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Celebrity Jewelry Designer to Co-Chair Fundraising Gala for Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
JDRF Jewelry Collection Created to Support Diabetes Research
Farmington , CT – Elise Rosenstock of Avon , CT , along with her husband, Jerry Rosenstock, will serve as Ball Chairs for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) Promise Ball on May 2, 2009. Elise Rosenstock is a nationally-recognized jewelry designer in the couture jewelry market and is the creator of a jewelry collection to benefit JDRF. Jerry Rosenstock is a partner at Ernst & Young and a member of the Board of Directors for JDRF's North Central CT/Western MA Chapter .
The JDRF Promise Ball is Greater Hartford's record-breaking charitable event that has raised over $1 million each of the past two years. The 2009 Ball will take place at the CT Convention Center and will include dinner, dancing, and auctions. Proceeds from the annual event fund diabetes research and further JDRF's mission to find a cure for diabetes and its complications.
 Elise became involved with JDRF in 2005 after hearing of her daughter's classmate, Maddy Zabel, who was diagnosed with type 1 (juvenile) diabetes at age 4. Through their growing friendship with Maddy and her mother, Jill, Elise and her two daughters came to know the seriousness of the disease and the need to spread awareness of JDRF's mission. Elise, whose ElyseRyan jewelry line is worn by celebrities that include Katie Couric, Kassie DePaiva, and Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, knew that designing a collection specifically for JDRF was the best way for her to help.
For the initial design, Rosenstock created a necklace and earrings to appeal to all ages, especially teens, using blue Swarovski crystals, pearls, and silver accents. A second necklace design has since been added, geared to ages 18 and above. It features an iridescent blue-green crystal enhancer that is set on a sterling silver chain. Both designs have the ElyseRyan signature garnet cabochon toggle. The collection has gained popularity through promotion by JDRF, whose mission is to find a cure for diabetes and its complications. JDRF receives 10% of sales of the two designs, which may be ordered at www.elyseryan.com/jdrf . The enclosed photo shows (l-r) Jill Zabel, Elise Rosenstock and Maddy Zabel, now age 15. All are wearing pieces from the JDRF collection.
To find out more about the May 2 nd Promise Ball, visit www.jdrfpromiseball.org or contact the North Central CT/Western MA Chapter at 860.470.0020 or northcentralct@jdrf.org.
Type 1 diabetes is a chronic autoimmune disease where a person's pancreas stops producing insulin, the hormone that turns food into energy. To stay alive, people with type 1 must continually test their blood sugar and receive insulin through multiple insulin injections daily or via a pump attached to their body. Although life-sustaining, insulin is not a cure nor does it prevent the complications associated with the disease, including kidney failure, blindness, nerve damage, amputations, heart attack and stroke. More than 24 million Americans are affected by some form of diabetes.
JDRF is the largest charitable funder and advocate of type 1 diabetes research. Since its founding in 1970 by parents of children with type 1 diabetes, JDRF has awarded more than $1.3 billion to diabetes research, including more than $156 million in FY2008. More than 85 percent of JDRF's expenditures directly support research and research-related education. For more information, go to www.jdrf.org |
