Boy With Diabetes Wants A Cure for Christmas

This Quilt Stitches Together A Young Life With Insulin-Dependent Diabetes

Diagnosed with T1D (type 1 diabetes) at the age of three, Lake St. Louis native Grant Starnes is now 11 and participates every year in the JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes.  His Walk team - Grant Me This – designs a new t-shirt every year.

Creve Coeur resident and proud maternal grandmother Jackie Toth took nine shirts from past Walks and made a beautiful quilt for Grant and his parents, Diana and Chris.  What the family really wants this holiday season is a cure for Grant and millions of people who suffer from T1D.

JDRF (formerly known as the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) is the leading global organization funding T1D research.  JDRF collaborates with a wide spectrum of partners and is the only organization with the scientific resources, regulatory influence, and a working plan to better treat, prevent and eventually cure T1D.

For diabetes education, motivation and inspiration, contact JDRF Greater Missouri and Southern Illinois Chapter at (314) 729-1846 or stl.jdrf.org

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