness by "Corporate Dads" is a key. Since this is a grass-roots campaign, corporate Dads need to come out of the closet and raise the awareness of co-workers about our children, about
D.A.D. and about our up-and-coming fundraising events, all of which will be focused on finding a cure through the promising new research projects.
D.A.D. wants a cure, not prevention or maintenance.
As an inaugural event, we have located a recycling company who can use the plastic tops and tips of syringes and lancets. If you are interested in curing our children and helping to save the environment at the same time, please save them and send them to us. We will bring them to the recycling facility, and will donate the funds to one of the centers currently involved in new initiatives to identify, isolate and characterize pancreatic stem cells for use in human islet transplantation. This includes support for the derivation of human stem cells.
REMEMBER: SAVE EVERY PLASTIC TIP AND TOP AFTER EVERY SHOT!
NOTE: ONLY THE PLASTIC TOPS AND TIPS WILL BE ACCEPTED. PLEASE
DISPOSE OF NEEDLES AND SYRINGES IN YOUR USUAL MANNER.
Mail the plastic caps and needle covers from syringes and lancets to:
D.A.D.
4747 Research Forest Dr., #180-175
The Woodlands, Texas 77381
for web chat- click on link below:
http://diabetickids.com/chat/dadschat.htm
2001
May 18, 2001
The final tally for the Boca Raton Walk For A Cure was $305,000 !!!!
We would like to thank Nabiscogifts.com for their donation of Nabisco snack products to the Palm Beach County School Nurses. These donations will be distributed to Diabetics students and other children needing a daily snack throughout the county. The first donation has arrived and has been distributed to various schools. We are looking forward to receiving more over the summer for the distribution throughout the schools next semester. Mike Marzano of Nabiscogift.com has been wonderful in pledging his commitment to making this an ongoing program. Thanks Mike!
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK STEPHANIE VERDURA OF
B.J.'s WHOLESALE CLUB IN PARKLAND, FLORIDA
FOR HER GENEROUS DONATION OF A GIFT CERTIFICATE.
THIS GIFT CERTIFICATE WILL BE USED TO PURCHASE JUICES AND SNACKS (SUCH AS CRACKERS) FOR LOCAL DIABETIC CHILDREN FOR THEIR DAILY SNACKS WHILE
ATTENDING SCHOOL.
THE SCHOOL NURSES OF OUR COMMUNITY GREATLY APPRECIATE THE GENEROUS CONTRIBUTION GIVEN TO THESE
CHILDREN.
THANK YOU.
April 2, 2001
JDF "Walk For A Cure" Breaks Records
Boca Raton, Florida-
There was a record turnout at the Annual JDF Walkathon held in Boca Raton on
Saturday, March 31, 2001. It was estimated that between 2300-2500 walkers
participated in this event. The springtime weather was perfect for such a momentous
gathering of all our generous friends in this community. The final tally
is $305,000. We are proud to announce that the
Wagner Family Team brought in $24,000 this year vs. $10,000 from last year.
Thanks to all the dear friends who participated!
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March 29,2001
Advent Lutheran School Joins
The Fundraising Efforts For JDF
Boca Raton, Florida- The Students at Advent Lutheran Elementary and Middle School under the direction of Principal Jack Hibbs, set aside the month of March to raise research money for the JDF. The children gave up their snack monies to purchase "shoes" and held candy sales to raise a total of $525. Mr. Hibbs matched their efforts from the church's chapel offering fund, for a total donation of $1050. A contest was held to see which class could earn the most money. Amy Hanuschak's fourth grade class won a pizza party for coming in first place with $177.00 earned. The runner's up and recipients of an ice cream sundae party, were Mrs. Dunnette's second graders and Mrs. Doty's fifth grade class. The Wagner Family and The JDF send their heartfelt appreciation to all the wonderful people at Advent for their generous support in our efforts to find a cure!
We would also like to thank Manager Dave Taylor and Assistant Manager, Don Maxson of Publix Super Market at Boca Valley Plaza for their generous donation of ice cream for Advent's contest winners.
Thanks also goes to Papa John's Pizza and Mike, the manager, in Delray Beach, (911 S.E. 6th Ave.), (561) 266-7272 , for his much appreciated help.
March 11, 2001
The Wagner Family deeply appreciates all the time & talent donated by friends from Salon Jon Francis and other hair stylist pals who joined them today to raise $1,429.00 for a cure. Thank you also goes out to The Sunflower Cafe (561-361-6350) for their delicious sandwiches donated to the Salon for the event. They would also like to thank all their friends and family members who came in for their haircuts and manicures and generously donated to our efforts. We are happy that this event made the 6:00 P.M. local news!
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Salon Jon Francis
is proud to have sponsored it's First Annual Cut-a-Thon.
Kick off of Salon Jon Francis "Hair
Cut-A-Thon" for JDF's " Walk for a Cure"
Salon Jon Francis teamed up with the Juvenile
Diabetes Foundation in an effort to raise money
for a cure.
The cut-a-thon was held on March 11th
from 11:30-4:00. A donation of $15.00 for
haircuts and $8.00 for manicures included
lunch by Sunflower Cafe.
There was also:
* Raffle tickets for $5.00 for a
trip to Aruba
compliments of Martinair
* 2 round trip
tickets to any destination in the US
compliments
of Continental Airlines and Southwest.
Jim Jackson from channel 25 News was also
there as MC.
Salon Jon Francis located on the NW corner of
Palmetto Park Rd. and Powerline (the Del Mar
Shopping Center), Boca Raton.
For more information call Salon Jon Francis
at 395-4247. You may also contact Esther
Swann at the JDF at (561) 686-7701
LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER HOLDS BENEFIT TO RAISE FUNDS FOR JDF
Sun Sentinel "Society Line"
November 27, 2000
BOCA RATON- Felix Gabriele, local proprietor of Felix the Tailor shop, recently hosted a fund-raiser at GiGi's in Boca Raton to benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, Greater Palm Beach County Chapter. The event was a great success, raising just over $1,000 to assist in JDF's efforts to raise funds to support diabetes research and education.
"I decided to organize this social because of one admirable young
lady, Nikki Wagner," noted Gabriele. "Nikki, now 12 years old, was diagnosed with Juvenile or Type 1 diabetes four years ago at the tender age of eight. I am very close with the Wagner family and am quite aware of the disease and how it
has affected Nikki. Since the only remedy for diabetes is a cure, I decided to join in in the fight against diabetes and help raise awareness of the disease and the needed money to support the lifesaving research of JDF," Gabriele continued.
"Felix has once again demonstrated his concern for what our daughter goes through, Having to live with diabetes every day of her life," said Debbi and Jeff Wagner, Nikki's parents. "In spite of the 10 blood tests that Nikki takes daily and the insulin pump that she is attached to 24-hours a day, we still try to her with a normal life. We tell her that one day there will be a cure for diabetes and it will happen in her lifetime. We intend to keep our promise.
Supporting the research efforts of JDF is one way to do this," the Wagners continued.
To learn more about the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, please call (561)686-7701.