Walk the Walk, Talk the Talk . . . .

It’s that time of year again when my Facebook feed fills up with people raising money for their JDRF Walks.  My chapter had its walk on Sunday and I love to see so many come together to raise funds and promote diabetes awareness.  It’s a good thing to walk the walk.

As the Advocacy Team Chair for my chapter, I was also there to talk the talk . . . . about advocacy.  And to urge everyone to talk the talk to our legislators.  This is another important way to raise much needed funds for diabetes research.


What was I talking about at the Advocacy table?  Well . . . . .

• Did you know that for every dollar JDRF donates to research, the federal government donates more than $3?
• The more advocates speak up to their representatives about issues like research funding, the more likely we are to succeed when they come up in Congress.
• Congress must renew the Special Diabetes Program to ensure federal funding continues each year (currently $150 million annually).

**  talking points provided by the JDRF Grassroots team.

I want to thank everyone who has walked their JDRF walk this year.  And those who have supported a walk participant.  And now I want to urge you all to talk the Advocacy talk as well!  Sign up as a JDRF Advocate and let our government know how important diabetes research funding is.  Given the economic crisis happening right now, it’s more important than ever to speak up!