The KTS Climbing Team is setting out for the Summit of Mount Hood (July 14th-16th) and then will tie-in with Friends, Family and Yonder Mountain String Band at the Northwest String Summit in Horning's Hideout, North Plains, OR (July 17th-19th)
The Goal: Raise $50,000 to Support Phase II of Clinical Trials of a Potential Cure for Diabetes!
$12,500 Matching Pledge Received: the next $12,500 of donations received will be matched! Every $1 dollar donated will mean $2 to the goal!
With the help of The Iacocca Foundation and many grassroots initiatives, including Kiss the Sky to Conquer Diabetes, the trial's Phase l funding is complete and the trial is in progress under the direction of Denise Faustman, MD, PhD and David Nathan, MD, director of the MGH Diabetes Center.
MGH has set a fund-raising goal of $25 million to fund Phase II, the next stage of human research. Join us! Sponsor a KTS Climbing Team Member! Donate Today to Conquer Diabetes!
THE KTS CLIMBS FOR A CURE:
2009 Mount Hood, OR;
2007 I Open Eyes;
2006 Mount Shasta, CA;
2005 Cordillera Real, Bolivia;
2005 Mt Whitney (2nd route);
2004 Humphreys Peak, AZ;
2004 Mount Rainier, WA (2nd route);
2004 Mount Rainier, WA;
2003 Mauna Kea, HI;
2002 Mt Whitney, CA;
Kate Noble is just one of over 2 million children stricken with insulin dependant Diabetes. Diagnosed at the age of 1 and now 18, Kate has already suffered through 10,000 insulin shots, 50,000 blood checks and 1,000 insulin pump catheter inserts.
Kate's father has often said "I would travel to the ends of the earth and climb every mountain to find a cure for Diabetes." In 2002, he set out to do just, and climbed Mt. Whitney, the tallest peak in the lower 48 states, and raised $60,000+ to help find a cure. To see that first KTS climb: click here www.4k8z.net
In June 2005, he set his sights higher. Guided by Mountain Link, the KTS team travelled to Bolivia to attempt to summit Huayna Potosi (19,975 ft) in the Cordillera Real and raised $120,000+ to help find a cure.
In August 2006, Kate's Dad and Mountain Link teamed up again on the 14,162' Mt. Shasta in Northern California's Cascade Range to Climb for Clinical Trials and raised $40,000 to support the clinical trials investigating a potential cure for Diabetes at Massachusettes General Hospital.
In 2007, Kate and her friend who is a cancer survivor, launched I Open Eyes, to design and sell fashion items to raise money and awareness towards cures for diabetes and cancer.
In 2008, with the support of The Iacocca Foundation and contrubtors including KTS, a team led by Denise Faustman, MD, PhD and David M. Nathan, MD of Massachusetts General Hospital began human clinical trials, the first step in the process to conquer diabetes!
Please follow our lead. And this time you are invited to tie in. If you are interested in climbing Mount Hood or joining the climbing team at the Northwest String Summit, email Kate and her Dad at ranchmail@aol.com. But, you don't need an ice axe or crampons to be part of our team. All you need is to give with your heart and sponsor a KTS climber on Mountain Music for a Cure. 100% of every dollar will help bring us closer to finding a cure for Kate and the millions of other children just like her.
PLEASE FOLLOW OUR LEAD:
SUPPORT KISS THE SKY
TO CONQUER DIABETES
HELP US REACH THE SUMMIT
AND FIND A CURE:
Your tax-deductible contributions can be made by check or online as follows:
DONATE TODAY!!
TO MAKE AN ONLINE DONATION:
GO TO: www.faustmanlab.org
Click on: "Make a gift today!"
and Write "Kiss the Sky" in the "Tribute" box.
TO DONATE BY CHECK: make check payable to "Massachusetts General Hospital - Faustman Research" and write "Kiss the Sky" in the memo line, and mail to either:
MGH Development Office
Attn: Jocelyn Hoey
165 Cambridge Street, Suite 600
Boston, MA 02114-2792
or
Kiss the Sky to Conquer Diabetes
attn: Rick Noble
P.O. Box 1731
Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067
PLEASE ALSO EMAIL KATE so that KTS can also acknowledge your generous donation. The first 50 donations of $250 or more receive a Yonder Mountain String Band CD!! Kate's email is: ranchmail@aol.com.
WHAT IS THIS RESEARCH? WHAT ARE THESE PHASE II TRIALS? WHY SUPPORT THIS EFFORT? LISTEN TO DR. FAUSTMAN, CLICK HERE: NPR Talk of the Nation - August 29, 2008
For Information on the MGH Trials and Efforts to Conquer Diabetes, go to www.faustmanlab.org
www.iopeneyes.org Order your I Open Eyes fashion items today!
For more Information about KTS and Mountain Music for a Cure, email Kate at: ranchmail@aol.com.
THANK YOU SPONSORS: We gratefully acknowledge the support of our sponsors. For more information on each of the sponsors,click on the links below.
Mountain Link, The World's Premiere International Guide Service
Yonder Mountain String Band
Backpacker, The Outdoors at Your Doorstep
Adventure 16, Where Your Adventure Begins . . .