2011 Step Out: Walk to Stop Diabetes - Chicago - Soldier Field Stadium October 22, 2011

Step Out: Walk to Stop Diabetes
Chicago - Soldier Field Stadium Green
Join us on Saturday, October 22, 2011
2011 Goals!
Raise $385,000!
Recruit 200 Teams!
Register 2,200 Walkers!
WE CAN DO IT WITH YOUR HELP!!

Register Today and Begin Fundraising!

Become a part of Step Out: Walk to Stop Diabetes and start making your contribution to Stop Diabetes. Once you register, you can use our online fundraising tools to create your Personal Web Page, email your friends, family, and colleagues, accept online donations, and raise more money to Stop Diabetes.

It's more fun to Step Out together!
Gather your friends, family and co-workers and form a Step Out team! It's a great way to do something good together and share in a fun and healthy community experience.

When you walk, you help Stop Diabetes.
Walking is one of the easiest, most relaxing forms of exercise for many people, especially for those living with diabetes. Walking helps control blood glucose levels in people with diabetes and improves overall quality of life. It is also an activity that can help prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes in people at risk, currently there are 79 million Americans at high risk with prediabetes. Walk with us! Enjoy the beautiful 3.2 mile Step Out Walk along the Chicago lakefront!

Facebook Fundraising

If you are looking for a new way to raise funds, consider using the Boundless Fundraising application for Facebook. If you are using our online fundraising tools, just login to your Walk Participant Center and click the "Fundraise with Facebook" badge on your welcome screen. With a few simple steps, you can upload this Walk badge on your Facebook page and engage your entire social network in support of your efforts to Stop Diabetes®. Your Facebook friends will be able to join you or sponsor you directly from your Step Out Walk profile badge!

Helpful Guide to "Fundraise with Facebook"!!!

You can make a difference!

more than 40 states from coast to coast, more than 130,000 Walkers will Step Out to find a cure for this deadly disease. Join us and your support will make a difference to the 25.8 million Americans who suffer from diabetes.

If you have diabetes, you are a Red Strider!

A Red Strider is someone living with diabetes (Type 1, Type 2, or gestational) that walks in Step Out: Walk to Stop Diabetes as an individual or on a team! The purpose of the Red Strider Program is to support everyone who lives with diabetes and showcase the courage it takes to live every day with this difficult disease. As a Red Strider, you are a VIP because YOU are the reason we walk!

Interested in Volunteering?

The success of Step Out depends on volunteers who help keep the event running smoothly! We need over 150 volunteers to make sure that our walkers check in, grab some great snacks and get the inspiration they need to reach the finish line.

Contact Megan Johnson at mejohnson@diabetes.org to submit your volunteer registration form or to learn more about volunteer opportunities.Volunteers are taken on a first come first serve basis.

Fundraising Center!

Need help with fundraising ideas? Need help with team recruitment? Check out the links below or contact Bridget Gutrch at bgutrich@diabetes.org or via phone at (312) 346-1805 ext. 6579.


Questions about Step Out Chicago?

Please Contact Bridget Gutrich at (312) 346-1805 X6579 or email BGUTRICH@DIABETES.ORG

Or Visit: http://main.diabetes.org/site/TR/StepOut/ChicagoNorthernILArea?pg=entry&fr_id=7864