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INSIDE THIS ISSUE
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Russell Is an Uncle! Meet His Niece, Aria
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Ashley’s Halloween Tribute to RBG
We Voted! Did You? Highlight Reel Review
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BLF Joins Forces With a Friend to Fight Type 1 Diabetes
How a Fellow Attorney Inspired Our Team to Participate in the JDRF One Walk JOINING FORCES TO CURE TYPE 1 DIABETES
When Ashley shook hands with attorney William Hagans for the first time last year, he had already been living with Type 1 diabetes for more than three decades. She didn’t know that, though. They’d met in a continuing education course, and she simply saw a fellow trial attorney from Houston. Soon, the two became friends, and William filled Ashley in on his condition and his advocacy work through the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). “JDRF’s mission is threefold: looking for a cure, looking for ways to deal with the disease, and education,” William says. JDRF has been helping William and his family since he was diagnosed at age 12. Soon, they started giving back to the organization in thanks. William estimates that over the last 20 years, his family
and the team at the firm where he and his father work, Hagans Montgomery Hagans, have donated and raised $3–$3.5 million for the cause. Today, he’s president-elect of the Southern Texas Chapter of JDRF and chairs its annual fundraising gala. He also helped promote the chapter’s JDRF One Walk, a charity walk that normally brings out 15,000 Texans. “I had been receiving a bunch of William’s emails and motivational text messages trying to get people to get involved with the JDRF One Walk,” Ashley remembers. “I told Russell about it, and we decided as a firm to join the team!” The JDRF One Walk took place virtually on Nov. 1, and thanks to everyone who participated, the Southern Texas Chapter raised more than $1.4 to put toward
JDRF’s mission. For Russell, getting BLF involved in the walk was a no-brainer.
“My dad is a diabetic, and it runs in my family tree,” Russell says. “Diabetes is also
an important issue for a lot of other people on our team. It was great to get out there, give
back, and connect with a fellow lawyer on the path to making our community better.”
William was touched when we turned out on the big day.
“We were very lucky to have BLF want to take on this work with us and help raise money,” he said. To learn more about JDRF, its goals, and how you can help, visit JDRF.org/ SouthernTexas.
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