Bryson in his Team Bryson walk shirt at Acrisure Stadium before the Breakthrough T1D Walk
Breakthrough T1D Walk · October 25, 2026

Walk with Bryson to help cure T1D

Our team is walking to end type 1 diabetes. Meet us October 25 at North Shore Riverfront Park — every step counts.

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Our Cause

Join Team Bryson for the Pittsburgh Breakthrough T1D Walk (formerly JDRF) on October 25, 2026 at North Shore Riverfront Park. We’re walking to support Breakthrough T1D and their mission to find a cure for type 1 diabetes (T1D).

This organization has played a crucial role in helping our family, especially Bryson, find a sense of normalcy through their incredible support and events for children with T1D. We hope you’ll join us for the walk or consider making a donation to our team. Together, we can make a real difference!

Breakthrough T1D, formerly JDRF
Date
October 25, 2026
Starts
12 PM
Location
North Shore Riverfront Park
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
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Bryson in a Pittsburgh Pirates jersey on the field at PNC Park

Together, we’ve raised over

over the years through Team Bryson 💙 · 38 walkers this year

This year we've raised

73% of goalGoal $5,000

Thank You

Bryson has something to say

Our hoagie fundraiser raised $780 for Breakthrough T1D — every order, every dollar, and everyone who passed the word along. Bryson wanted to thank you himself.

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Bryson thanking everyone who supported the hoagie fundraiser
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2026 Team Bryson walk shirt in light blue: “One Team. One Fight. One Goal.” above a soccer ball reading Cure T1D, over “Team Bryson 2026”

This year’s shirt

Price
$12 each
Sizes
Adult & YouthAdult XS–XXLYouth XS–XL
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Our Story

Bryson has been a true warrior. He is our hero!

Our team is walking to end type 1 diabetes (T1D). Bryson was diagnosed on November 9, 2021. Our world completely changed that day, but we are learning and adjusting every day.

When you have T1D, your body stops producing insulin—a hormone essential to turning food into energy. Managing the disease is a constant struggle that involves monitoring your blood-sugar level, administering insulin, and carefully balancing these insulin doses with your eating and activity. Even with a strict regimen, people with T1D may still experience dangerously high or low blood-glucose levels that can, in extreme cases, be life-threatening.

With T1D there are no days off and there is no cure. But there is hope. And that’s why Team Bryson is supporting the Breakthrough T1D Walk this year.

Scientific advances are being turned into therapies that are changing the course of T1D. And together, we have the power to drive these therapies to market as quickly as we can.

We hope you will join our team or donate to our fundraising goal! By joining the Breakthrough T1D Walk, you’ll be part of the lasting footprint we’ll make for the T1D community now, and for generations to come.

Thank you for your support for Team Bryson!

Bryson in a hospital bed practicing his daily diabetic care on his bear Rufus
Bryson practicing daily diabetic care on his bear Rufus
Our Shirt

This year’s team shirt, chosen by Bryson

2026 Team Bryson walk shirt in light blue: “One Team. One Fight. One Goal.” above a soccer ball reading Cure T1D, over “Team Bryson 2026”

Bryson has chosen this shirt for our team members to wear during this year’s walk on October 25.

Add the sizes you need and check out. Shirts are handed out at the walk — there’s nothing to ship and no delivery address to enter.

Adult XS–XXLYouth XS–XL$12 each

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Thank You, Walkers

A BIG thanks to our 2025 walkers

$5,670

raised in 2025

Our first Breakthrough T1D Walk at Acrisure Stadium. Thank you to every walker, donor, and friend who showed up for Bryson and for a future without T1D.