JDRF Walk and Other Shelby Business

Hello Everyone!

Me & my Shelby's Wish brick
outside AT&T Park

Shelby & Co. Headquarters is bustling with new information on the walks and t-shirts/ hoodies for Shelby & Co. team members. If you haven't already registered for our walk at the Oakland Zoo on October 14, do it today! Here's the link. We want as many people on our team to try to show up at our walks. My mom will be doing all of the warm-ups for all of the Bay Area walks except for the Monterey walk, so if you register for one walk and can't make it, come to another. We will surely be there.

In other news, I turned in an application to be a JDRF Youth Ambassador. The Youth Ambassadors represent the JDRF and spread awareness about Type 1 Diabetes. We get to go to the members of Congress in Washington, D.C. (if we send in an application, and want to do it), to educate members of Congress on how important and critical it is to have federal funding for Type 1 Diabetes research. We also volunteer at JDRF events and mentor newly diagnosed Type 1 kids. We also are presented with opportunities to do some public speaking.  I got an e-mail from the lady who runs this program, and she said that she got my application and along with that sent me a calendar of events that ambassadors are either able to volunteer at or appear at. I am so excited! This is a great opportunity for me to spread my story to other people and other Type 1 kids.

Anyway, I am writing a memoir in my advanced english class about when I got diagnosed with diabetes. I got some feedback from my teacher who said that it was a really good story and that it was beautifully written. When the final draft is done, I will post the link and you guys can read it and tell me what you think. I am really excited to present it to my classmates. Hopefully, it will provide some perspective on my life now, and how this experience has made me into the person I am today.

Other than that, I think that is all of the news I have. I am really excited to see all of you guys at one of the walks. I hope that you guys have been fundraising for our team and that you guys are keeping with Shelby & Co. on Facebook. I hope that you guys are getting excited about the upcoming walks!

  See you all soon,
                        Shelby