Finding a cure: it takes a team
Victoria McNorrill, Staff Writer
Photo courtesy of North Greenville University
Since doctors diagnosed North Greenville University NGU baseball player Adam Bohogsian with Type 1 diabetes in 2008, he has raised over $30,000 dollars for diabetes research.
The same year Bohogsian was diagnosed, he organized a group of friends from his high school to participate in the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation walk to raise money for diabetes research.
�I was pretty proactive about it,� Bohogsian said.
JDRF is an international organization that funds research for Type 1 diabetes, an incurable condition that results in the body not producing enough insulin necessary in the digestive process.
Years after his first JDRF walk in 2008, Bohogsian started his own non-profit organization, Team Bogo, to help JDRF raise funds for diabetes research while studying at the University of North Carolina in Greensboro.
Bohogsian�s group for the JDRF walk has grown from his closest family and friends, from about 75 people to over 400.
Bohogsian said, �Whenever someone is really trying to put together something, then its best to show them support � whatever it is.�
As a major part of the fundraising process, Team Bogo sells t-shirts, gym shorts, wristbands and stickers with witty phrases such as �Get Pumped� designed on them to wear at the JDRF walks each year.
Last year, Team Bogo sold over 400 t-shirts for the JDRF fundraiser walk in Greensboro, N.C.
The money made on the merchandise sales is donated directly to the JDRF.
�I don�t plan to ever stop,� Bohogsian said.
Bohogsian is currently getting his Master�s of Business Administration degree at North Greenville University’s Graduate School.
For more information about Team Bogo and their merchandise, contact Adam at [email protected].
