Hood, who has lived with type 1 diabetes for 37 years, knows firsthand the importance of JDRF-funded research

Greensboro, North Carolina, October 17, 2017 – JDRF’s Piedmont Triad Chapter announced today that HICAPS Founder and President Dan Hood is serving as Corporate Chair for JDRF’s 2017 Greensboro One Walk®.

Hood founded HICAPS, a multi-faceted services and construction management firm, in 1984, and has led it ever since. As president, Dan is responsible for strategic growth planning, overall operations, and leadership to maintain and grow the stability and economic viability of the company.

Dan, who has served as a JDRF Piedmont Triad Chapter Board member, is especially passionate about JDRF and its research endeavors: He was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (T1D) 37 years ago and has benefited from JDRF-funded research and the subsequent improvements in T1D treatments.

“I was thrilled to accept the challenge of serving as Corporate Walk Chair,” said Hood. “Without the JDRF One Walk raising funds at a grassroots level to combat TID and its complications, I know that my own life would look very different than it does today. And I want to do everything in my power to further research that will lead to a world without T1D.”

“Dan is an incredible inspiration for everyone affected by T1D,” said Eleanor Schaffner-Mosh, Executive Director of JDRF’s Piedmont Triad Chapter. “While he lives with the day-to-day reality of constantly monitoring his blood sugar and regulating it with insulin, he is not defined by his diabetes. In fact, Dan is a world traveler and a true adventurer! He and his wife, Gisela, have climbed Mt. Everest and ventured across the Sahara Desert. In fact, Dan has just returned from three weeks in Africa, where he and Gisela visited with Mountain (Silverback) Gorillas.”

The world’s largest T1D event, JDRF One Walk brings together more than 900,000 people at 205 Walks around the U.S. every year to raise money for T1D research. One Walk raises more than $66.5 million annually through the combined efforts of more than 20,500 family and school teams and 5,300 corporate teams.

Along with the One Walk in Greensboro each fall, the Piedmont Triad Chapter of JDRF hosts One Walks in Alamance and Winston-Salem in the fall and in High Point in the spring. Together, the four Triad events deliver more than $1 million annually for T1D research.

The JDRF Greensboro One Walk will take place on Saturday, October 28, 2017, at First National Bank Field (the Greensboro Grasshoppers Stadium). Check-in begins at 9 am, with the 5K Walk getting underway at 10 am.

Individuals, businesses, and teams still have time to participate in the Greensboro One Walk by registering online at https://tinyurl.com/JDRFGreensboroWalk or calling Senior Development Manager Eric Durham at (336) 373-1768.

 

2017 Greensboro One Walk® Sponsors: JDRF thanks our sponsors, many of whom have supported T1D research for years. Major 2017 sponsors committed to date include:

Presenting Sponsors

• BB&T
• FOX8 – WGHP
• 7 Simon

Platinum Sponsors

• The Carroll Companies
• XPO Logistics

Gold Sponsors

• Academy Mortgage (formerly Cunningham & Company)
• Arch MI (formerly United Guaranty)
• Cone Health
• HICAPS
• VF Corporation

Silver Sponsors

• H. Robinson
• Crown BMW
• Hawthorne Residential Partners
• ITG Brands
• Samet Corporation
• Scott Rehm and Robert Riggs, DDS
• Senn Dunn Insurance
• UnitedHealthcare

Bronze Sponsors

• Advanced Home Care
• APAC – Atlantic Inc.
• Beacon Management Corp.
• Carolina Pediatrics of the Triad, PA
• ECS
• Flow Auto
• International Textile Group
• KAO Specialties
• Merrill Lynch
• Mother Murphy’s Laboratories
• NAI Piedmont Triad
• Windsor Homes

 

 

About Type 1 Diabetes: Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease that impacts millions of people around the world. The disease occurs when the body’s immune system attacks and destroys the beta cells in the pancreas that produce insulin, a hormone essential to turning food into energy. Without insulin, glucose from food stays in the blood, where it can cause serious damage to all of the body’s organ systems. It requires constant carbohydrate counting, blood-glucose testing, and lifelong dependence on injected insulin. With T1D there are no days off, and there is no cure.

About JDRF: JDRF is the leading global organization focused on type 1 diabetes (T1D) research, and has committed over $2.25 billion to research since its founding in 1970. JDRF and its supporters share the vision of “a world without type 1 diabetes,” and work every day to support the organization’s mission of “accelerating life-changing breakthroughs to cure, prevent, and treat type 1 diabetes and its complications.” JDRF collaborates with a wide spectrum of partners and is the only organization with the scientific resources, regulatory influence, and a working plan to bring life-changing therapies from the lab to the community. As the largest charitable supporter of T1D research, JDRF awarded 150 new research grants in fiscal year 2017 and is currently funding research in 21 countries—including 70 active clinical trials. jdrf.org 

About JDRF – Piedmont Triad Chapter: Covering 15 North Carolina counties, the Piedmont Triad Chapter raises funds for T1D research through a variety of events, including its annual Hope Gala; One Walks in Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Alamance County, and High Point; and the Ride to Cure Diabetes. facebook.com/jdrftriad  or @JDRFtriad on Twitter