Stars Lead Record Success in Walk to Cure Diabetes.LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 19, 1999-- Talk show host Leeza Gibbons Leeza Kim Gibbons (born March 26, 1957) is an American talk show host. Gibbons is the host of her own radio show, Leeza Live, part of the Westwood One radio syndication company. and boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard Ray Charles Leonard (born May 17, 1956) is a retired American professional boxer. He was one of the leading boxers in the world in the late 1970s and 1980s, winning world titles at multiple weights and engaging in contests with such celebrated opponents as Wilfred Benitez, Thomas led a record-breaking Walk to Cure Diabetes on Sunday, Nov. 14 at Griffith Park Griffith Park is a large public park at the eastern end of the Santa Monica Mountains. It is situated in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The park covers 4,210 acres (17 km²) of land, making it one of the largest urban parks in North America. to help the Juvenile Diabetes juvenile diabetes n. Insulin-dependent diabetes. Foundation International (JDF JDF Job Definition Format (XML-based format for workflow and control information) JDF Jamaica Defence Force JDF Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International JDF Job Description Form JDF Japan Defense Force JDF Jackson Drop Forge Company ) raise funds for diabetes research. The celebrity national Walk to Cure Diabetes co-chairs were joined by more than 4,000 participants at the event, which raised close to $1 million. Both Gibbons' and Leonard's own families have been touched by diabetes, as had the majority of the walkers who took part in the event. "All of us have a personal reason for being here," Gibbons Famous people named Gibbons include:
Leonard told the walkers: "I've been in a lot of difficult fights, but this is one fight we can surely win. The key to being a champion is not what you do in the ring, or on the football field, but what you do outside of that arena. Together, we will find a cure." The Walk's Youth Ambassador, nine-year-old Arianna Helfant, sped the walkers on their way, saying, "I'm sure that with all your help, we can find a cure." The Walk to Cure Diabetes in Los Angeles is one of many such Walks sponsored by the JDF across the country, which bring more than 300,000 people and 5,000 corporations together for the events. Last year, the Walks raised a national total of more than $44 million. This year's events will reach $55 million for diabetes research. As the United States marks National Diabetes Awareness Month throughout November, the 16th Annual Walk to Cure Diabetes on Sunday helped to raise public consciousness about this pervasive disease, which affects an estimated 16 million Americans. Diabetic complications can lead to heart disease, stroke, kidney disease Kidney Disease Definition Kidney disease is a general term for any damage that reduces the functioning of the kidney. Kidney disease is also called renal disease. , blindness, limb loss and nerve damage. Every 40 seconds, a new case of diabetes is diagnosed in the United States, and an estimated 179,000 people die from its complications each year. In this country, each and every day 35 children are diagnosed with juvenile diabetes. The U.S. diabetes-related health-care costs total $105 billion annually. The Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International is the world's leading nonprofit, nongovernmental funder of diabetes research. It was founded in 1970 by parents of children with diabetes. JDF's mission is to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research, and since its inception has given more than $326 million to diabetes research worldwide. |
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