Maple Valley resident Elaine Thompson, the second from left in this photo with other riders, is the director of the Black Diamond Ride to Cure Diabetes. She’s also a team cycling coach. - Courtesy photo
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Maple Valley resident Elaine Thompson, the second from left in this photo with other riders, is the director of the Black Diamond Ride to Cure Diabetes. She’s also a team cycling coach.

Pedal powered fund-raiser in Black Diamond helps tackle diabetes


August 18, 2008 · Updated 3:40 PM 

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Bicyclists will take to the roads in and around Black Diamond on Aug. 30 for a fund-raiser supporting efforts to combat diabetes.

The Black Diamond Ride to Cure Diabetes will raise money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) and its quest for a cure for diabetes through research.

JDRF is the leading charitable funder and advocate of type 1 (juvenile) diabetes research worldwide. Since its founding in 1970 by parents of children with type 1 diabetes, JDRF has awarded more than $1.1 billion to diabetes research.

The Black Diamond ride is scheduled for 7 a.m. to noon, starting at Diamond Square.

A kids’ bike decorating station and bike helmet fit check and sale are planned for the first hour. The 14-mile family ride (ages 8 and above) will start at 8, and at 8:30, the Yarrow Bay-sponsored Family Ride Turn-Around Fun Zone will open with an inflatable jumper, a popcorn machine and an optional hay wagon return trip. Other activities will include a children’s bike safety rodeo, face painting, balloons and refreshments.

Additional information is available at www.jdrfnwride.org, (206) 838-5153 and susan@jdrfnwride.org.

Type 1 diabetes, in which a person’s pancreas stops producing insulin, a hormone that enables people to get energy from food, usually strikes in childhood or young adulthood, but lasts a lifetime.

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