Highland Park Nonprofit Raises Over $1 Million for Diabetes Research

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Nearly 15 years ago, a Highland Park mother still adjusting to her son's Type 1 diabetes diagnosis sat in her kitchen with a group of close friends family members and decided to start Friends United for Juvenile Diabetes Research.

Now, Susan Mandell sounds thrilled when she says that the group has raised about $1.5 million for diabetes research.

"We spend as little as possible on overheard," Mandell said about the group, which she runs with three other co-chairs. "We are not a national organization."

The organization will host its "The Voice for the Cure" fundraiser this Saturday, Nov. 3 at Resolution Digital Studios, a 32,000 square foot multimedia studio at 2226 West Walnut Street in Chicago. The event will include a performance by artist Michael Israel and music by the Highland Park native Danny Chaimson and the Gold Coast All Stars.

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