Lori - posted on 02/02/2010 ( 1 mom has responded )
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You can help direct $100,000 to JDRF. Here's how:
New York Jets QB Mark Sanchez
to Help Raise $100,000 for JDRF in
Pepsi Refresh Project Challenge
Vote Online or Text Now thru 2/5/10
Go to www.nfl.com/pepsirefresh
to vote for Mark Sanchez
OR
Text 'MARK' to PEPSI (73774)
Voting ends at 12:01am on 2/5/10
Mark Sanchez, quarterback for the New York Jets, is helping the
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) try to win $100,000
in grants as part of the Pepsi Refresh Project, an online
campaign to fund programs that will have a positive impact on
people's lives.
If Sanchez outpolls other Pepsi Refresh Project sponsors, the
funding will help JDRF establish a nationwide program to educate
people about the symptoms of type 1 diabetes - the most severe
form of the disease - and get medical care before suffering the
life-threatening short-term complications of high blood sugar.
Symptoms for type 1 or juvenile diabetes can be mistaken for
common illnesses, such as the flu, and if left untreated, even
over a very short timeframe, can be deadly.
"I want to help establish a much needed, nationwide educational
program with JDRF to ensure that the warning signs of type 1
diabetes will become household knowledge for medical personnel,
parents, teachers, and friends," said Sanchez. "Then, a quick
and accurate diagnosis can be made and proper treatment given
before it results in a life threatening situation".
In addition to Sanchez, quarterback Drew Brees and linebacker
Demarcus Ware are also participating in the Pepsi Refresh Project
Challenge.
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