University of Massachusets Athletics
Men's Basketball Participating In JDRF One Walk Sunday
October 15, 2015 | Men's Basketball
Donate To JDRF | Six Flags New England One Walk Information
AMHERST, Mass. - University of Massachusetts men's basketball and head coach Derek Kellogg will support the fight against diabetes alongside the Juvenile Diabetes Reasearch Foundation (JDRF) Sun., Oct. 18 at Six Flags New England where JDRF will host a One Walk beginning with registration at 8:30 a.m.
UMass men's basketball is one of a multitude of organizations participating in the Six Flags New England One Walk, which has a overall goal of raising 332,483 dollars toward fighting Type 1 diabetes. MinuteFans can support the One Walk through participation Sunday and can donate to the fight here.
JDRF holds more than 200 One Walks across the country each year to raise money for its strategic research plan to end Type 1 diabetes. Combined, the events bring together more than 900,000 people who raised over $68 million for life-changing Type 1 diabetes research.
Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which a person's pancreas loses the ability to produce insulin -- a hormone essential to turning food into energy. It strikes both children and adults suddenly and is unrelated to diet and lifestyle. It requires constant carbohydrate counting, blood-glucose testing, and lifelong dependence on injected insulin.
