5 EYEWITNESS NEWS anchor Lindsey Brown chose to highlight Breakthrough TD1, formerly known as JDRF.

KSTP has been a proud partner with Breakthrough T1D for years. Many of our on-air talent and staff have been affected by Type One Diabetes and this is a partnership that hits close to home for us. Breakthrough T1D research has two core objectives: Cures by restoring the body’s ability to make insulin and stopping T1D before it occurs or providing insulin independence through replacement with insulin producing cells, and Improving Lives by keeping people with T1D as healthy as possible until cures are found by advancing new T1D resources, technologies, and therapies.

You can find KSTP’s full Why We Give initiative here.