Every year FW&D gives back to the community in a variety of ways and to a variety of charities. This year our featured charity is the American Diabetes Association. I will be participating in the Tour de Cure bicycle ride on June 14th, 2009 and riding a metric century, 64 miles, to prevent and cure diabetes and improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes. Here are a few facts regarding diabetes.
Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death by disease in the U.S. Diabetes is a chronic disease that has no cure.
Diabetes is becoming the new American health epidemic of the century. Consider these facts:
· More than 23 million Americans have diabetes—including more than five million (nearly one-quarter) who don't even know it.
· An additional 57 million people have pre-diabetes, putting them at great risk for developing type 2 diabetes.
· If present trends continue, one out of every three Americans born in the year 2000 will develop diabetes.
· More than $174 billion direct and indirect healthcare costs are attributed to diabetes (2007 statistics).
Please visit my fundraising website and make a contribution. You’re not only supporting me but also everyone who suffers with diabetes. I’ll be riding in honor of my mother-in-law, Doris Cambron, who will be 88 years old on March 11th and has been living with diabetes for the last 30 years.
Thanks for the reminder that giving in your community makes for a better place to live. I salute you in your efforts.
ReplyDeletePaul Lesieur