Two Fundraisers Planned For Local Girl's Walk to Cure Diabetes Team03:27PM / Tuesday, October 07, 2014 | |
Noelle's Belles, a JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes team, is holding two fundraisers over Columbus Day weekend.
The JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes raises funds for scientific research to better treat, prevent and ultimately cure type 1 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that occurs when the body’s immune system attacks and destroys insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. For this reason, people with type 1 diabetes must take insulin in order to stay alive. Unlike type 2 diabetes, it cannot be controlled with lifestyle changes.
Noelle's Belles is the team of Williamstown third-grader Noelle Dravis, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes four years ago at the age of 4. Her team walks in the JDRF of Greater Connecticut/Western MA Chapter's walk on Sunday, Oct. 19, at Six Flags New England in Agawam.
The first fundraiser will be held Saturday, Oct. 11, from 2 to 4 p.m. in Williamstown. Hosted by The Progressive Palette, a painting business locally owned and operated by two sisters with a shared passion for art and inspiring others to discover their inner artist, guests to this event will paint a specially created design on their very own canvas to take home with them. The cost is $35, which includes all supplies, instruction and snacks. Seating is limited and advance registration is required online at progressivepalette.com.
The second fundraiser will be held Monday, Oct. 13, at 10:30 a.m. at the North Adams Movieplex in North Adams. On the day off from school and work, the public is invited to come see "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day" on opening weekend for just $5 per person. No advance registration is necessary.
Disney's "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day" (rated PG) follows the exploits of 11-year-old Alexander (Ed Oxenbould) as he experiences the most terrible and horrible day of his young life - a day that begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by one calamity after another. But when Alexander tells his upbeat family about the misadventures of his disastrous day, he finds little sympathy and begins to wonder if bad things only happen to him. He soon learns he is not alone when his mom (Jennifer Garner), dad (Steve Carell), brother (Dylan Minnette), and sister (Kerris Dorsey) all find themselves living through their own terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.
For more information on these fundraisers, contact Rebecca Dravis at 413-458-0298. To donate directly to Noelle's Belles online, visit walk.jdrf.org.
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