This week on our Public Affairs Program, Sunday at 5a:

Joining us this week to talk about Type 1 Diabetes are Senior Development Manager at JDRF Lindsey Larkin, one of this year’s Ambassadors for the annual Beat The Bridge Run 16 year old Emma Murphy, and Promotion Coordinator at Radio stations Movin’ 92.5 and AM 880 KIXI Delilah Sanabria. JDRF for years stood for Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, but in recent years we’ve learned that it is not a juvenile disease. The topic is personal for both Emma and Delilah, as they have been living with Type 1 Diabetes for 15 years, and they will participate in the Beat The Bridge run coming up on Sunday May 20th at Husky Stadium. (Emma was diagnosed at age 1 and Delilah as a young girl)

JDRF uses the funds raised from Beat The Bridge to fund research. Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) still has no cure and it is not know what exactly causes the pancreas to quit producing insulin. If you’d like to learn more about T1D or the JDRF go online to their website www.jdrf.org and to participate in the Beat the Bridge run visit www.beatthebridge.org Once there you can support Delilah Sanabria’s Team T1E DYE, or Emma Murphy’s Emma Jane’s Gang, find someone else to support, or start your own team.