My name is Lizzie, I'm 10 years old and in the 4th grade.
I like origami and drawing, and littlest pet shop. I love Hello Kitty too.
I have 3 sisters and 2 brothers. My little sister Becca gets her finger poked sometimes to make sure her sugar level is ok. My mommy has some friends whose kids are sick with diabetes, and I wanted to do something to help, so my mommy and I came up with the Cranes 4 a Cure. I want to raise money for the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation. My sister is lucky, she doesn't have diabetes, but a lot of kids do, and it isn't fair. Anyone can get juvenile diabetes, you don't have to have a family history. I think they need to find a cure fast so the kids who have it can be needle free, I don't like needles.

So I guess you want to know what Cranes 4 a Cure is.
It is said that anyone who folds a thousand origami cranes will be granted a wish. Sometimes relatives or friends fold the cranes for someone who has an illness in hopes for recovery or a long life.

My goal is to raise $1,000.00. For every dollar I raise, I am going to make an origami crane and put the name of the person who sent me that dollar on the wing. Then I am going to string all the cranes together and give it to the juvenile diabetes foundation with all the money I raise. Then my wish will be to find a cure. Please help me help those kids with this bad disease. My mommy says she will take a picture of every crane I make and post it here for everyone to see. For more information, please email my mommy, her name is Jenny. A dollar isn't a lot, but it can make a difference. I hope to get some pictures of kids you can help soon.
Thank you.

Friday, September 30, 2011

Cranes 501-520

L'shanah tovah!
Happy New Year to my Jewish friends! We were in services all day yesterday and today. My papa blew the shofar.
Cranes 501-508 are Zachary, Denice, Laurie and Charlie and Melissa, Gill, Alex and Elizabeth (and my brother Jack being silly)
509-516 are Delores, Divina, Penny, Lisa and Gary, Leah, Katrina and Cuong

Cranes 517-520 are Carol, Anita, Melissa and Kristyn
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Thursday, September 22, 2011

Cranes 451-500


Cranes 451-500 are all by the same John. I've been working to get caught up. I'll get there soon.
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Thursday, September 15, 2011

Cranes 401-450


Cranes 401-450 are all B'Nai Israel Religious school. Some of the classes donated the Tzedakah they collected throughout the year.

A close up of some of the Cranes. I'm only $99.00 away from my goal, but don't worry, I'll figure out another way to raise money to help find a cure. Lots of people are still waiting for it.

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Monday, September 12, 2011

Cranes 381-400


Cranes 381-391 are Kathleen, Liz, Harry, Tommy, Alex, Amanda, Denice, Ethan, Gabby, Dona and Vicki.

Cranes 392-400 are Jeff, Cameron, Stacie, Patsy, Bonnie, John, John, Amelia and Franklin.

I think I need to take a picture with all the cranes again. There is a lot of them. Mommy says to tell you if you want to get involved with JDRF you can contact Kathleen at (617) 633 - 0027 or kdiiorio@jdrf.org. Thanks to everyone's help, I'm at $901.00 raised for T1 Diabetes research. We need to find a cure. I'm not going to stop once I reach $1,000.00...you shouldn't either.
Thanks everyone!

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Thursday, September 8, 2011

Cranes 360-380


Cranes 360-365 are Luke, Katrina, Addy, Ed, Hettie and Zach.
Cranes 366-373 are Cuong, Tommy, Robert, Marisa, Leah, Alyssa, Carol and Anita.

Cranes 374-380 are John, Ashlyn, Lindsay, Mark, Charlie, Penny and B'Nai Israel Religious School
Today my mommy got an email from a lady at the local chapter of JDRF. She's going to call the lady back tomorrow and talk some more.
If you are in the Mobile Alabama area this weekend, and you want to support Diabetes Research, you can go to The Fresh Market. It’s holding its “Hope Floats” Sidewalk Sale on September 9 through September 11, from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. daily to benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. There will be root beer floats, hot dogs and ice cream sundaes each for a $2 donation and gourmet cookies each for a $1 donation. Sugar-free root beer floats and sundaes are also available. The Fresh Market will donate 100 percent of the money raised over the three-day sale of these items directly to JDRF to support its mission to find a cure for type 1 diabetes and its complications. I think we are going to try to go on Sunday. It sounds like a lot of fun.
I also wanted to let you know what we are up to with money raised for Cranes4aCure. $881.00. that is a lot of money (my chip in only shows online donations) Thank you to everyone who has helped so far.
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Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Cranes 340-359


My daddy is back with my mommy's camera, I can start posting again.
Cranes 340-347 are Mary, Harry, Caleb, Cameron, Kristyn, Dona, Amanda and Kenneth.

Cranes 348-355 are David, Susan, Billy, Kay,Tawnya, Bonnie, Gary and Divina.
Cranes 356-359 are Lisa, Aydin, Mrs.Daniels and Elisha.
School is good so far. I start yearbook meetings this month. I can't wait. This is my older sister helping me to hold cranes today. Her name is Emily. See you tomorrow.
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