Cardinal Key raises support for juvenile diabetes

Students and community members gathered in hoards to walk for a good cause at Cardinal Key’s JDRF 5k walk, Saturday in the NPAC. 

Cardinal Key has held walks for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund in the past and this year around 30 students and community members signed up to walk one the indoor track and win prizes. 

Sophie Lopez 22, senior of Valentine is a part of Cardinal Key club and she helped plan the event. Lopez stated the participation in the walks is slowly going up with each year. 

“We’ve been building slowly, last year we had about 50 people signed up but about 30 showed up because it had snowed.” Lopez said.

According to the club’s president, Katie Odovdy 22, senior of Wilburn, Cardinal Key is  a women’s honor society on campus that focuses most of their events on service and serving the college campus. From blood drives to booths that raise cancer awareness. Those that are interested in joining must have a 3.25 GPA and a junior or above status. 

The 5K walk was to support those that have juvenile diabetes fund and raise awareness. Those participating walked for about an hour around the NPAC’s indoor track. 

The JDRF has raised over $2 billion for juvenile diabetes and 80 percent goes into research Lopez announced to everyone before the walk. 

Prizes were given out around every ten minutes and held for those walking. Prizes included a camera, laundry supplies, pots and pans, or coffee makers. Energy bars and waters were also provided.