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about the event last year, said the park provides a scenic walkway offering a much more Cedar Creek Park in Seaford pleasant experience than busy will once again be the starting local roads. “Riding in traffic is like a point for the Team DRI Walk, Run, or Ride on Saturday, an white-knuckle event,” Carrion event raising money and aware- said. “You don’t want traffic. n e s s fo r T y p e 1 d i ab e t e s You want to make it safe for eve r yo n e. T h i s research. event is for everyNow in its fifth ye a r, t h e e ve n t one — bike riders, allows participants walkers, little kids. to choose their own It’s a safe environpace and distance ment.” — whether walkThis year’s preing, running or senting sponsor is biking — on a TK.Type 1, a Hunroute stretching tington-based nonf ro m t h e p a rk profit dedicated to toward Jones supporting families Beach in Wantagh. living with Type 1 Organizing the diabetes through event is the Diabee d u c at i o n , e m o tes Research Institional support and tute Foundation, or financial assisDRIF, a nonprofit BoB PARANT tance for essential whose goal is to Board member, DRIF care. The nonproffund research to Northeast Region it’s mission aligns find a biological closely with the cure for Type 1 diagoals of DRIF and betes. According to the Centers with the personal journey of for Disease Control and Preven- Westbury resident Bob Parant, tion, about 38.4 million people a member of its Northeast in the United States have diabe- Board of Directors. tes, or around 11.6 percent of Parant was diagnosed with the population. Type 1 diabetes in 1972 as a John Carrion, chairman of 19-year-old college athlete. Over the foundation’s Northeast Continued on page 14 Board who spoke to the Herald
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Photos courtesy Seaford School District
Back to school Seaford schools welcomed more than 2,000 students back on Sept. 2 for the 2025-26 school year. High schoolers attended workshops and an assembly, while kindergartners at Harbor and Manor began their journey as the Class of 2038. Story, more photos, Page 3.
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t’s very possible to live a full, adventurous life with Type 1 diabetes if you have the right attitude about getting out there.