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4th
Annual
"Run for Erin"
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The fashion show and
evening of fun will be held on Saturday, October 4 at the Lenox Square
Mall and will benefit Bosom Buddies of Georgia, Inc., The Wellness Community
Atlanta (affiliated with Northside Hospital), Susan G. Komen Breast Health
Foundation and the Atlanta 2-Day Walk. Towne Lake resident Sue Gagain,
from the Breast Cancer Support Group of Towne Lake, will be a "Sue-per
model" for this fashion show along with local media personalities, including
Tracy St. George from Q100FM, Lisa Love Brown and Sasha the Diva from
Kiss 104FM, Atlanta Beat Soccer team members Marci Miller and Leslie Gaston
and more.
For additional information about Breast Cancer
Support Group of Towne Lake 2-Day Walk in October
or to make a pledge, please call Sue Gagain at (770) 516-9670 or e-mail
egagain@aol.com.
Family
Network Supports
Walk to Cure
Diabetes 2003
On October 25, many
local area families will participate in the Juvenile Diabetes Research
Foundation's Walk to Cure Diabetes at the Concourse Office Park in Dunwoody.
The purpose of the Walk is to raise money to fund research for a cure,
and to raise community awareness about this devastating disease. Unbelievably,
more than 46 children in the Woodstock area are known to suffer from this
chronic auto-immune system disease known as Type I (Juvenile) diabetes.
This disease, commonly referred to as diabetes,
actually occurs in two different forms, and they are two very different
diseases. Type II diabetes, which occurs most often in adults, accounts
for 90% of the 17 million cases nationwide. The remaining 10%
of diabetes cases are known as Type I (Juvenile). Type I diabetes is an
auto-immune disorder in which, for some unknown reason, the body attacks
and destroys its own insulin-producing islet cells in the pancreas. It
usually strikes in childhood, but lasts a lifetime and cannot be outgrown.
People with Type I diabetes must receive multiple daily insulin injections
just to survive.
Michelle Parker is the mother of an 8 year-old
son, Will, who was diagnosed with Type I diabetes at the age of 4. She
is also the 2003 Walk to Cure Diabetes Family Team Chairperson and leads
the Woodstock Family Network group. "The goal of the Family Network is
to provide education, support and hope to children and their families
who face this daily battle. Our Woodstock Family group has grown from
21 families last year to 46 today. The numbers are staggering. "While
our mission at JDRF is to find a cure for diabetes and its complications
through the support of research, the needs of people with diabetes have
always been our guiding force. We are committed to responding to the needs,
questions, and issues of families who are struggling with this disease
every day," said Michelle.
"It's about more than hope. It's about action.
Because of our family's efforts and community support, research facilities
like the one at Emory University are able to conduct experimental research
that may one day lead to a cure for this devastating disease. As parents
of these kids we want to be part of the solution - we have to be! In some
small way, we are making a difference," Michelle further stated.
For more information about the Woodstock
Juvenile Diabetes Family Network Group, call Michelle at (770) 924-9957.
To make a pledge or register to walk, you may visit their website at www.walkforwill.org.
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Erin Peters
The 4th Annual "Run for Erin" will be held
on Saturday, October 11, at Woodstock High School. This run is for Erin
Peters of Eagle Watch, who suffers from a rare genetic disease called
San Filippo Syndrome, also known at MPS III. All proceeds from the Walk/Run
will go directly to the National MPS Society to fund research for treatment
and a possible cure for this life threatening genetic disorder.
Erin is a student at Woodstock Middle School.
She also is involved in World of Gymnastics, and she swims with the swim
team at Eagle Watch.
This
year in addition to the 5K Walk/Run, there will be a moonwalk provided
by Woodstock Party Pals, refreshments and goody bags. National sponsors
include Coca-Cola, Kroger and The Athlete's Foot. Registration forms are
available in area restaurants, grocery stores and schools. Online registration
is also available at www.runforerin.com and www.active.com. Registration
may also be completed the day of the race at 7:30 a.m. The 5K Walk/Run
will begin at 8:30 a.m. All participants will receive a t-shirt and goody
bag.
For more information, to volunteer or to
make a donation, please contact Stacy Murphy Peters at smptrs@bellsouth.net
or (770) 928-0853.
October is Breast
Cancer
Awareness Month
October is Breast Cancer
Awareness Month, and to help promote this awareness, there will be the
Atlanta 2-Day Walk for Breast Cancer and a fashion show at Lenox Square.
The Atlanta 2-Day Walk
for Breast Cancer will be held on October 25 and 26. The Walk is a 25
- 35 mile fundraiser walk through Atlanta. All proceeds go towards Atlanta
based cancer support, research, financial aid and awareness/education
programs.
The Breast Support Group of Towne Lake will
participate in this walk. Many of these ladies walked last year in the
2002 3-Day Walk. This support group has also raised more than $30,000
for breast cancer through golf tournaments, pledges, bracelets and pins.
Each member of the group has been touched
in one way or another by this disease, and they move in many directions
to assist others within the Towne Lake area who are diagnosed with this
disease. Sue Gagain is a driving force behind many of the group's fundraisers,
personal support for individuals and group support activities. (See
October Pathfinder.)
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