40 40's

 

 

I work the night shift, 6 pm - 6 am, and then instead of crawling into bed, I hop on my bike and pedal: pedal harder, pedal stronger, pedal  longer each day.

I do this because each time I push down on that pedal I'm taking a stand and fighting back against this horrible disease that is trying to kill our children. I’m pushing closer toward a cure for diabetes – and a better life in the meantime – for my daughter Brandi. It hasn’t been easy, honestly it's been so much harder than I imagined it would be, but when I feel tired, or my foot aches so bad it brings tears to my eyes,  or I'm stressed out or scared at my goal of riding 100 miles in one day in her honor, I remember the stakes at hand:

Her very future and her life.

So I dig deep and do it.

I need your help because the real point of this ride is to raise funds to fuel research for a cure for Type 1 Diabetes and to do that, I need you. I’ve already done great, with over $1,000 in donations but I’m still short of my goal and the minimum amount I need to raise to be able to participate in the Ride to Cure Diabetes..

Now it’s time to push harder, train longer and yes, ask friends to dig deeper to get me to my goal of $2,500 to help cure diabetes. In order to take part in the ride officially, I need to reach that goal by the Fourth of July.

With that, I announce a special program beginning today: My 40 40’s. I am hoping that each day, beginning today, at least one person I know (or who knows someone I know), will step up and be my 40 of the Day. Donate $40 toward my JDRF Ride to Cure Diabetes, and push me along toward my fundraising goal as I pedal toward my 100 mile goal. If you find it in your heart to be one of my 40 40’s, I’ll reach my goal in less than a month.

What will you get from stepping up and being my 40 of the Day? The pure joy of knowing that you’ve made a difference in not just Brandi’s life, but in the lives of the hundreds of thousands of kids battling Type 1 Diabetes in our world. I know $40 is a lot, but I promise you, JDRF does amazing things with your donations.

So please, today, dig deep. Click on the link below and step up to be my 40 of the Day. All I need is 40 of you to shoot me toward my goal.

And yes, we will be known not just as the people who cured diabetes, but as the gang of friends and supporters who changed Brandi’s future.

http://www2.jdrf.org/site/TR/Ride/JDRFNationalRides?px=1378497&pg=personal&fr_id=2244