Team Waiting On A Cure

Sorry for the MIA!

2010-08-28T21:59:00.000-07:00

Hey guys,
I'm sorry that I've been away for so long and not updating like I usually do. Since I've been away, I've been missing out adding walks to the site and I've fallen quite behind. I'm sorry for the inconvenience, but I hope to have them up as soon as possible!
Peace & love, -Rebecca

New Dates Added

2010-07-06T17:59:00.000-07:00

Hey everybody,
I know I normally update you on Saturdays, but I just wanted to keep you informed on the new additions. I've been working on the site the last couple of days to add the new JDRF and ADA walk dates, and I'm posting the quick info here for all of you. They're in order by date:

9/25/10 - St. Charles, MO at Frontier Park
9/25/10 - Lubbock, TX at Mackenzie Park
10/30/10 - Wilmington, NC at Mayfaire Town Center
11/6/10 - Charlotte, NC at Freedom Park
2/26/11 - Cedar Rapids, IA at Westdale Mall
3/5/11 - Orlando, FL at University of Central Florida
3/19/11 - Cocoa Beach, FL at Lori Wilson Park
3/19/11 - Miami, FL at TBA
3/26/11 - Daytona Beach, FL at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
4/9/11 - Des Moines, IA at Downtown Skywalk
5/1/11 - Elmira, NY at Elmira College
5/15/11 - Rochester, NY at RIT
5/22/11 - Hinesburg, VT at Champlain Valley Union High School
TBD - Grand Island, NY at Martin's Fantasy Island
TBD - Bethlehem, PA at Northampton Community College
TBD - State College, PA at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park
TBD - Fredericksburg, VA at Loriella Park
TBD - Leesburg, VA at National Conference Center
TBD - Tacoma, WA at University of Washington, Tacoma
TBD - Washington DC at TBA

If any of the dates are near you, be sure to go to the Find A Walk page for more extensive information. Also, some of the TBD dates are now finalized with their dates and other info, so please check the page.

Hoping you're all having a lovely week!
Peace & love, -R

Need Help With Registration?

2010-07-03T14:18:00.000-07:00

Hey guys,
I just wanted to update you with some quick information. I made two PDFs that you may find useful if you're interested in registering, but don't know what to do. The PDFs are "How To's" for registration: one for ADA, the other for JDRF.

Below are the links to the PDFs (they're also on the Find A Walk page):
ADA - https://acrobat.com/#d=cNJVp1K3CRJkjDaNSsuQfg
JDRF - https://acrobat.com/#d=-6KSTpe-YJHqpxqOPW43aA

If you still have questions/concerns about registration, don't hesitate to contact us! Hope you're all having a great 4th of July weekend :)
Peace & love, -Rebecca

NEW JDRF Nick Video!

2010-06-29T09:04:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone,
Sorry for the delay this week. Saturday was my birthday party and I didn't have the chance to sign on until now to give you guys an update.

I sent out another stream of emails promoting the site, trying to get the word out about upcoming walks and whatnot. If you could pass that around as well, that'd be awesome.

I signed on to my Walk Central page (JDRF's team captain & walker online community - a place where you can receive online donations and be connected, etc) and I noticed a video of Nick Jonas, National Chairman of the JDRF's Walk To Cure Diabetes. The video is below. Please watch it and pass it on. You could even use it in your letter campaign when you're fundraising!

Thanks guys! If you have any questions/concerns, please contact our team.
Peace & love, -R

Sorry for the delay!

2010-06-21T15:38:00.000-07:00

Hey guys,
A lot has been happening this week and I'm sorry for being late on my weekly post. I've finished up high school, had grad night, and celebrated my high school graduation all in the past week. On Saturday (when I normally make my weekly posts) I had three grad parties all in one day! And to top it all off, I turn 18 tomorrow! So I hope you can excuse me for my absence now that I've given you that info ;)

Today's post is quick... there's a JDRF walk coming up this Saturday! If you're able to go, register as a team captain and make sure to email our team with the link. Here's the quick info for the upcoming walk:
6/26 - Memorial Park in Jefferson City, MO

Please be sure to spread the word about the site to your friends/family. We've had a couple hits from interested walkers, but let's try and get the interest bar up higher. Let's get the world aware about diabetes!

I hope you all have a fabulous week.
Peace & love, -R

Let's Get the Word Out!

2010-06-13T16:44:00.001-07:00

Hey everyone!
In the past week I've been trying to get the word around about Team Waiting On A Cure through a second set of emails. I haven't received any feedback, but that doesn't mean people aren't checking out the site. If this is the first time you've visited TeamWOAC and you're interested in walking, please do contact our team by CLICKING HERE; we're more than happy to help you find a way for you to step out. If you're not able to step out, you can still get involved! Check out our GET INVOLVED page for more information.

My dream is to see lots of people stepping out into their communities thanks to this site, and if you all could help by sending out the link to the site to all of your friends, that'd be great! I'm hoping that we can get the link into as many hands/inboxes as possible.

As for the walks, I will be adding ten new JDRF walk dates to the site after submitting this post. For quick info, here they are...
Huntsville, AL - 10/24
Santa Clara, CA - 10/3
Bakersfield, CA - 11/6
Lake Elsinore, CA - TBD
Lakeland, FL - TBD
St. Petersburg, FL - TBD
Tampa, FL - TBD
Columbia, SC - 10/31
Amarillo, TX - 8/28
Stevens Point, WI - 10/2

One last thing: If you do participate in a walk this year, email us with some of your team photos. We'd love to see how everything turned out and display it for others to see as well!

To those who stay in contact with this site (if there are any at all), thank you for everything you do and the interest you have in helping those with diabetes. We could nothing without your help and participation. If you have any questions for the team, don't hesitate to contact us.
Peace & love, -R

P.S. I've brought back the TeamWOAC twitter! Check it out and follow us HERE!

Success?

2010-06-05T00:27:00.000-07:00

Hey everybody,
As I mentioned last Saturday, I sent out mass emails to pretty much everyone in my contact list, half of which was old email addresses that were no longer active. With this minor set back, I still managed to get a couple emails of feedback with others wanting to get involved. Thanks for being interested, ladies! Remember: Whenever you decide which walk you'll be participating in, just sign up as a Team Waiting On A Cure and email your personal/team walk page link so others can sign up and get involved with you!

Back to the topic of emailing: I will be sending a second set of emails out, but I don't know when I'll get to that yet. Perhaps this coming week sometime. If any of you are willing, you could even forward the message onto others. Once again, please send around the site's link to others so we can get our communities more involved in such a great cause!

Walk Updates: There are 4 JDRF walks happening this weekend. Although it is a tad late to sign up for these walks, you can still attend the event! Be sure to visit the registration table and make sure you sign up AT the walk! They have to have you sign up for liability/safety reasons.
6/5: Tallahassee, FL at Tallahassee Community College
6/5: Howard Beach, NY at Ave Maria Catholic Academy Schoolyard
6/5: Oklahoma City, OK at Oklahoma City University
6/6: Leesburg, VA at National Conference Center

I hope you all have a wonderful week. Feel free to contact the team if you have any questions/concerns. -R

Quick Update

2010-05-29T23:01:00.001-07:00

Hey everybody, Rebecca here again! I was able to finish up adding the walks to the Find A Walk page on Tuesday night. Everything is up to date for you all to use as resources. Remember, if you become a team captain, we highly encourage you to put the team name as Team Waiting On A Cure to send a message that those with diabetes ARE waiting on a cure and only time and effort will lead us to one. Also, please email us with your team link so I can add it to the Walk page for others to join you.

I sent out mass emails yesterday about the site and about getting involved. If you could, please pass the web link on to others so we can make people more aware about Team Waiting On A Cure and diabetes.

Thanks for all the help everyone; we really appreciate it. Hope to see a lot of you stepping out this year! If you have any questions/concerns, feel free to contact our team (go to the Contact page for a way to contact us).
Peace & love, -R

I've Been Busy, But...

2010-05-24T22:49:00.000-07:00

I have about 5-6 more states left to add for the American Diabetes Association walks. I just haven't had the time this weekend to add them. I hope to get the rest of them up by tomorrow night (5/25).

After I update all of the walks, I will be sending out emails to friends/family about joining an ADA or JDRF walk. If I have your email, you'll most likely be receiving one :) I hope you have the opportunity to step out and help your community!

Hope you all have a wonderful week.
Peace & love -R

Almost Done... I promise!

2010-05-19T16:51:00.000-07:00

I'm almost done with adding all of the ADA walks to the "Find A Walk" page. I think I have about 15 more states left, but there aren't as many American Diabetes Association walks as there are Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation ones. I hope to have them all up by tonight or tomorrow afternoon!

If you want to become a JDRF or ADA walk captain, please contact us (link on the contact page) and we'll help you register!

More Updates

2010-05-10T20:24:00.000-07:00

I'm still working on making the site fully functional. I'm almost done adding all of the JDRF walks to the "Find A Walk" page, and then I'll be starting on the ADA walks (to the same page).

If you want to TWOAC Captain for a walk in your area, sign up and put "Team Waiting On A Cure" as the team name. After signing up, please give me your Walk Page link and I will add it to the site for others to join your team!

First Post!

2010-05-03T19:57:00.000-07:00

Hey guys, Rebecca here. I'm trying to get this blog set up as soon as possible for all of you to use. Originally I was going to have a website, but I think this will be easier with posting updates and things like that. I hope to have it fully functional with accurate information by the week's end.

For the "Find A Walk" page, I am still updating it with the recent walks that were added as well as the ADA walks. Right now it only has JDRF information on it.

I am going to be at a JDRF Walk Planning meeting next week for the OC walk (happening in November). I'll be sure to let you know how it goes! More to come later :)