Community Corner
Boy With Diabetes Wants A Cure for Christmas
This Quilt Stitches Together A Young Life With Insulin-Dependent Diabetes
Diagnosed with T1D (type 1 diabetes) at the age of three, Lake St. Louis native Grant Starnes is now 11 and participates every year in the JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes. His Walk team - Grant Me This – designs a new t-shirt every year.
Creve Coeur resident and proud maternal grandmother Jackie Toth took nine shirts from past Walks and made a beautiful quilt for Grant and his parents, Diana and Chris. What the family really wants this holiday season is a cure for Grant and millions of people who suffer from T1D.
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JDRF (formerly known as the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) is the leading global organization funding T1D research. JDRF collaborates with a wide spectrum of partners and is the only organization with the scientific resources, regulatory influence, and a working plan to better treat, prevent and eventually cure T1D.
For diabetes education, motivation and inspiration, contact JDRF Greater Missouri and Southern Illinois Chapter at (314) 729-1846 or stl.jdrf.org
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