Corvallis diabetes benefit walk on Saturday | Local | democratherald … – Albany Democrat Herald

Posted: May 16, 2017 at 7:42 pm

Area residents are invited to take part in a walk this weekend to raise money for research into Type 1 diabetes, a potentially life-threatening condition that frequently develops during childhood and requires daily insulin injections.

The Corvallis Type 1 Diabetes Walk will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Crystal Lake Sports Fields, 100 S.E. Fischer Lane. Check-in starts at 9.

Participants will walk a 3-mile paved course (with options for a 1- or 2-mile walk) in a parklike setting near the Willamette River.

The event will also feature an inflatable bounce house for kids as well as coffee, a dance-off and a mini-health fair with 10 exhibitors and free screenings for relatives of people with Type 1 diabetes.

Money raised in the event will go to JDRF, formerly known as the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, to support work on a cure for the disease. So far, 252 individuals and 42 teams have signed up to take part and have generated more than $54,000 in donations.

Organizers say they hope to make the Corvallis walk an annual event.

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