This week’s blog is reviewing a special event that Beau Satchelle participated in this past weekend. There are several causes that have special meaning from personally touching our lives (i.e. homelessness/fighting hunger, childhood education, domestic violence, mental health, prostate cancer and diabetes to name a few). This past weekend, it was our honor to donate a couple of bespoke pieces for a charity dinner and auction, “Type 1 to None: Raise for the Cure with Couture Event” sponsored by the renowned fashion designer RC Caylan Atelier to benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) to eradicate a disease that can potentially strike anyone no matter your lot in life.
JDRF’s vision is admirably straightforward – a world without Type 1 Diabetes. Their mission is to improve the lives of today and tomorrow by accelerating life-changing breakthroughs to cure, prevent, and treat. For most people, Type 1 Diabetes is tied to several misconceptions and is unfamiliar, until they or a loved one is diagnosed. Presently there is no cure and unlike Type 2, which can be linked to diet or lifestyle choices, Type 1 is an autoimmune disease that affects both children and adults and often comes unexpectedly with no warning signs. About 1.25 million Americans live with Type 1 Diabetes and 40,000 new people will be diagnosed this year. Affording the vital lifesaving hormone, insulin, can be challenging for many individuals; insulin regulates glucose levels and prevents long term health complications such as kidney failure, heart attacks, strokes and blindness. In 2018, 227 million dollars was raised by charitable programs including JDRF One Walk®, golf tournaments, school fundraisers and extravagant galas similar to “Type 1 to None: Raise for the Cure with Couture”.