Walk to Cure Diabets - Montgomery Zoo, Montgomery, Alabama

Three months ago Melisa Bruner's three-year-old daughter, Hope, was diagnosed with Type I Diabetes. In a three-day stay at Children's Hospital.

Melisa and her husband quickly learned to count carbs, do blood sugar checks, and give life-sustaining insulin injections. They also learned what signs and symptoms to look for to keep Hope from going into a diabetic coma or from having seizures due to low blood sugar. Currently, Hope requires four insulin shots a day just to stay alive and function normally. There are so many children suffering with this disease. We need a cure to help these little ones.

The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation is having its annual Walk to Cure Diabetes. The Walk will take place at the Montgomery Zoo on September 25th at 2:00 p.m.

You can help make a difference for everyone living with diabetes by: Joining "Hope's Heroes" Walk Team, collecting pledges, and walking with Hope's team or by making a tax-deductible donation made payable to JDRF or Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

More than 1.3 million Americans have Type I Diabetes. Each year over 13,000 children are diagnosed with diabetes in the U.S. - that is 35 children each and every day. Diabetes kills one American every three minutes. A new case of diabetes is diagnosed every 30 seconds. Please email Melisa Bruner if you would like to walk on Hope's team.

Contact: Melisa Bruner (334-269-2343)