On Saturday, October 24, Empire College faculty and staff participated in the Walk to Cure Diabetes. Empire's team was led by Susanne Richards, Empire's Director of Accounting and Human Resources who has a most personal connection with the disease that affects millions of children and adults. She was diagnosed with diabetes on December 18, 2008. As a result, besides closely monitoring her diet, she has to test her blood sugar levels six times a day and take insulin every time she eats. This equates to 2,190 finger pricks a year and will continue every year for the rest of her life unless a cure is found.

As you can imagine, this has forever changed her life and is the reason she formed Susanne’s Splendad Supastars in order to do two things; 1) raise money to support the research required to find a cure, and 2) to raise awareness of diabetes.

Thank you Empire College faculty, staff, and administration for your support!