Go Blue for National Diabetes Awareness Month!

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HAPPY NOVEMBER! November 1st will officially mark the first day of National Diabetes Awareness Month, more specifically, T1Day – a day of recognition for those living with T1D! We at JDRF hope to do our part in shedding a little bit of light on what life is like with T1D this month and hope you will join us and do the same!

We are thrilled to be following the success of our Fall One Walks with a new fundraising campaign – Go Blue November – and hope you will join us in our efforts to raise even more funds in support of research to CURE T1D.  Whether you had a team at the Walk this year or not, ANYONE can Go Blue simply by choosing to support JDRF this month.

We know November is a time to share awareness through social media – and so many of you do!  THANK YOU for helping bring more attention to T1D and how it affects your daily lives.  We want to invite you to take it one step further by adding a donation link to your posts.  Consider sharing ALSO how JDRF is improving the lives of those living with T1D, and how your networks can support that mission this month.

We have created a basic fundraising campaign online (you can register here) for you to join, OR you can simply continue to share your Walk page link.  By registering on our Go Blue team, you can launch a NEW Facebook fundraiser that will allow your friends to donate without leaving Facebook (super easy!).

Other ideas to consider?

  • Solicit prizes from local businesses and raffle them off
  • Partner with your favorite restaurant to hold a giveback night – many restaurants will donation a portion of their sales to a non-profit
  • Add your fundraising link to your email signature and encourage people to donate this month
  • Ask your employer if they would support (retail, restaurants – put out a spare change jar; corporate environments – sell dress-down days to employees for a donation)

And of course, we’re giving away some prizes to sweeten the deal – gift cards from Megaplex, Hogle Zoo, The Pie Pizzeria, Brick Oven, Roxberry Smoothies, Waffle Love, Discovery Gateway, Old Spaghetti Factory, Tuscany, and Tsunami! You’ll receive an entry for each $100 you raise before midnight on November 30th.

Contact Stacey Bowen with any questions at sbowen@jdrf.org or 801-736-8581.