JDRF Welcomes Dream Gala Diamond Sponsor | Cantor Fitzgerald
Cantor Fitzgerald, formed in 1945 as an investment bank and brokerage business, became known for its innovation in computer-based bond brokerage, the quality and success of its institutional distribution business model, and as the market’s premier dealer of government securities.
Since that time, Cantor has continued to set the pace in innovation to become a premier global financial services firm. Today, Cantor is a preeminent capital markets investment bank, recognized for its strengths in the equity and fixed income capital markets, its global distribution model, and for its expanding presence as the leading independent middle market investment bank serving the marketplace with investment and merchant banking services, prime brokerage, and commercial real estate financing.
Capitalizing on the firm’s financial acumen and technology prowess, Cantor’s portfolio of businesses also includes Cantor Commercial Real Estate, Prime Brokerage, Cantor Gaming, Cantor Index, Cantor Insurance Group, and other businesses and ventures.
For 65 years, Cantor consistently fueled the growth of original ideas, pioneered new markets and provided superior service to clients. Cantor operates trading desks in every major financial center in the world, with offices in over 30 locations around the world and approximately 1,400 employees.
As one of the few remaining private partnerships on Wall Street, Cantor has the distinct ability to focus on long-term value creation and solid relationship building. Our structure allows us to respond quickly to client needs, develop solutions that address complex challenges, avoid the limitations of bureaucracy and attract talented individuals who are driven to succeed.
Cantor Fitzgerald has been a proud supporter of JDRF in the past, having been a sponsor for the JDRF Dream Gala for several years. JDRF is excited to have the support of Cantor Fitzgerald as a diamond sponsor for the 2012 JDRF Dream Gala!
Reserve your spot today ONLINE!
Tables and tickets are now available to purchase online! Individual tickets are $250 or purchase a table for ten guests at $2,500. Share this year’s Dream Gala Invitation and Response Card that can be completed electronically, with your friends and family!
Dream Gala – Saturday, March 31, 2012
Dallas Ballroom, Omni Hotel
Cocktail Reception & Silent Auction 6:00 pm
Dinner & Live Auction 7:30 pm
Black Tie
Visit our 2012 Dream Gala Website to learn more or download the Partnership Brochure to become a sponsor today! Wonderful sponsorship opportunities start at $5,000.
To inquire about sponsorships, please contact Dolores Johnson, Corporate Development Director at dsjohnson@jdrf.org.
For questions about the Dream Gala please contact Donna Henderson, Special Events Gala Manager at dhenderson@jdrf.org.
To learn more about the JDRF Dallas chapter, visit our JDRF Dallas website!
Creating Memories with Mosaics at JDRF “Art by Heroes” Day
On Sunday, February 12, 2012, JDRF Dallas hosted their annual “Art by Heroes” Day where Youth Ambassadors took part in some afternoon fun of creating one-of-a-kind mosaic masterpieces.
The children had a great time making new friends, tiling and decorating quilting squares for the upcoming 2012 Dream Gala. Each year at our Dream Gala, we have special items in our silent auction that have been created by JDRF ambassadors living with T1D. In addition to our “Art by Heroes” mosaic pieces and quilt, we will also have a custom guitar shaped mosaic with Bret Michaels’ autograph!
Watch for a future blog posting with photos of some of these great works of art and we hope that you will join us at the 2012 Dream Gala on Saturday, March 31, 2012 to bid on these items. To learn more about the Dream Gala or to purchase your tickets today, visit our 2012 Dream Gala website.
Thank you to the many volunteers who were there to help where needed: Jasmine Amerasekera, Lauren Dee, Nicole Dee, Katie Hamilton, Katie Lyons and our quilters Michele & Casey Martin. A special thanks also goes to Smashing Times and the owner, Robin Oldham and her staff for hosting our event and for their support of JDRF.
View a slideshow of the photos from Art Day on our Flickr Page.
To learn more about the JDRF Dallas chapter, visit our JDRF Dallas website!
Life with Diabetes | Winter Issue
We welcome you to take a well-deserved break in your day to read and enjoy the winter issue of Life with Diabetes on the Countdown website, and please remember to pass it on using the share link at the bottom of this story!
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Who’s Your Number One?
In the first issue of the new year, we’re celebrating JDRF’s new outreach initiative, “Who’s Your No. 1?” in an article that suggests you may have more connections to type 1 diabetes (T1D) than you ever imagined! [Read More]
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Test Kitchen: Chef Sam Talbot’s The Sweet Life
For a fun experiment in the kitchen, one writer and amateur cook takes celebrity chef Sam Talbot’s new cookbook, The Sweet Life: Diabetes without Boundaries, for a test drive—and lets you in on the delicious results. [Read More]
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All the Right Moves: Support for a military child with newly diagnosed T1D
And straight from JDRF’s Online Diabetes Support Team (ODST), our Q&A gives comprehensive advice for military and other families about how to manage a child’s new T1D diagnosis while far from home. [Read More]
Happy reading!
To learn more about the JDRF Dallas chapter, visit our JDRF Dallas website!
Let’s Party for JDRF with a donation at Party City
Party City is teaming up with JDRF for their second annual Scannable Sales Campaign from February 19th – March 3rd, 2012. JDRF’s Sneaker Campaign helps raise millions of dollars for diabetes research by simply selling paper sneakers to customers at check out. We are excited to announce a renewed partnership with Party City!
Party City is the leader in the party goods industry, as well as America’s largest specialty party goods store. They operate more than 600 company-owned and franchise stores throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. We appreciate Party City‘s commitment to JDRF and look forward to a successful campaign!
How You Can Help
Find your local Party City and visit the store from February 19 to March 3, 2012 to buy a sneaker for $1 and above all thank the local stores for their participation in this valuable JDRF fundraising program. Let the Party City employees know how much you appreciate their incredible contributions to JDRF and diabetes research.
Spread the word
Please share this blog posting via email, Facebook and Twitter so your friends and family can also help!
Do you have a store that would like to help JDRF by selling paper sneakers?
We would LOVE to have you as a partner! Please contact Dolores Johnson at dsjohnson@jdrf.org or (214) 764-6770.
To learn more about the JDRF Dallas chapter, visit our JDRF Dallas website!
Countdown to the JDRF Dream Gala | Week 6 ProCUREment Preview
The 2012 Dream Gala is now only 6 weeks away and the Auction Angels have been busy gathering items to make this year’s Silent Auction spectacular!
Check back each week for highlights to start your “Wish List” today!
7-Night Condo Stay in Durango, Colorado
(Value: $4,000)
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Dallas Cowboys 2011 Team Autographed NFL Football
(Value: Priceless)
Donate an Item for the Silent Auction
To make an item donation to the Silent Auction, view the Donation Form and Letter or contact Deborah Newsome at dnewsome@jdrf.org
Reserve your spot today ONLINE!
Tables and tickets are now available to purchase online! Individual tickets are $250 or purchase a table for ten guests at $2,500. Share this year’s Dream Gala Invitation and RSVP Response Card that can be completed electronically with your friends and family!
To inquire about sponsorships, please contact Dolores Johnson, Corporate Development Director at dsjohnson@jdrf.org
For questions about the Dream Gala, visit the Dream Gala Website or contact Donna Henderson, Special Events Gala Manager at dhenderson@jdrf.org
To learn more about the JDRF Dallas chapter, visit our JDRF Dallas website!
2012 Walk to Cure Diabetes | NEW Collin County Walk Site Change
Plans are well underway for this year’s Walk to Cure Diabetes for another fun and successful event. The Walk will take place on Saturday, September 29, 2012 at two locations: Victory Plaza at American Airlines Center in Dallas (same as previous years) and our NEW Collin County Walk location at Oak Point Park in Plano (previously held at Granite Park).
Please be sure and save the date and make note of this year’s Walk site locations! We are excited to once again be at the beautiful Victory Plaza location and look forward to being at Oak Point Park this year in Plano.
Oak Point Park is a beautiful location and JDRF will feature the use of their amphitheater and wonderful concrete trails for our Collin County Walk route. We can’t wait for you to see it! In fact, you may be familiar with Oak Point Park since it is the home of the Plano Balloon Festival. It’s Plano’s largest park with over 800-acres of land and nature preserve.
We will be sure to keep you posted on all the details, but we wanted to let you know about this important Walk site change. In the meantime, we would like to thank Granite Park for their many years of support and generosity in hosting our growing Collin County Walk Site. They have been wonderful to work with over the years and an outstanding partner to JDRF and our mission to find a cure for diabetes. JDRF will forever be grateful for all that they have done for us and for those living with diabetes.
Many thanks and we look forward to another successful year!
JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes | Save the Date & Locations
Saturday, September 29, 2012
One Walk… Two Great Locations!
Victory Plaza at American Airlines Center in Dallas
Oak Point Park at 2801 E. Spring Creek Pkwy in Plano
More Information and Registration Opening Soon!
To learn more about the JDRF Dallas chapter, visit our JDRF Dallas website!
JDRF Welcomes Dream Gala Diamond Sponsor | Dr Pepper Snapple Group
Dr Pepper Snapple Group (DPS) is the industry leader in flavored beverages with a robust portfolio of iconic soft drinks, non-carbonated beverages, mixers, healthy fruit snacks, energy drinks and enhanced waters. From their flagship Dr Pepper and Snapple brands to category leaders such as Sunkist soda, A&W Root Beer, Hawaiian Punch and Mott’s apple juice and apple sauce, their brands have been synonymous with refreshment, revitalization, fun and flavor for generations.
In addition to great brands, DPS has a proud, longstanding heritage of caring for their consumers, their customers, their employees and their neighbors in the communities where they live and do business. This sense of caring is at the heart of their business, shaping their values and the importance they place on corporate social responsibility (CSR). For more information about DPS or their CSR efforts, please visit their website.
DPS has been a supporter of JDRF in past years, having been the 2011 JDRF Dream Gala Corporate Honoree. They were also sponsors of the 2011 Cliff Harris JDRF Reunion Golf Classic and the 2011 Walk to Cure Diabetes. DPS is excited to be a Diamond Sponsor at this year’s Dream Gala.
Jim and Sarah Baldwin
Dr Pepper Snapple Group has a personal connection to JDRF through Jim Baldwin, Executive Vice President and General Counsel for Dr Pepper Snapple Group. As President of JDRF Greater Dallas, he works to champion diabetes research and advocate on behalf of his daughter, Sarah, who was diagnosed at age 10. JDRF thanks Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Jim Baldwin and their many employees who have volunteered, supported and donated to JDRF through the years.
Reserve your spot today ONLINE!
Tables and tickets are now available to purchase online! Individual tickets are $250 or purchase a table for ten guests at $2,500. Share this year’s Dream Gala Invitation and Response Card that can be completed electronically, with your friends and family!
Dream Gala – Saturday, March 31, 2012
Dallas Ballroom, Omni Hotel
Cocktail Reception & Silent Auction 6:00 pm
Dinner & Live Auction 7:30 pm
Black Tie
Visit our 2012 Dream Gala Website or download the Partnership Brochure to become a sponsor today! Wonderful sponsorship opportunities start at $5,000.
To inquire about sponsorships, please contact Dolores Johnson, Corporate Development Director at dsjohnson@jdrf.org.
For questions about the Dream Gala please contact Donna Henderson, Special Events Gala Manager at dhenderson@jdrf.org.
To learn more about the JDRF Dallas chapter, visit our JDRF Dallas website!
Be our Diabetes Sweetheart ♥ 2012 Fact Sheets & Annual Report
All of us at JDRF hope that everyone is having a very Happy Valentine’s Day. We thank you for showing us so much ♥ LOVE ♥ all year round! Your partnership, support and LOVE for research keeps us advancing science towards a cure, better treatments and prevention!
Thanks to your generous support, JDRF funded more than $116 million in science during the last fiscal year, including research projects aimed at preventing diabetes and its complications, improving treatments of the disease and eventually, delivering a cure for our friends and loved ones. Make 2012 just as amazing, by making a donation today — Donate Now!
Read on for the new 2011 Annual Report or check out the updated 2012 Fact Sheets about JDRF, diabetes and research funding. Know someone interested in JDRF, getting involved or making a donation? Pass these links on to them or send them to the research.jdrfdallas.org to learn more about JDRF and our research goals.
NEW! 2011 Annual Report
We are happy to share with you On the Path—the JDRF 2011 Annual Report. This year, we are proud to communicate about our research and fundraising achievements in a new format that is designed to bring you closer to the members of the T1D community who are touched by your generous support. You will read about our research advancements and hear from adults, teenagers, children, and families who are living with T1D. Our annual report is filled with stories about scientific progress and human accomplishment—all of which is supported by our donors and corporate partners. Thank you for helping to make the 2011 fiscal year such a successful one for JDRF. View the Report
At this time and always, we are so grateful to have you as part of our JDRF family. Thank you again for all you have done and continue to do for the Greater Dallas Chapter and JDRF. Together, we will transform how people live with T1D as we make advances toward a cure.
On behalf of everyone at JDRF, we sincerely thank you for all of your support! We hope we can count on your continued partnership and LOVE in the coming year!
To learn more about the JDRF Dallas chapter, visit our JDRF Dallas website!
Countdown to the JDRF Dream Gala | Week 7 ProCUREment Preview
The 2012 Dream Gala is now only 7 weeks away and the Auction Angels have been busy gathering items to make this year’s Silent Auction spectacular!
Check back each week for highlights to start your “Wish List” today!
Helicopter Tour of Dallas for Up to 3 People
(Valued at $500)
Dirk Nowitzki Autographed 2011-2012 Dallas Mavericks
Framed NBA Championship Picture
(Valued as priceless)
Donate an Item for the Silent Auction
To make an item donation to the Silent Auction, view the Donation Form and Letter or contact Deborah Newsome at dnewsome@jdrf.org
Reserve your spot today ONLINE!
Tables and tickets are now available to purchase online! Individual tickets are $250 or purchase a table for ten guests at $2,500. Share this year’s Dream Gala Invitation and RSVP Response Card that can be completed electronically with your friends and family!
To inquire about sponsorships, please contact Dolores Johnson, Corporate Development Director at dsjohnson@jdrf.org
For questions about the Dream Gala, visit the Dream Gala Website or contact Donna Henderson, Special Events Gala Manager at dhenderson@jdrf.org
To learn more about the JDRF Dallas chapter, visit our JDRF Dallas website!
Calling all Family Team Walk Champions!
JDRF’s Family Teams Need You!
We are looking for volunteers to help encourage and support other families by serving on the 2012 Walk Family Team Committee. JDRF’s Family Team Program is the fastest-growing component of the Walk to Cure Diabetes. With new teams joining us every year, and a strong set of returning teams too, we need help in keeping everyone in the loop. The success of the Walk to Cure Diabetes is a true testament to the dedication of our sponsors, families, donors and volunteers who graciously contribute their time, energy and support. Can you join us?
Family Team Champions help strengthen our Walk by:
- Making a set of calls to a designated group of families (list estimated at 10 families per committee member) to help answer questions about the Walk.
- Encouraging participation in the Walk.
- Providing outreach and stewardship.
- Forming a Walk team.
- Conducting a letter writing campaign.
- Sharing creative fundraising ideas.
Interested?
If you would like to serve on this fun and rewarding committee, please contact Tressa Thomas at tthomas@jdrf.org or (214) 373-9808.
SAVE THE DATE:
JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes
Date: Saturday, September 29, 2012
Check-in Time: 7:30 am
Walk Start Time: 9:00 am
One Walk – Two Great Locations!
Dallas Walk Site: Victory Park @ American Airlines Center
Collin County Walk Site: NEW WALK LOCATION THIS YEAR!
Oak Point Park @ 2801 E. Spring Creek Parkway – Plano, 75074 (Home of the Plano Balloon Festival)
More Information and Registration Opening Soon!
To learn more about the JDRF Dallas chapter, visit our JDRF Dallas website!
