Why is Shelby & Co. Still Walking for a Cure?

Shelby @ 2006 Walk

Shelby & Co. began 11 years ago, when our daughter - Shelby - was diagnosed weeks before her 3rd birthday with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D).  Her immune system had turned on itself and destroyed all the cells in her pancreas that produce insulin.

We rushed her to the hospital, spent three days on the pediatrics ward in "Diabetes Boot Camp," then took our little daughter home with this assurance - She would live the rest of her life taking insulin shots, and face the distinct possibility of developing a life-threatening complication at any time.

Doctors had very few answers.  They had no cure.  Research was happening around the world on this chronic disease that is impacting more and more people each year - totally unchecked.

The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation was started by parents facing the same uncertain, scary future as us.  They couldn't wait for the government to offer up a solution or even a serious commitment to research funding. So they began raising funds themselves from their friends and neighbors.  Today, the JDRF is the largest non-governmental direct funder of research into the causes, treatments and cures for T1D in the world!

We started Shelby & Co. to support the JDRF's efforts in any small way that we could. Honestly, it was all we could do.

Scott (Timeless)

Just three years ago, Shelby's father, Scott, was diagnosed with T1D at age 42! Born with the genetic predisposition, which he had already passed on totally unawares to Shelby, the still mysterious environmental trigger caused Scott's immune system to turn on itself, too.  Now, Shelby & Co. walks for two.

Our goal is simple: Fight diabetes one step at a time and raise money to help the JDRF find a cure in Shelby's lifetime!

Researchers are doing tremendous work!  This is a reachable goal!  But the effort needs to be funded, and we don't want to leave that up to the politicians.

Join us in our fight against T1D today! Click here to register or donate!

Shelby & Co. @ Oakland Zoo Walk, 2011