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Advocates, here we are, February 14, Valentine’s Day! Happy Valentine’s Day to you and to your #1! Here on the JDRF Grassroots team, we wanted to make sure you felt the love we exude for you today. We wanted to make sure you knew just how much we appreciate, love, adore, admire and genuinely...

JDRF was founded 42 years ago, by parents of children with type 1 diabetes (T1D) in 1970. For the past 42 years, JDRF staff and volunteers have worked together to fund research aimed at finding a cure, better treating and preventing T1D. This year, the JDRF Annual Report 2012 highlights 42 specific milestones...

For the past few months, we’ve been stressing the importance of the Special Diabetes Program (SDP) , which has in one way or another changed the lives of every person living with diabetes today. Since Congress and the Administration created the program in 1997, the SDP has led to groundbreaking...

During my three and a half years working on the JDRF Advocacy team I've been asked over and over again "Why should I become a JDRF Advocate?" To me it always seemed fairly simple--your Congressperson needs to hear from you about the T1D issues that impact you. The more people that Congress...

In June, JDRF’s Annual Conference will be held in Washington, D.C. and you can help us get ready for it – visit our call-to-action page and send a message of thanks to Members of Congress who supported the Special Diabetes Program (SDP) letter recently issued by the House and Senate Diabetes...

Happy Holidays! Check out a holiday video message from the JDRF Advocacy staff, all the best in 2012! =] Hasan JDRF Advocacy

Surpassing our goal of 250 Promise meetings one month ahead of schedule is something to be celebrated! What better way to do so than by taking a look at some of the meetings that have already occurred? Take a look at some of our recently posted meeting summaries below. If reading these meeting summaries...

We've had quite a busy and exciting week involving the artificial pancreas campaign! As you know, JDRF has been leading a campaign to ensure that the FDA releases a clear and reasonable artificial pancreas guidance document by December 1 st that incorporates recommendations from the clinical community...

Check out the video message below from Mike Kondratick, Director of Grassroots Advocacy. Find out why Mike wants you to 'remember September for Promise'. If you haven't already, be sure to register to attend or coordinate a meeting today at http://jdrfpromise.org/get-involved ! Hasan

The end of the summer wraps up with some amazing successes for JDRF's Promise to Remember Me Campaign . Earlier this week I had mentioned that we managed to complete or schedule 113 meetings before August ended, surpassing our goal of 100 ! This is due to the leadership of our Campaign Coordinators...

I hope that those of us that were on the east cost managed to stay dry from Hurricane Irene! While the hurricane raged on the eastern seaboard, the 2012 Promise Campaign coordinators were diligently at work trying to achieve our goal of 100 meetings with Member of Congress before the end of August. While...

A goal we focus on at JDRF Advocacy is trying to come up with approaches that allow us to spread our hope for a cure as far and wide as possible. One of the things we use to do this is are social media site like Facebook and Twitter . Starting this month, we’re asking you to join us in spreading...

The Promise to Remember Me Campaign has finally arrived! Over 1,100 advocates and their families have already signed up to meet with their legislators, will you? The Promise Campaign is essential to building relationships between JDRF advocates and Members of Congress, and this year we are aiming to...

Check out the final highlight for the 2011 Childrens’ Congress from our camera team, this one features more testimony from award winning actor, Kevin Kline and our delegates. (Apologies for the delay in getting this up for you but I had taken a little vacation right after CC and this clips wasn’t...

If you have been following the coverage of the recent Children’s Congress, you know that there has been important APP news related to FDA. Many of you have been working hard since Government Day in March to educate your legislators about the artificial pancreas and as a result of your efforts,...

After having worked the past three Children’s Congresses, I love the fact that each class of our delegates is key in making sure that we continue to push forward towards a cure and ensure that federal funding continues to support this effort. However, the CC11 delegates not only helped in making...

We were very lucky to have Brian Kenny join us at another Children's Congress this year! Brian served as the emcee for the "Role Models with Type 1 Diabetes" Town Hall panel. Check out our video from Brian below! Brian is the anchor of ESPN's flagship sports news and information program...

I had great time hanging out with Crystal Bowersox and her team during the 2011 Children’s Congress, what a great set of people to be around and so inspiring for our delegates! See below for a quick video she did for me as she was preparing to attend a meeting on Capitol Hill. Crystal Bowersox...

I got a chance to catch up with swimmer and Olympian, Gary Hall, who also shared his thoughts on his time at Children's Congress ( watch the highlights of the town hall ). After being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 1999, Gary was told by doctors that he would never again be able to compete at...

The 2011 Children’s Congress also invited LPGA player, Carling Coffing to the Role Models with Diabetes town hall. As a professional golfer, Carling is in her fourth season on the Duramed Future Tour. She was twice named to the Big Ten All-Conference Second Team, and in 2010, she was winner of...

Check out what Kendall Simmons had to say about the 2011 Children’s Congress before the Role Models with Diabetes town hall on day 2 ( watch the highlights of the town hall ). Kendall is an NFL football guard who has played with the Pittsburgh Steelers, New England Patriots, and Buffalo Bills....

‘…do a little poke here and do that 10 or 12 times a day and that’s how you check your blood’, as Kiki from Washington State explained to his senator, Maria Cantwell. Thanks to all the Members of Congress who took time to meet with the 2011 Children’s Congress delegates...

She uses her celebrity to help create greater awareness of JDRF’s mission and is a wonderful role model in diabetes…during day two the 2011 Children’s Congress delegates got to interact with people that are truly role models with diabetes and are an inspiration as they continue to...

Calling Children's Congress to order...stay tuned I have several things to share with you all today from the 2011 Children's Congress this week. We'll have two more 'raw' highlight videos from our official film team and some clips I was able to capture from my end. Please be sure...