JDRF Walk To Wipe Out Diabetes At Camden County College Is This Weekend

Gloucester Township, NJ -- JDRF Walk will try to stamp out type 1 diabetes in Gloucester Township on Sunday, Oct. 23.

The walk will begin at Camden County College in the Blackwood section of the township and end at Gloucester Township Community Park.

As of Friday, Oct. 21, the walk had raised $213,624.46 toward its $445,191 goal, according to jdrf.org.

Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that strikes children and adults suddenly. In those afflicted, the pancreas stops producing insulin. a hormone essential to turning food into energy.

This leaves those with the disease constantly monitoring their blood-sugar level, injecting or infusing insulin from a pump and carefully monitoring their eating and activity every single day.

There is nothing that can be done to prevent the disease and there is no cure, but JDRF is walking to help raise money to wipe out the disease.

To register for the walk, visit jdrf.org.

Peter Cheeseman Road will be temporarily shut down just prior to 9:30 a.m. until the end of the walk, Gloucester Township Police said on Friday.

Parts of Community Park will also be shut down.

Drivers should expect a heavy police presence in the area, and an increase of pedestrian traffic in the college and Community Park.

The attached image was posted on Gloucester Township’s official Facebook page.