Time to Strikeout Diabetes
2011 Stu&Stew Strike Out Diabetes Bowling Fundraiser
Saturday, January 29 · 3:00pm - 5:00pm
East Windsor Bowl and Recreation
his event just keeps getting bigger and better!! Each year we step it up a little more in order to raise more and more money for the JDRF - Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
As usually we are also collecting door prizes that EVERYONE will have an opportunity to win.
Cost: $20 per person
Includes:
(2) Cosmic Games
Shoe Rental
(1) Hot Dog or Slice of Pizza
Chips and Soda
(1) Door Prize Ticket for a chance at one of many door prizes.
This is fun for the entire family and to top it off a great cause!!!!!
To reserve your lane go to
http://nextgen1991.weebly.com/
Business Owners: This year we are making one small change that we hope will make a big difference. We are calling on local businesses that would like to sponsor a lane. Similar to a gold outing hole sponsor. This is affordable exposure at $50 a lane. We will give these companies plenty of exposure throughout the event as well as information that will go home with all the bowlers. We also have vendor options. You an set up a table and display/sell a product for $100 a table or $50 and a door prize. If you or anyone you know has a business or their company they work for would like to participate, please have them email info@stuandstew.com.
2010 JDRF Walk Wrap Up
Our fifth walk is in the books and it was a great success!There were fifteen of us that walked together on Sunday, the weather was great and the company sublime. I want to take this moment to thank everyone that supported Arden’s walk.
As a team we’ve raised over $5,500! Friends like Tami, Aly and Megan went to work asking their friends and family for support while Dan took to FaceBook to collect over $1,400 which he added to the $1,700 that his JDRF bowling fundraiser brought in last year. Add that to the $2,000+ you all kicked in... just fantastic!
I spoke to many walk teams yesterday and they almost all reported a drastic decline in donations over the last few years with this year being the worst. I am so proud to say that while we experienced a decline, I was told that we were one of only a few teams at the Bucks County site to raise over $5,000. I’m very, very proud of that and of all of you. You are all to be commended.
I was asked to make a small announcement before the walk began and as I was sharing my story about the support that is available to the parents of type I kids online via Twitter, I found myself getting a bit choked up. To be fair the entire event is an exercise in not feeling alone and quite emotional if you are effected by type I. I looked around at the brothers, aunts, mothers and sons in the faceless crowd and was calmed by the knowledge that they all understand what Arden’s Day is like. I spoke to a man whose son was diagnosed just a month before the walk, the little boy was just three years old. I could see myself in his face as he described what the last month had been like. I saw his fear and sadness but worse I saw that he doesn’t yet understand what’s about to happen to his family. I smiled, wished him well and told him that everything was going to be fine. What I didn’t tell him is that everything was going to be ‘diabetes fine’, not fine like he was accustomed to in the past.
So that’s it. Another walk in the books... I hope it’s the last one they ever have to have. I have to go check Arden’s BG now... good night!
You know what? I should say that it’s not too late to make a donation... You can do it at the link. Thanks again!
http://walk.jdrf.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=extranet.personalpage&confirmid=87699113
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maggie and rhianna
Sunday, November 21, 2010 - 09:32 AM
Sunday is walk day
Arden’s 2010 JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes is this Sunday, October 24th at the Bucks County Community College in Newtown, PA. Walk registration begins at 9am, the walk starts promptly at 10am. I’ve been asked to make a short announcement before the walk about the benefits of social media. So if you arrive early enough you’ll get to see me rock the mic. ;)
This year marks Arden’s 5th walk. Since we’ve been at this for so long we tried to stay a little low-profile this year because we thought that some of the supporters may need a break. With that in mind we won’t have any custom t-shirts for you but the JDRF does provide a shirt that I’ll be wearing and I hope you will be too. It would be great if everyone that is planning to come would take a moment to send an email, I’ll send you a note back complete with my cell number so we can coordinate that morning. The weather for Sunday according to weather.com will be 66º and sunny - perfect! If you need directions please refer to the map below or give me a call.
Megan knows... I am touched by this
Arden’s Aunt Megan organized a dress-down day at the school she teaches at to benefit Arden’s 2010 JDRF walk. Megan tells me that it looks like the day will raise about $300 which is amazing but that isn’t why I’m writing about it here.
I’m sharing this with you because I’ve just realized why Megan went to all of this trouble to help Arden - Megan is our type I babysitter, the only one that we have. Without her Kelly and I would never get out. She is the person in our life that really showed an interest in understanding the nuances of managing type I. Others help but Megan has made it a priority to understand the rest. What she is learning about Arden is setting her apart, one day Megan will cease being a remote hand that I direct from a dark movie theater and she’ll be able to make decisions about carbs and insulin on her own. It takes time, patience and a big dose of bravery to take on the responsibility of watching Arden and we can’t begin to thank her enough!
What I didn’t expect when Megan first offered to learn about managing type I is this, she now knows what it really means to hold someone’s life in your hands all day and night and I’m guessing that knowledge was a big motivator for her to organize this fundraiser. Megan walked a mile in our shoes, felt the abject pressure that is giving a child insulin at 1 am knowing that if it was too much she could very well die in her sleep.
JDRF Walk Commercial, "Starring" Arden!
We just received a copy of the JDRF commercial that will begin airing today on 6 ABC in Philadelphia. I can’t wait for Arden to get home from school so I can show her!
At this time there is no set schedule for when the ad will air. Just keep an eye out for it and if/when I find out more, I’ll let you know.
If you’d like to walk with Arden on October 24th please follow the link below to sign up. Thank you!