July 2010

Upcoming Family Team Rallies – Walk to Cure Diabetes

by JDRF Bay Area 07.14.2010 Walk to Cure Diabetes

ShareFamily Rallies are a great opportunity to meet other parents in the type 1 diabetes community. In addition to free entrance to the zoo, the rallies include important information: Learn how the dollars raised by Family Walk Teams translate into tangible progress toward the cure Hear about the progress being made in the field of [...]

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Opportunity to Join the JDRF Staff as a Development Director

by Greg Martin 07.14.2010 Press Releases

ShareWe have just realigned our staff, transitioning from an event-driven model to geographically-based teams.  In doing so we feel we are better prepared as partners to our volunteers; to meet the needs of the diabetes communities and communities in general; and to steward the donors within the Greater Bay Area.  This restructure creates an opportunity [...]

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A Chance to Take the Field with The Oakland A’s Contest

by Greg Martin 07.13.2010 Walk to Cure Diabetes

ShareAttention Bay Area Parents! An Amazing Opportunity Awaits Your Child! JDRF is offering the opportunity for twelve kids between the ages of eight and fourteen to run onto the field to greet the Oakland A’s players as part of the JDRF Diabetes Awareness Day with Oakland A’s on Wednesday, August 4th! Each winning child will [...]

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Diabetes Education Day for Grandparents and Caregivers in Salinas, California

by Carolyn Eisen 07.13.2010 Life with Diabetes

ShareGrandparents and/or other caregivers of children with diabetes are invited to join Diabetes Educator Chesney Hoagland-Fuchs for a basic diabetes education class plus Q&A. During the class, an arts and crafts project will be organized for parents and their children, so all parents, kids and caregivers are encouraged to come! Refreshments will be provided. Where: [...]

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Walk to Cure Diabetes Kick Off with the Oakland A’s

by JDRF Bay Area 07.08.2010 Uncategorized

ShareLet’s Kick Off the 2010 Walk to Cure Diabetes! Dear Friends of JDRF, You are invited to a special Kick Off of the Walk to Cure Diabetes on Wednesday, August 4, 2010, at the Oakland Coliseum.  At the Kick Off, JDRF will provide you with the resources, tools and materials you need to have a [...]

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JDRF State of the Foundation Address

by JDRF Bay Area 07.06.2010 Research & Technology

ShareLeo Mullin, Chairman JDRF 2010 Annual Conference Good morning everybody. I’m really pleased to be with you today to report on the state of the foundation. As you will hear, it is an extraordinarily positive report. We have weathered a storm, primarily financial, that could have laid low a lesser organization. And we have restored [...]

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JDRF Hosts Key Session on Artificial Pancreas Progress at ADA Scientific Meeting

by Rachael McConney 07.06.2010 Research & Technology

ShareIn an acknowledgement of its leadership in driving the development of an artificial pancreas, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation was asked to co-host a special symposium- “The Artificial Pancreas – A Goal within Reach?”  The symposium displays dramatic progress in automating diabetes control at this weekend’s American Diabetes Association annual Scientific Sessions. The ADA meeting is a [...]

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