Walktoberfest to raise funds for diabetes research
By Stephanie Sisson
Oregon Oiirfy (nwak)
The American Diabetes Association is
urging Eugene residents to put on their
walking shoes Saturday and join the rest
of tiie nation in a walk to benefit diabetic*.
Walktoberfest 1093 is a 15-kilometur
walk for which participants solicit
pledges anti collect donations for each
kilometer walked. Two-thirds of the mon
ey raised in Eugene will help benefit Ore
gonians with diabetes through advocacy,
public education and patient programs.
The rest will go to the national organiza
tion for researching prevention and a curt!
lor diabetes.
"Just seeing people who live with the
disease since I've started this job has
made me realize how important it is to
find a cure," said Cindy Bunion, commu
nity coordinator for Wnlktoberfost 1993
"The American Diabetes Association
hopes to find a cure for the disease by the
turn of the century."
The Eugene Walktoborfost wili start
and finish in Alton Baker Park. The walk
goes along the Willamette River and Good
Pasture Island Rond
Walkers also have a chance to win one
of several prizirs based on the amount of
money they raise. Prizes range from a
weekend for two at the Inn of the Seventh
Mountain in Bend, to Spiegel and Lillian
Vernon gift certificates and Walktoberfest
T-shirts
It isn't too late to participate in the
Wnlktoberfost. Benton said To register,
(.all the l-ane County i hapter at 343*0735.
the Oregon affiliate at 1 -800-254-WALK,
or simply show up at Alton Baker Park
Saturday morning before 9 a m
Benton said that only alrout one-fourth
of the walkers are diabetic.
"Most of them know someone with the
disease, or they care and want to get a
cure for it." she said. "Normally everyone
knows someone with diabetes."
More than 144,000 Oregonians are dia
betic. according to the American Diabetes
Association, and 14 million people — or
one in 20 Americans — have the disease
Diabetes, the fourth-leading cause of
death by disease in the United States,
affects the body's ability to turn food into
energy Normally Ihe human body con
verts food into glucose and a hormone,
insulin, allows the cells to proc ess the
glucose into energy In people with dia
betes. however, the pancreas produces an
insufficient amount of insulin. According
to a report from the American Diabetes
Association, then* is no cure for diabetes.
Many diabetics don't know they have
the disease, and won't find out until thev
are treated for one of its complications —
heart disease, kidney disease, blindness,
nerve damage and foot and leg amputa
tions.
In this year alone, more than 750,000
people will be diagnosed with diabetes,
according to the American Diabetes Asso
ciation. Another 150.000 will die of dia
betes and its complications
The American Diabetes Association
was organized in 1940 to find a way to
prevent and cure diabetes.
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By Leslie Weinstein
> of rrw Ovffon Daily invakj
The problem How to furnish
your apartment and dress your
self on a meager student budget.
The solution: The new St. Vin
t ent del’aui Budget Annex.
"You can probably furnish a
living room for about $50 and
can scrounge through unsorted
clothing where treasures ranging
from grunge to yuppie can be
bought for 75 cents per pound."
Manager Val Burgess said.
In addition to furniture and
clothing, the Budget Annex
offers new and used mattresses,
beds, televisions, stereos, bicy
cles. books, kitchenware and
more — a cornucopia of junk.
"If it isn't at the annex now,
either it doesn't exist or it will
show up on a future delivery,"
Burgess said.
With the exception of rebuilt
mattresses and now furniture
(built by St Vincent dePaul).
items are priced when you buy
them and, "the more you buy
the more you save," Burgess
said.
St. Vincent doi’aul is a local
ly run. non-profit agency.
Through monies generated
from its stores, donations, con
tracts and grants, it provides
emergency food assistance, pre
scription drug assistance, cloth
ing, housing, financial help and
job training for those in need.
St. Vincent dePaul also oper
ates sheltered workshops and a
"day center" that provides
homeless people seeking jobs
with laundry facilities and tele
phones.
St. Vincent dePaul also recy
cles appliances and operates
Lane County’s chlorofluorocar
bon recycling program.
1If it isn’t at the
annex now, either
it doesn’t exist or it
will show up on a
future delivery/
— Val Burgess,
Annex manager
The Budget Annex is located
at 232 Lawrence St., in a former
Eugene Planning Mill building.
The original Budget Store is at
1880 W. Uth Ave..
Both are open Monday
through Saturday from 9 a.m. to
5:30 p.m. and Sunday from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m.
St. Vincent dePaul operates
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