Delegates in Nevada
Delegate: Christian
State: Nevada
Age: 11
Profile: Riley, who was diagnosed at seven, uses an insulin pump, and sometimes a continuous glucose monitor to manage his disease. His Walk team—Riley’s Rocket’s—raised about $80,000 over the last four years. His family also created a new fundraiser, Rock the Walk, a barbeque and concert to kick of the JDRF Walk, which raises more than $100,000 each year.
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State: Nevada
Age: 11
Profile: Riley, who was diagnosed at seven, uses an insulin pump, and sometimes a continuous glucose monitor to manage his disease. His Walk team—Riley’s Rocket’s—raised about $80,000 over the last four years. His family also created a new fundraiser, Rock the Walk, a barbeque and concert to kick of the JDRF Walk, which raises more than $100,000 each year.
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Delegate: Conner
State: Nevada
Age: 8
Profile: Conner plays baseball and soccer, and enjoys skiing, dirt bike riding, wakeboarding, and swimming. He loves to build things, especially with Legos, and wants to be an architect some day. A straight A student, Conner and his team, Conner’s Racers, walk each year in the JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes, raising more than $50,000 since his diagnosis in 2002.
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State: Nevada
Age: 8
Profile: Conner plays baseball and soccer, and enjoys skiing, dirt bike riding, wakeboarding, and swimming. He loves to build things, especially with Legos, and wants to be an architect some day. A straight A student, Conner and his team, Conner’s Racers, walk each year in the JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes, raising more than $50,000 since his diagnosis in 2002.
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Delegate: Taylor
State: Nevada
Age: 10
Profile: Diagnosed at 15 months, Taylor and her family began volunteering with JDRF that year. Taylor was part of a clinical study for insulin pumps in toddlers. By five, she could program it mostly by herself. Recently, she began using a continuous glucose monitor. Now nine, she is an avid sportswoman, playing soccer, skiing, golfing, swimming, and doing tae-kwon-do, in which she is a blue center belt.
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State: Nevada
Age: 10
Profile: Diagnosed at 15 months, Taylor and her family began volunteering with JDRF that year. Taylor was part of a clinical study for insulin pumps in toddlers. By five, she could program it mostly by herself. Recently, she began using a continuous glucose monitor. Now nine, she is an avid sportswoman, playing soccer, skiing, golfing, swimming, and doing tae-kwon-do, in which she is a blue center belt.
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