Team Elise started in September of 2008 after our daughter Elise was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes just two days following her first birthday.
In the last three years, we have had over 500 people walking for Team Elise in the United States, Canada and Portugal and we have raised over $40,000.
Our latest walk was on September 24, 2011 in Plano, TX, where we had 117 people walking for Team Elise and we raised over $16,000!
The walk is over but you can still make a donation. Donations go to JDRF to search for ways to prevent, better treat, and ultimately cure type 1 diabetes.
Donate to JDRF"A fluke. That is how we found out that Elise has diabetes. She had no symptoms, and we had no reason to suspect anything was wrong with her." --Joanne Cunha
If you own a business and would like to be a corporate sponsor for Team Elise, please email info@teamelise.com.
Every 36 minutes a child in the United States is diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Often developing in children, adolescents, and young adults, it's sometimes called "juvenile diabetes."
Type 1 diabetes occurs when the body's immune system attacks and destroys the beta cells in the pancreas. When the beta cells are destroyed, no insulin can be produced, and the glucose stays in the blood, where it can cause serious damage to all the organ systems of the body.
For this reason, people with type 1 diabetes must take insulin in order to say alive. Scientists do not yet know exactly what causes type 1 diabetes, but they believe that autoimmune, genetic, and environmental factors are involved.
For more information, please visit JDRF.
Please join us today, Saturday, September 24
at 9 AM at Granite Park in Plano.
Granite Park
5800 Granite Parkway
Plano, TX 75025
The donations raised by Team Elise go to JDRF to search for ways to prevent, better treat, and ultimately cure type 1 diabetes.
Donate to JDRFTeam Elise Canada will be walking at the CNE in Toronto on Sunday, June 10, 2012 at 10 AM to raise money and awareness for JDRF Canada.
Team Elise had 117 people walking and raised over $16,000 for JDRF.
We had almost 100 people for dinner at Chick-fil-A Southlake and we raised over $400 for JDRF.
Team Elise Canada had 5 people walking and raised over $500 for JDRF Canada.
Team Elise Portugal had almost 200 people walking (including Elise) and raised almost $3,000 for JDRF. A huge thanks to my good friend Tiago for organizing the entire walk!