The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) has once again renewed its partnership with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) for another year to help find the cause and cure of Type 1 Diabetes.

The SJHL is also pleased to announce the month of November has been designated as “Diabetes Month”. To show their support, each SJHL player will be wearing a JDRF sticker on their helmet.

President of the SJHL Bill Chow said that they have been promoting the cause every year in November for as long as he can remember.

“All we are trying to do is make people more aware of juvenile diabetes and the number of people who need help with the disease. We hope that with the ongoing research we may be able to find a cure one day.”

The partnership is first and foremost to raise awareness but for those who are interested, they can certainly make a donation toward Type 1 Diabetes research.

Type 1 Diabetes, the most severe form of diabetes, is a non-preventable autoimmune disease. It can occur at any age but is most commonly diagnosed from infancy to the late 30s. Unlike type 2 diabetes, it cannot be prevented by diet, exercise or medication and living with the disease demands constant blood testing and regulating.

“Nobodies immune to it, it can touch anyone or any family, so hopefully we can get the information out there and spread some awareness.”