MARCH 19, 2009 ISSUE
Local Family Offers Food Deals to Help Fight Diabetes
In order to raise money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), a local family is offering some tasty incentives.
Sam Akers, Mountaineer Pizza LLC franchisee, is offering two-for-one pizza deals at Domino’s Pizza, located at 208 Faculty Street in Boone, until mid-April to help raise funds for the JDRF.
Akers’ son, Nick, 13, has suffered from Type 1 Diabetes since 2005. The Akers family assembled a team this year for the JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes, which is scheduled for Saturday, April 18, at Carowinds, located on the border of North and South Carolina along Interstate 77.
The Akers Family Team is currently accepting donations and offering deals on pizza to reach their fundraising goal. Until the walk takes place, Domino’s Pizza customers who make a $2 donation receive a $4 gift certificate, and customers who make a $10 donation receive a two-for-one coupon booklet good for 10 free pizzas.
If customers cannot donate money, they can signup to participate in the Walk to Cure Diabetes by clicking to www.walk.jdrf.org/walker.cfm?id=87306079.
To send a donation to the Akers Family Team, send a check to: JDRF, 520 Timberlane Drive, Boone, NC 28607.
For more information, call 828-264-6507.
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