SPRING 2010 CHARITY PROGRAM

SCORE CARPET CARE, LLC GIVES BACK

During the months of April, May & June 2010

Score Carpet Care, LLC will donate 20% of each of it's sales to the

JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Starting April 1, 2010, Score Carpet Care, LLC will donate 20% of your payment to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

Diabetes is a disorder of metabolism - the way our bodies use digested food for growth and energy.  Most of the food we eat is broken down into glucose, the form of sugar in the blood.  Glucose is the main source of fuel for the body.

After digestion, glucose passes into the bloodstream, where it is used by cells for growth and energy.  For glucose to get into cells, insulin must be present.  Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas, a large gland behind the stomach.

When we eat, the pancreas automatically produces the right amount of insulin to move glucose from blood into our cells.  In people with diabetes, however, the pancreas either produces little or no insulin, or the cells do not respond  appropriately to the insulin that is produced.  Glucose builds up in the blood, overflows into the urine, and passes out of the body.  Thus, the body loses its main source of fuel even though the blood contains large amounts of sugar.

There are 3 main types of diabetes: Type 1 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes and gestational diabetes.

Type 1 diabetes often develops in children, adolesants and young adults, so it's sometimes called "juvenile diabetes".  Diabetes is not contagious.  You cannot catch diabetes from someone who has it.  Researchers continue to study how and why diabetes occurs in certain children and families.  Although diabetes cannot be cured, it can be controlled.

For more information on juvenile diabetes and JDRF please visit www.jdrf.org