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The Diabetes Bracelets Initiative
 Sydney Davis, 12, was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at age 5. Her friend, Daniel Rosen, 13, was diagnosed 2 days after his ninth birthday. These two New Jersey youths wanted to do a charitable project in honor of their 13th birthdays to raise money for research into the cure of diabetes. They designed a rubber bracelet that says, "CURE DIABETES TODAY". Daniel and Sydney sold the bracelets in their local community and donated the proceeds to the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center, where they are both treated. The project has taken on a life of its own with orders for the bracelets coming from New York to New Orleans. Even students in the surrounding towns have been participating as part of their community service activities agenda.
Other Berrie Center supporters have joined in the bracelet initiative as well. Emily Lazar and Drew Stein of The Lodge, a music mastering and production company based in NYC, JoAnn and Joe Murphy, Co-Chairs of the Berrie Center Diabetes Advisory Committee, and Valerie and Ken Lazar, members of the Diabetes Advisory Committee are also helping to spearhead the bracelet initiative. Together, they are committed to helping the Berrie Center find a cure for diabetes and have a goal of raising at least $100,000 in donations. To date, we have received $50,000 in contributions. For more information, please visit http://www.thecareuntilthecure.org/
Receive a Bracelet With a $5.00 Contribution:
You will receive one "Cure Diabetes Today" bracelet with each $5 contribution. (For example, you will receive two bracelets for a gift of $10, five bracelets for a gift of $25, etc.) Contributions will help the Berrie Center continue to provide the finest clinical care while pursuing research aimed at finding a cure for diabetes. Contributions can be made online with a credit card or by mail with a check or money order payable to The Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center. Please allow two to three weeks upon receipt of donation for bracelet delivery.
Online
Click here to make your online credit card contribution. (Please be sure to indicate that your gift is for the "diabetes bracelet initiative".)
By Mail
Please send your check or money order along with a note indicating number of bracelets (at $5 each), your address, telephone number, and email address to:
The Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center
Re: Diabetes Bracelet Initiative
1150 St. Nicholas Avenue, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10032
For questions please contact the Berrie Center at nbdiabetes@columbia.edu.
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