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JDRF Oklahoma City OneWalk
ORGANIZATION: JDRF Oklahoma - Tulsa
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2 people are interested
Our Oklahoma City JDRF OneWalk is a fun event that helps spread awareness and connect members of our community who are impacted by Type 1 Diabetes. Our event will be held at Bricktown Ballpark in downtown Oklahoma City. Our volunteer opportunity will start at 6:30am and last till 11:30am. We are dividing it up with 2 shifts, 6:30-9:30am and 8:30-11:30am. Volunteers are more than welcome to stay the whole time or choose one of the shifts. We need volunteer help with set up, greeting guests, helping with the over all event experience, and tear down. We will have a quick orientation the morning of to go over everything that will be expected.
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About JDRF Oklahoma - Tulsa
Location:
907 S. Detroit Ave., Suite 1006, Tulsa, OK 74120, US
Mission Statement
Accelerating life-changing breakthroughs to cure, prevent and treat T1D and its complications
Description
Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that strikes both children and adults suddenly. It has nothing to do with diet or lifestyle. There is nothing you can do to prevent it. And, at present, there is no cure.
In T1D, your pancreas stops producing insulin-a hormone the body needs to get energy from food. This means a process your body does naturally and automatically becomes something that now requires your daily attention and manual intervention. If you have T1D, you must constantly monitor your blood-sugar level, inject or infuse insulin through a pump, and carefully balance these insulin doses with your eating and activity throughout the day and night.
However, insulin is not a cure for diabetes. Even with the most vigilant disease management, a significant portion of your day will be spent with either high or low blood-sugar levels. These fluctuations place people with T1D at risk for potentially life-threatening hypoglycemic and hyperglycemic episodes as well as devastating long-term complications such as kidney failure, heart attack, stroke, blindness and amputation. Learn more about T1D.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
2 South Mickey Mantle DriveOklahoma City, OK 73104
DATE POSTED
March 5, 2020
SKILLS
- Community Outreach
- Multi-Tasking
- Networking
- Organization
- People Skills
- Problem Solving
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 16
- Orientation or Training
- 6:30am-11:30am. With 2 shifts, 6:30-9:30 or 8:30-11:30, or you are more than welcome to stay the whole time.