JDRF is proud to collaborate with corporate partners who devote their time and energy to advancing our mission to find a cure. This year, we are pleased to announce Mark Polli, owner of Crunch Fitness, as the Sacramento One Walk Corporate Chair.

Corporate Chairs are some of JDRF’s most dedicated and involved leaders. Every year, they work to raise awareness of Type 1 Diabetes within their business circles and beyond, recruiting new participants to join the journey for a cure. They organize Walk teams and increase JDRF’s connections within the corporate world and, ultimately, the community.

Mark, who currently serves on the Board of Directors, has already committed to contribute to the Walk in several ways. For one, he has included JDRF in a solicitation letter that will reach over 100,000 households, creating a network of awareness among his customers and mobilizing new walkers. In addition, he has pledged to donate one dollar to JDRF for each new gym membership purchased in the month of September. Crunch Fitness has also organized Walk teams for each of its various locations, all with the same goal of energizing family, friends, and customers to contribute to a future without Type 1 Diabetes. Speaking on his role as the 2017 Corporate Chair, Mark comments:

I have stepped up to support JDRF and engaged my company because I have seen over the years the advancements in research and technology that has lessened the burden of this disease for people with T1D and I know that it wouldn’t have been possible without JDRF accelerating the research.

We would like to thank Mark for his leadership as this year’s Corporate Chair. If you would like to learn how to engage your company or business, please contact Stacy Wear at (916) 576-1380 or swear@jdrf.org. We hope to see you for this year’s Walk on Sunday, October 1st!

Written by: Lorena Bergstrom