JDRF 50/50 Raffle News Articles

VANCOUVER, BC, November 4, 2021 — Support the type 1 diabetes community by taking part in JDRF’s 50/50 raffle! Participants could end up winning half the jackpot while also making a difference in the lives of the over 300,000 Canadians living with type 1 diabetes (T1D).

Kenadie was diagnosed with T1D at the age of 7 and has been living with this incurable autoimmune disease for 8 years. Life with T1D isn’t easy but she manages to make it beautiful.

Since her diagnosis, Kenadie has been involved actively with JDRF in many ways. She participated as a Kids for a Cure 2020 ambassador to educate politicians on T1D, and hosted the Promise Ball Gala in 2019 and the Kids for a Cure Lobby Day in 2016. She has also been a national campaign ambassador for JDRF and The Charles H. Best Diabetes Centre.

In her free time, Kenadie enjoys playing volleyball, dancing, swimming, and playing with her golden-doodle dog, named Brady. She and her family work together to raise awareness about T1D through presentations and school tours, doing their best to help people understand the realities of living with the disease, and why research into a cure is so important.

The 50/50 raffle offers people the chance to win big while giving kids like Kenadie, and their families, hope for a world one day free from T1D. Each ticket purchase helps JDRF raise critical funds for research that will one day find a cure and turn type 1 into type none.

Tickets Available Online

3-Ticket Pack for $10;
15-Ticket Pack for $25;
35-Ticket Pack for $50;
100-Ticket Pack for $100

About JDRF Canada

JDRF is the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes (T1D) research. Our mission is to accelerate life-changing breakthroughs to cure, prevent and treat T1D and its complications. For more information, please visit the JDRF website.

VANCOUVER, BC, October 28, 2021 — Support the type 1 diabetes community by taking part in JDRF’s 50/50 raffle! Participants could end up winning half the jackpot while also making a difference in the lives of the over 300,000 Canadians living with type 1 diabetes (T1D).

Kenadie was diagnosed with T1D at the age of 7 and has been living with this incurable autoimmune disease for 8 years. Life with T1D isn’t easy but she manages to make it beautiful.

Since her diagnosis, Kenadie has been involved actively with JDRF in many ways. She participated as a Kids for a Cure 2020 ambassador to educate politicians on T1D, and hosted the Promise Ball Gala in 2019 and the Kids for a Cure Lobby Day in 2016. She has also been a national campaign ambassador for JDRF and The Charles H. Best Diabetes Centre.

In her free time, Kenadie enjoys playing volleyball, dancing, swimming, and playing with her golden-doodle dog, named Brady. She and her family work together to raise awareness about T1D through presentations and school tours, doing their best to help people understand the realities of living with the disease, and why research into a cure is so important.

The 50/50 raffle offers people the chance to win big while giving kids like Kenadie, and their families, hope for a world one day free from T1D. Each ticket purchase helps JDRF raise critical funds for research that will one day find a cure and turn type 1 into type none.

Tickets Available Online

3-Ticket Pack for $10;
15-Ticket Pack for $25;
35-Ticket Pack for $50;
100-Ticket Pack for $100

About JDRF Canada

JDRF is the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes (T1D) research. Our mission is to accelerate life-changing breakthroughs to cure, prevent and treat T1D and its complications. For more information, please visit the JDRF website.

VANCOUVER, BC, October 21, 2021 — Support the type 1 diabetes community by taking part in JDRF’s 50/50 raffle! Participants could end up winning half the jackpot while also making a difference in the lives of the over 300,000 Canadians living with type 1 diabetes (T1D).

Kenadie was diagnosed with T1D at the age of 7 and has been living with this incurable autoimmune disease for 8 years. Life with T1D isn’t easy but she manages to make it beautiful.

Since her diagnosis, Kenadie has been involved actively with JDRF in many ways. She participated as a Kids for a Cure 2020 ambassador to educate politicians on T1D, and hosted the Promise Ball Gala in 2019 and the Kids for a Cure Lobby Day in 2016. She has also been a national campaign ambassador for JDRF and The Charles H. Best Diabetes Centre.

In her free time, Kenadie enjoys playing volleyball, dancing, swimming, and playing with her golden-doodle dog, named Brady. She and her family work together to raise awareness about T1D through presentations and school tours, doing their best to help people understand the realities of living with the disease, and why research into a cure is so important.

The 50/50 raffle offers people the chance to win big while giving kids like Kenadie, and their families, hope for a world one day free from T1D. Each ticket purchase helps JDRF raise critical funds for research that will one day find a cure and turn type 1 into type none.

Tickets Available Online

3-Ticket Pack for $10;
15-Ticket Pack for $25;
35-Ticket Pack for $50;
100-Ticket Pack for $100

About JDRF Canada

JDRF is the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes (T1D) research. Our mission is to accelerate life-changing breakthroughs to cure, prevent and treat T1D and its complications. For more information, please visit the JDRF website.

VANCOUVER, BC, October 14, 2021 — Help make a difference in the lives of the over 300,000 Canadians living with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and have the chance to win big at the JDRF 50/50 Raffle!

Ryan Myette, a police officer and JDRF volunteer and ambassador, has been living with T1D since his diagnosis in 2013 at the age of 27.

As a JDRF T1D Mentor, Ryan always shares his knowledge and experiences, as well as provides comfort to others who feel overwhelmed by the burden of managing T1D. He has recently become a volunteer moderator for JDRF’s Let’s Talk T1D: Connection Series, a new program that offers national conversation for adults and parents in the T1D community. The Connection Series is a virtual meetup for both adults living with T1D and parents living with or affected by T1D to form new connections and engage in conversations across province lines.

“JDRF has provided a venue where I can assist people as they learn and obtain information that has meaningful impact yielding positive results in their lives.” says Ryan. “As someone living with T1D – that is something I am humbled to be a part of.”

Support the T1D community by taking part in JDRF’s 50/50 today. Participants not only get the chance to win half the jackpot, but more importantly, help JDRF to raise critical funds for research that will one day turn type 1 into type none.

Tickets Available Online

3-Ticket Pack for $10;
15-Ticket Pack for $25;
35-Ticket Pack for $50;
100-Ticket Pack for $100

About JDRF Canada

JDRF is the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes (T1D) research. Our mission is to accelerate life-changing breakthroughs to cure, prevent and treat T1D and its complications. For more information, please visit the JDRF website.

VANCOUVER, BC, October 7, 2021 — Support the type 1 diabetes community by taking part in JDRF’s 50/50 raffle! Participants could end up winning half the jackpot while also making a difference in the lives of the over 300,000 Canadians living with type 1 diabetes (T1D).

Kenadie was diagnosed with T1D at the age of 7 and has been living with this incurable autoimmune disease for 8 years. Life with T1D isn’t easy but she manages to make it beautiful.

Since her diagnosis, Kenadie has been involved actively with JDRF in many ways. She participated as a Kids for a Cure 2020 ambassador to educate politicians on T1D, and hosted the Promise Ball Gala in 2019 and the Kids for a Cure Lobby Day in 2016. She has also been a national campaign ambassador for JDRF and The Charles H. Best Diabetes Centre.

In her free time, Kenadie enjoys playing volleyball, dancing, swimming, and playing with her golden-doodle dog, named Brady. She and her family work together to raise awareness about T1D through presentations and school tours, doing their best to help people understand the realities of living with the disease, and why research into a cure is so important.

The 50/50 raffle offers people the chance to win big while giving kids like Kenadie, and their families, hope for a world one day free from T1D. Each ticket purchase helps JDRF raise critical funds for research that will one day find a cure and turn type 1 into type none.

Tickets Available Online

3-Ticket Pack for $10;
15-Ticket Pack for $25;
35-Ticket Pack for $50;
100-Ticket Pack for $100

About JDRF Canada

JDRF is the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes (T1D) research. Our mission is to accelerate life-changing breakthroughs to cure, prevent and treat T1D and its complications. For more information, please visit the JDRF website.

VANCOUVER, BC, September 29, 2021 — Support the type 1 diabetes community by taking part in JDRF’s 50/50 raffle! Participants could end up winning half the jackpot while also making a difference in the lives of the over 300,000 Canadians living with type 1 diabetes (T1D).

Kenadie was diagnosed with T1D at the age of 7 and has been living with this incurable autoimmune disease for 8 years. Life with T1D isn’t easy but she manages to make it beautiful.

Since her diagnosis, Kenadie has been involved actively with JDRF in many ways. She participated as a Kids for a Cure 2020 ambassador to educate politicians on T1D, and hosted the Promise Ball Gala in 2019 and the Kids for a Cure Lobby Day in 2016. She has also been a national campaign ambassador for JDRF and The Charles H. Best Diabetes Centre.

In her free time, Kenadie enjoys playing volleyball, dancing, swimming, and playing with her golden-doodle dog, named Brady. She and her family work together to raise awareness about T1D through presentations and school tours, doing their best to help people understand the realities of living with the disease, and why research into a cure is so important.

The 50/50 raffle offers people the chance to win big while giving kids like Kenadie, and their families, hope for a world one day free from T1D. Each ticket purchase helps JDRF raise critical funds for research that will one day find a cure and turn type 1 into type none.

Tickets Available Online

3-Ticket Pack for $10;
15-Ticket Pack for $25;
35-Ticket Pack for $50;
100-Ticket Pack for $100

About JDRF Canada

JDRF is the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes (T1D) research. Our mission is to accelerate life-changing breakthroughs to cure, prevent and treat T1D and its complications. For more information, please visit the JDRF website.

VANCOUVER, BC, September 24, 2021 — JDRF is hosting its inaugural virtual 50/50 raffle, and the winner could be you! Players will have the chance to take home half the jackpot while also making a difference in the lives of the over 300,000 Canadians living with type 1 diabetes.

2021 marks the 100th anniversary of the discovery of insulin by researchers Dr. Frederick Banting and Charles Best at the University of Toronto.

Before insulin treatment, a diagnosis of type 1 diabetes (T1D) meant inevitable death for children. T1D is an autoimmune disease where the body’s immune system attacks and destroys the cells in the pancreas that make insulin critical to maintaining healthy blood sugar levels. There are no therapies available yet to prevent it, and the causes are not yet fully understood. While there have been many advancements in technology and delivery of insulin over the past 100 years; either by injection or pump, it remains the only treatment for T1D.

As JDRF commemorates the 100^th anniversary of the discovery of insulin, they also recognize the need to move beyond insulin and aggressively invest in the research that will lead to a cure for T1D. Raffle ticket purchasers not only get the chance to win the cash prize, but more importantly, raise important funds for research that will one day turn type one into type none.

Tickets Available Online

3-Ticket Pack for $10;
15-Ticket Pack for $25;
35-Ticket Pack for $50;
100-Ticket Pack for $100

About JDRF Canada

JDRF is the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes (T1D) research. Our mission is to accelerate life-changing breakthroughs to cure, prevent and treat T1D and its complications. For more information, please visit the JDRF website.

VANCOUVER, BC, September 16, 2021 — JDRF is hosting its inaugural virtual 50/50 raffle, and the winner could be you! Players will have the chance to take home half the jackpot while also making a difference in the lives of the over 300,000 Canadians living with type 1 diabetes.

2021 marks the 100th anniversary of the discovery of insulin by researchers Dr. Frederick Banting and Charles Best at the University of Toronto.

Before insulin treatment, a diagnosis of type 1 diabetes (T1D) meant inevitable death for children. T1D is an autoimmune disease where the body’s immune system attacks and destroys the cells in the pancreas that make insulin critical to maintaining healthy blood sugar levels. There are no therapies available yet to prevent it, and the causes are not yet fully understood. While there have been many advancements in technology and delivery of insulin over the past 100 years; either by injection or pump, it remains the only treatment for T1D.

As JDRF commemorates the 100^th anniversary of the discovery of insulin, they also recognize the need to move beyond insulin and aggressively invest in the research that will lead to a cure for T1D. Raffle ticket purchasers not only get the chance to win the cash prize, but more importantly, raise important funds for research that will one day turn type one into type none.

Tickets Available Online

3-Ticket Pack for $10;
15-Ticket Pack for $25;
35-Ticket Pack for $50;
100-Ticket Pack for $100

About JDRF Canada

JDRF is the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes (T1D) research. Our mission is to accelerate life-changing breakthroughs to cure, prevent and treat T1D and its complications. For more information, please visit the JDRF website.