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Our story · Team Bryson

Walk with Bryson to help cure T1D

Bryson was diagnosed on November 9, 2021. Our world completely changed that day, but we are learning and adjusting every day. Bryson has been a true warrior. He is our hero — and he’s why this site exists.

Bryson in the stands at Acrisure Stadium wearing his black Team Bryson walk shirt, with the Breakthrough T1D Walk scoreboard behind him

When you have T1D, your body stops producing insulin — a hormone essential to turning food into energy. Managing it is a constant balance of monitoring blood sugar, dosing insulin, food, and activity. Even with a strict regimen, people with T1D can still experience dangerously high or low blood-glucose levels that can, in extreme cases, be life-threatening.

With T1D there are no days off and there is no cure. But there is hope. That’s why Team Bryson walks in the Breakthrough T1D Walk every year — and why a portion of everything this site earns goes to the team’s fundraising.

Scientific advances are being turned into therapies that are changing the course of T1D. Together, we have the power to drive those therapies to market as quickly as we can.

From our family

Breakthrough T1D helped Bryson find a sense of normalcy through their support and events for kids with T1D. Walking with them is the least we can do.

Together, we’ve raised

Every step counts

Thanks to friends, family, and this community — year after year.

$5,491
2022 walk
$9,000+
2023 walk
$5,000+
2024 walk

Our progress

42%

$1,262

Raised

$3,000

Goal

30 walkers so far, captained by Danielle Onuffer.

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The yearly walk

Breakthrough T1D Walk (formerly JDRF One Walk)

When:
Every fall — this year’s date is announced on the team page
Where:
Pittsburgh area — past walks have taken us through the city’s best spots
The day:
A short, family-friendly walk with registration and activities beforehand. Strollers, wagons and grandparents welcome.
Shirts:
Bryson picks the team shirt every year, in adult and youth sizes.
Team captain:
Danielle Onuffer
Team Bryson gathered under the JDRF walk start arch on a bright autumn morning, around thirty walkers in grey Peace Love Cure shirts
The team in bright blue Let’s Go shirts in front of the Team Bryson tent on an overcast walk day
Team Bryson inside Acrisure Stadium holding a Mile of Hope 2024 sign, with balloon animals and the team banner behind them
Bryson in a hospital bed wearing a blue glove, practising an injection on Rufus, the Breakthrough T1D bear

We’re always looking for walkers

You don’t need to know us — or T1D — to walk. Join the team, bring the kids, and be part of the footprint we’re leaving for the T1D community.

How this site pays for itself

T1DTips is run by a T1D family. When you buy through our links, a portion of the proceeds supports our son's Breakthrough T1D team fundraising.