Douglas J Company Is Raising Money
For the Juvenile Diabetes Association
Samantha Weaver Is the Inspiration
Grand Rapids-----The Douglas J
Aveda Institute, located at 138 Commerce Avenue
S.W. in downtown Grand Rapids, is participating
in the company-wide effort to raise money for the
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), Scott
Weaver, President and Co-Owner of Douglas J, announced
today. Institute students and staff will be selling
raffle tickets for $5 each. The prize is a basket
of services and products worth $1,000. Paper sneakers
also will be sold for $1 each as part of the fundraising
effort.
Weaver said the goal is to raise $25,000 company-wide
for the JDRF. The Douglas J Company also is sponsoring
the annual “Walk to Cure Diabetes, that will
be held Saturday, August 4, on the campus of Michigan
State University, and a Friday, August 17, golf
outing in Williamston as part of its fundraising
efforts for the JDRF.
“The inspiration behind our company’s
ongoing drive to raise money for the JDRF is my
10-year-old daughter, Samantha, who was diagnosed
with juvenile diabetes when she was a toddler,”
Weaver said. “We also encourage the public
to join us in raising money for this wonderful organization.”
As many as three million Americans have type 1 diabetes,
which results from the body’s failure to produce
insulin. Eighty percent of all the money raised
for the JDRF goes directly to research. The mission
of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation is
to find a cure for diabetes and its complications
through the support of research.
The raffle tickets and sneakers also are being
sold in the company’s salons and Aveda Institutes
located in Okemos, East Lansing and Ann Arbor. For
more information about the golf outing, please contact
Matt Hemmerly at 517.381.6479. For more information
about the Douglas J Company, please visit their
Website at www.douglasj.com.
