JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes

So has anyone ever done any of the JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes walks or anything else? What did you like/dislike about them?

On Saturday, my family and my neighbor's family did the JDRF Bridge to Cure Diabetes at Newport on the Levee. My neighbor is in 5th grade and also has diabetes. We also did the walk at Kings Island in May. My family and his family made a team, The Bright Duo. Together we raised a total of about $1200 for type 1 diabetes research. I was completely shocked that we got that much! Our family and friends are amazing for donating. But anyways, we got an award at the Newport walk for raising that much money. 

We had the impression that everyone was getting an award and were shocked to find out that about only 10 teams got one! 

Before and after the walk there were little booths set up by various people (JDRF, Lilly, One Touch, etc.) and it was awesome because you got free stuff! I don't know about you guys, but I love getting  free diabetes stuff! For example, I got the new One Touch Verio IQ meter absolutely for free! I think that this meter is really cool. The screen is in color and lights up. The end of it where the strip goes in also lights up so you can easily test your blood glucose in the dark. I really like it but it doesn't communicate with my insulin pump(I have the One Touch Ping.) like the Ping meter does. We also got a ton of Walk to Cure shirts and lanyards and info on new stuff coming out, like this meter that you can attach to your iphone/ipod/ipad. You can use it without it, too. Has anyone tried this meter? If so, let me know how you like it! Or if you want  to know what it's called I can look it up for you. But yeah, lots of cool free stuff. And there was free food before and after! They had pizza, snacks, pop, water, and some kind of juice.

This is our team!
People in charge of the walk made signs for
 the people that the teams were walking for and put them
in flower pots on the Purple People Bridge.
We stole ours :)

I completely enjoyed the walk! The weather was awesome and I was with my family and friends. What's better than that?

So, If you have participated in other walks or events to raise money for type 1 diabetes research let me know what you think!



   ~Samantha <3