Breakthrough T1D walk in Pittsburgh raises over $600K for critical research

PITTSBURGH — Thousands of people gathered on Pittsburgh’s North Shore Sunday to raise awareness and funds to improve life for people living with Type 1 Diabetes.

Officials with the Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia Chapter of Breakthrough T1D say more than 200 teams, amounting to nearly 2,000 people, participated in the annual event.

“Every family here has been touched by type 1 diabetes in a different way, but they share the same hope for better treatments and, ultimately, cures. The support we saw today helps turn that hope into progress by fueling research, advocacy and resources for people living with T1D,” chapter director Carling Nolan said in a statement.

Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune condition that causes the pancreas to make very little or no insulin at all. Its onset has nothing to do with diet or lifestyle.

Organizers say the walk raised more than $600,000. The funds will be used for advocacy efforts and research to cure, prevent, and treat type 1 diabetes and its complications.

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