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Summer 2010! August 2010 ride schedule info on Schedules. Ride schedule posted on Facebook and weekly emails. Pictures from Killington Ride To Cure 2009 on Riders (from Dawn, Elaine, Ioana, JK) Pictures from the Lake Stevens Retro Tri 
Email: shorst@jdrf.org JDRF NW Office We've moved! JDRF NW Ride to Cure Diabetes Team 1215 4th Ave Suite 1400 Seattle, WA 98161
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Latest News & EventsThis is YOUR year to take the Ride of a Lifetime-JDRF Ride to Cure Diabetes-Tahoe, Tucson, Death Valley, Vermont, Wisconsin. More information Ride to Cure web site and ride video. Endurance Training Workshop for Teen Athletes & Teens with Type 1, Saturday, August 7Following the Family Ride at 10am, we will be holding the Endurance Training Workshop for Teen Athletes & Teens with Type 1 at 12pm on Saturday, August 7, at the Newcastle YMCA. Join Sally Hara, MS, RD, CDE, CSSD, and David Nestvold, US Cycling coach, to discuss topics including:
RSVP Today– Space is Limited! shorst@jdrf.org OR 206-838-5153
See Event Flier for more details. Saturday, August 28, JDRF NW Ride to Cure Summer CelebrationCome enjoy the summer sun with fellow riders, family and friends- and maybe win 2 free airline tickets! The Mac & Jack's will be flowing as we swap cycling stories and celebrate the successes of the season from our returning Vermont & Wisconsin riders to all our club members who have participated in local JDRF rides and events this year! Please email Susan Horst shorst@jdrf.org to be added to the Evite and get the rest of the details. JDRF NW Ride Club is Looking for an Assistant CoachOur JDRF NW ride club keeps growing and we are looking for an assistant coach. Please contact David at david.k.nestvold@boeing.com if you or someone you know would like to volunteer. We are looking for someone dependable, enthusiastic, some bike skills, able to lead casual to moderate pace rides, willing to learn about ride leading/coaching/diabetes! Ride to Cure 2010 Registration is Open!The JDRF NW Ride to Cure Diabetes Club has selected to ride Lake Tahoe September 10-13, 2010 and Tucson November 18-21, 2010. See the RTC flyer for all the dates and locations. Register online at www.ride.jdrf.org. Contact Susan Horst shorst@jdrf.org for fundraising and ride information. Follow JDRF Ride to Cure on Facebook. Congratulations to All 2009 Ride to Cure Riders for a Job Well Done
Killington 2009 RTC Riders at SeaTac
JDRF's CGM Research Named One of Top 10 Medical Breakthroughs of 2008ABC News Lists Human Clinical Trial of Continuous Glucose Monitors Among Year's Most Important Advancements New York, NY, January 8, 2009 -- The groundbreaking human clinical trial funded by JDRF that showed that continuous glucose monitors can improve diabetes control was cited by the ABC television network as one of the top 10 medical breakthroughs of 2008. ABCNews.com polled top medical centers and physicians in putting together its list of the past year's most important scientific advances. The 10 developments chosen, which ranged from JDRF's CGM trials to advances in Alzheimer's research and an early blood test for Down syndrome, were considered the most important scientific breakthroughs by medical practitioners and the most interesting by readers. (Continued in the Funding section.) JDRF NW Ride To CureThe JDRF NW Ride To Cure team mission is to use cycling as a healthy part of diabetes management, provide support and mentoring to all individuals and families dealing with diabetes, and to raise funds and awareness as a part of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation mission to cure diabetes. Why we ride Fitness... Pleasure... Community... To find a cure for diabetes! Diabetes is a devastating disease; physically, emotionally and financially. We ride to raise funds that will put an end to diabetes and its staggering complications. "Think of bicycles as rideable art that can just about save the world."-Grant Petersen
Why do you ride? Fitness? Pleasure? Community? To be a part of a cure? Join us as we ride to cure diabetes! All the funds our team raises go the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. We are proud of their campaign to raise a billion dollars which has been devoted to find a cure to diabetes. JDRF makes sure that all that we raise goes toward the JDRF mission to find a cure to diabetes. Who we are We are an outgoing group of riders of all skill, fitness levels, and ages from children to seniors. We are about community with the benefit of a dedicated cycling coach. The team is open to anyone who wants to ride with us. Each of us has a unique story of how diabetes has touched our lives.
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