A day at the beach for and his uncle Paul Lewis could pay off big for their charity of choice. The pair spent MotherB次元官网网址檚 Day building a StellerB次元官网网址檚 Jay for auction.

Lewis is the Langford artist known for creating stunning bird art at Esquimalt Lagoon. Lucas is the well-known advocate and fundraiser for the Juvenile Diabetes Reasearch Foundation.

Lucas lives with Type 1 diabetes and the Oak Bay family supports the JDRF in hopes of finding a cure and raising awareness.

With T1D the pancreas does not produce insulin, a hormone that helps the body control sugar levels in the blood. Without insulin, glucose builds. The cause is unknown and it is not preventable. More than 300,000 Canadians live with T1D.

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Each year they host a Fashion Fundraiser on the lawn during Garagellenium (June 9 this year) among other events. This year, Lewis and Lucas built a StellerB次元官网网址檚 Jay to include in the fundraising.

B次元官网网址淗e made that piece for us to ,B次元官网网址� said LucasB次元官网网址� dad Michael Cunliffe. Lewis is getting busy still crafting seaside at the lagoon, but getting more and more commercial work, but found time to build the artwork with Lucas.

B次元官网网址淲e want to make sure we get that again for June 10 so the auction for the piece ends on June 3,B次元官网网址� Cunliffe said. Bidding closes June 3 in an effort to gather all their funds ahead of the June 10 (register at ) at Westhills Stadium in Langford.

Find the auction at .