Walk set for May 20

IN TRAINING - Amherst resident Karla Braun-Kolbe, a member of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Team in Training, is cheered on by cancer survivors Pat and Ruth Lalewicz. Team in Training, a marathon training and Leukemia and Lymphoma Society fundraising program, is currently recruiting for its fall season. Informational meetings will be held at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 16 at The Millennium Airport Hotel, 2040 Walden Ave., Cheektowaga, and Monday, May 21 at Chef's Restaurant, 291 Seneca St., Buffalo. Photo by John Rusac Purchase color photos at www.BeeNews.com

The Western New York Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's annual Walk to Cure Diabetes will be held Sunday, May 20 at the University at Buffalo's North Campus.

The chapter's goal is to raise $804,000 from the Buffalo walk and an additional $125,000 from a walk in Jamestown.

Registration begins at 9 a.m. for the walk, which is roughly 3.1 miles long with checkpoints along the way.

There will be entertainment, magicians and food available at the walks.

Close to three million Americans suffer from type 1 diabetes and its complications. Insulin is life support for those individuals and is not a cure. Research is the only answer for those suffering from type 1 diabetes.

For more information , call Jennifer Hickock at 833-2873, e-mail her at jhickock@jdrf.org or visit the Web site walk.jdrf.org.