Abby's Army Walk to Cure Diabetes 2010

*Can you believe that Abby turned 5 in May?
*Can you believe that she starts kindergarten in September and is currently in preschool 3 days a week?
*Can you believe that once a week she has swimming lessons and twice a week she has skating lessons?
*Can you believe that Abby gets at least 6 finger pokes a day AND 3 insulin injections?
*Can you believe that Abby has had type 1 diabetes since she was only 20 months old?
*Can you believe that when you count it up this little girl gets at least 1424 finger pokes a year and 1068 injections and she is on her 3rd year of it? She has the hard finger tips and bruised legs, bum and arms to prove it if you dont.

Sunday, June 13th at the Greater Vancouver Zoo in Aldergrove we will be walking in our 4th Telus Walk to Cure Diabetes. Our team name is Abbys Army and we walk for Abby so that one day she wont need to poke her finger tips and get shots every day. It is very easy to talk bad about type 1 diabetes and complain about how time consuming it is and how it never goes away or gives us a break but I would rather have Abby tell you about it, so in Abbys words ...

I hate having diabetes
I dont like always having to poke my fingers cuz sometimes it really hurts
I dont like it when mommy gives me a shot in my arm cuz it hurts but daddy can cuz he doesnt hurt
Mommy can give me shots in my legs and bum
I like wearing my medical bracelet and maybe Ill get a necklace one day
I really dont like when my cousins are over and I have to stop playing to do a blood test
Sometimes my shots hurt so much that I cry, and then it leaves a bruise

That is why we walk and that is why we need your support. Over 300,000 Canadians live with type 1 diabetes. Its a leading cause of life-threatening and debilitating complications, such as blindness, end stage kidney disease, nerve damage, heart attack, stroke, amputation and even death. Please help us raise our goal of $5000.

Ways you can donate:

• Online at www.jdrf.ca/walk click pledge a walker, in the box provided type Abby Tokaryk.
• Mail us a cheque, please message me if you would like our address. Please make cheques payable to Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation or JDRF.
• We could get together and you could hand us the donation over a friendly cup of coffee.
• What we would really enjoy, is if you brought your donation to the Greater Vancouver Zoo and joined us on June 13th. The walk starts at 2:00 but well be there around 12:00.

Tax receipts will be issued for the amounts of $20 and over or as requested. The donors name and address must be complete and legible. E-receipts will automatically be issued for online donations.

We hope you will join us, either with a donation or by walking with is.

With heartfelt thanks,
The Tokaryk Family

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[nicilikepie]

my long life dream was to join the army now i cant, its over

[KONEVE99]

I WISH I WAS ABLE TO JOIN :( THE ARMY :(