JDRF Announces 2004 Walkathon Results
October 4, 2004
The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation has released preliminary results from its 2004 Walkathon, held in conjunction with the Australian Festival at Centennial Park. At the completion of the Walkathon, the Australian Festival and JDRF held a joint September 11 memorial prior to the Festival's opening ceremony. According to Jim Thorpe, JDRF Corporate Recruitment Chair, The 2004 Walk To Cure raised over $600,000.00, with additional pledges still coming in. Highlighting this was the top five corporate teams' results:

• Ford Credit/PRIMUS/Visteon - $98,028.54

• HCA - $57,142.47

• Ingram Industries - $28,645.83

• Caterpillar Financial - $21,848.82

• Vanderbilt University Medical Center - $17,536.25

Equally impressive were the top five family teams:

• Karina's Kruisers - $11,390.00

• Jennifer Slate Team - $8,060.50

• Cody's Crusaders - $6,951.01

• Sarah's Team - $5,940.00

• The Diabetic Duo - $4,700.00

The Australian Festival would like to congratulate JDRF for hosting such a successful event, and to offer a special thanks for sharing the park and our September 11 memorial.