Benjet Family Fund A Cure Campaign
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Benjet Family is raising money for Promise Ball 2013 Fund A Cure

Fundraising Amount=$5,638.00 ; Goal=$10,000.00
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Promise Ball Sponsors

  • Altosoft
  • Aramark
  • Benjet-Emmons Family
  • BMO Financial Group-Diners Club
  • Brookman, Rosenberg, Brown & Sandler
  • Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney
  • Cigna
  • CoffeeServ
  • Cozen O'Connor
  • Deloitte
  • Dr. Peter & Terry Conn
  • Emerson Reid, LLC
  • Gibbons P. C.
  • Good Neighbor Pharmacy
  • Harmelin Media
  • J&J Snack Foods Corp
  • KRG Enterprises
  • M&T Bank
  • Mr. & Mrs. Allen Apter
  • Mr. & Mrs. Herb Lotman
  • Mr. & Mrs. Howard Brooks
  • Mr. & Mrs. John Schanz
  • Mr. & Mrs. Matt Malenfant
  • Mr. Brian Benjet & Mrs. Kim Emmons-Benjet
  • Mr. Tom Bender & Ms. Debbie Osteen
  • Novo Nordisk Inc.
  • Radnor Financial Advisors, Inc.
  • Savoy Associates
  • State Metal Industries
  • Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP
  • Teva
  • The Jones Group
  • UnitedHealthcare
  • Walsh & Nicholson Financial Group
  • Wawa, Inc.

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Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease in which a person’s pancreas stops producing insulin, a hormone that enables people to get energy from food. While its causes are not yet entirely understood, scientists believe that both genetic factors and environmental triggers are involved.

JDRF is the leading global organization focused on T1D research. Driven by passionate, grassroots volunteers connected to children, adolescents, and adults with this disease, JDRF is the largest charitable supporter of T1D research. The goal of JDRF is to improve the lives of every person affected by T1D by accelerating progress on the most promising opportunities for curing, better treating, and preventing the disease. More than 80 percent of JDRF's expenditures directly support research and research-related education. JDRF will not rest until T1D is fully conquered.   


 

New this year! Members of our Chapter can help accelerate the pace of diabetes research by partnering with JDRF to raise funds for the annual Gala Fund A Cure Campaign. All you have to do is set up a fundraising page, email it to your peers, and ask them to support research! To get started, please sign up by clicking the link below.

Fund A Cure is a unique opportunity to make a 100% tax-deductible donation to JDRF that will fund vital research to cure, treat, and prevent type 1 diabetes. Since 1994, JDRF has raised over $211 million through Fund A Cure alone.

 
Benjet Family's Story
Fund A Cure is the most dynamic and exciting moment at a JDRF Gala. For ten years we have been awed by the incredible generosity of gala audiences committed to curing diabetes.

We are also awed by the help and support our friends have shown to us as we fight diabetes in our family.  Josh is a kind, funny, smart and caring young man who has never let diabetes stand in his way.  But it's a hard disease to manage.

JDRF has made Josh's life easier and we are seeing real results.  In fact, Josh now wears a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) that did not exist when he was diagnosed.  

We are  encouraged by the pace of research and the fact there are now over 50 HUMAN clinical trials. There were only 4 when Josh was diagnosed.  And although we've heard diabetes has been cured in mice more times than we wish to count. . . we are getting closer to radically changing how this disease is treated in people and to ultimately curing it. 

This year we chair the gala - after Josh said we should - and we will do everything we can to drive research forward.  Please help us with a Fund A Cure gift, a 100% tax deductible gift that goes straight to research.

Thank you!

Kim, Brian, Josh and Hannah Benjet

To see JDRF research funding develop into a real life trial, please click on the link Tom Brobson: My AP Trial Experience.

Donors and Comments

Jennifer and David Stern  gave  4/27/2013
"Wish we could be there for this sure-to-be-fabulous, and definitely worthwhile, event! Congratulations on all of your incredibly hard work, and enjoy the night, Jen Tobey and Dave Stern"
Anonymous  gave  4/26/2013
"Your hard work has not gone unnoticed! Enjoy the event! Liz and Mandy"
Anna Friedman  gave  4/26/2013
Jennifer Molloy  gave  4/26/2013
"Wish we were there to support in person! We love you all! Hugs from Jen, Bernie and Siena Molloy"
Edward & Kathleen Jones  pledged to give $30.00 4/25/2013
Erin Loubier  gave $250.00 4/23/2013
"Have a great event! Erin & Steven"
Bernadette C. Forster  gave $100.00 4/22/2013
"Dear friends, This is a wonderful cause and I thank you for giving me the opportunity to be part of it. Best wishes, Bebe Forster"
Steve and Cheryl Fisch  gave  4/22/2013
F. Judith Baiel  pledged to give $50.00 4/10/2013
Ellen Rubesin  gave $100.00 4/7/2013
"We'll find a cure "with a little help" from the Benjet family!!"
Heather Osborne  gave  4/4/2013
"Congratulations Kim and Brian on what we know will be a fabulous event for a very worthy cause. Wish we could be with you--Heather and Vince"
Bertha Ku  gave $100.00 3/28/2013
"Go Benjet Family!"
Frederick K. Petrella  pledged to give $200.00 3/26/2013
Susan Retik  gave $250.00 3/21/2013
Frederick Petrella  3/20/2013
Theresa Haenn  gave  3/14/2013
"Thank you to the Benjet Family for your dedication to the JDRF mission. Kim and Brian, your leadership of the Promise Ball is AMAZING and this is going to be a night to remember! Josh and Hannah, thanks so much for sharing your parents with JDRF for this important event. We will get to the cure!"
Carolyn Schwarz  gave $25.00 3/13/2013
"Much love and happy birthday wishes from cousins Carolyn, Paul, Reid and Meredith! As Reid's Jedi Knights say, "May the Cure Be With You"!"
Deborah S Mueller  gave $100.00 3/13/2013
"Best wishes for the event and for all of your hard work with JDRF to find a cure! The Mueller Family"
Joan Emmons  pledged to give $1,000.00 3/11/2013
Cindy and Peter Gibson  gave $100.00 3/10/2013
"Hope it is a great event! Wish we could be there with you guys. Have fun! Cindy, Pete, Alex and Ethan"
Michael Mckenzie  gave $100.00 3/10/2013
Holly L Stewart  gave $50.00 3/9/2013
Elke Zuern  gave $250.00 3/9/2013
Stuart & Sally Greenberg  gave $200.00 3/8/2013
Scott & Liz Brackett  gave $100.00 3/7/2013
Joan Emmons  2/25/2013
Mervyn Benjet  pledged to give $1,000.00 2/25/2013