11/01/2026
Penelope is on our U11 girls team, please donate and share if you can.
Sharing her story(see below)
November is Diabetes Awareness Month, and this year, Penelope has a special little mission close to our hearts. 💙
As a family, we’ll be walking/running 100 miles throughout the month as part of the Breakthrough T1D 100 Mile Challenge. We’re excited to take that on together while sharing a little more about what everyday life with Type 1 diabetes looks like.
But Penelope wanted to find a way to get others involved, too. 🥹
She created an Amazon wishlist of Type 1 diabetes books that she hopes to donate to Flushing Community Schools. Her goal is to give elementary students the opportunity to learn about T1D, better understand what some of their classmates experience every day, and recognize the warning signs of a disease that can affect anyone.
As she finishes up her last year of elementary school, this means even more to us. Diagnosed at just 7 years old, Penelope has learned to navigate the constant monitoring, calculations, alarms, highs and lows, sports, and everything in between. And now, she wants to take her own experience and use it to help educate others and make things a little easier for the kids coming behind her.
We would LOVE some help bringing her book donation vision to life! If you'd like to purchase a book from her Amazon wishlist, every donation will help put more T1D education into the hands of our school community.
We'll be sharing our 100-mile family journey throughout November, along with little glimpses into what life with T1D looks like for Penelope.
If we can help even one child feel more understood, help one family recognize the signs sooner, or remind one newly diagnosed child that they aren't alone, it will all be worth it.
📚 Penelope's T1D Book Wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/registries/gl/guest-view/35LGFB9M9FZ4D?
She may not have chosen this journey, but she's choosing to use her voice and experience to make a difference for others. And we couldn't be prouder of her. 🥹
📷 Felicia Day
