Community Events
Gather a group of friends, or encourage your employer to conduct a fundraiser on JDRF’s behalf. Pleasurable to organize and gratifying to hold, fundraising events such as golf outings, spaghetti dinners, pancake breakfasts, carnivals, concerts, bake sales, car washes or spare change drives are great ways to build community support for this great cause. For more information on conducting a fundraiser on JDRF’s behalf, please contact Sally Ruterbusch at 248.355.1133 or sruterbusch@jdrf.org.

Upcoming fundraisers to benefit JDRF include:

May 17, 2010
Swing to Cure Diabetes
U of M Golf Course, Ann Arbor
As a follow up to their successful inaugural golf outing in 2008, JDRF supporters Chris and Rich Hewlett are hosting a golf outing to jointly benefit JDRF and University of Michigan Comprehensive Diabetes Center. For registration and sponsorship inforamtion, please visit www.swingtocurediabetes.com or contact Rich Hewlett at 248.642.8439.

August 23, 2010
Shield’s Golf Outing to Benefit JDRF
Twin Lakes Golf Club, Troy
Outing includes 18 holes of golf with cart, lunch, course contests and dinner following th e tournament at Shields of Troy. Cost is $99 per golfer. Noon shotgun start. For more information, please contact Paul Andoni at 248.637.3131 or paulandoni@comcast.net or Jeffrey Dunstan at jeffreydunstan@yahoo.com.