SHELTON - The Shelton High School Girls Basketball team will host the first annual “BLUE GAME” at Shelton High School Jan. 20 when the Gaelettes take on rival Guilford High School.
The “BLUE GAME” is an event in which the Shelton High School Girls Basketball program wants to raise awareness of Type 1 Diabetes, also known as Juvenile Diabetes.
The event will be held at the Murray Gymnasium at Shelton High School, 120 Meadow St., beginning with the junior varsity game at 5:15 p.m. and culminating with the varsity match-up at 7 p.m.
Many local businesses and families have donated items to be raffled off as part of this event with all proceeds being donated to Yale Pediatric Diabetes.
Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which a person’s pancreas stops producing insulin, a hormone that enables people to get energy from food.
It comes on suddenly, causes dependence on injected or pumped insulin for life, and carries the constant threat of devastating complications. There is nothing you can do to prevent T1D, and — at present — nothing you can do to get rid of it.
At the present time the Shelton High School Girls Basketball program has three players that are afflicted with Type 1 Diabetes and are constantly managing their lives with this affliction.
Please consider attending this important event and wear your “BLUE” to show your support.
This is a press release from John Niski, Shelton High School Athletic Director.
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