You KAN be a part of the cure!

The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) presents the Kids Advocacy Network. KAN is a group of youth advocates (both kids and teens) across America and throughout the world who want to share their voices on important Type 1 diabetes issues and use their leadership skills to influence legislation in JDRF's goal to find a cure.

Mission Statement:
As the youth in our communities, we strive to have our voices heard above the crowds, not to be a part of the masses and to change the characteristics of society for the better. We, diabetics and non-diabetics alike, aim to educate people about a disease and its complications that affects us. Together we do everything we KAN to find a cure.

What KAN you do to help?
--be first responders to JDRF Action Alerts
--organize school/university/communal recruitment programs
--serve as community ambassadors
--participate in online campaigns
--Work on JDRF special projects, including the “Promise to Remember Me” campaign. Visit the PRMC website for more details: http://promise.jdrf.org .

***Just to Distingush- The difference between type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes.***
TYPE 1 Diabetes:Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which a person’s pancreas stops producing insulin, a hormone that enables people to get energy from food. Type 1 diabetes usually strikes people in childhood, adolescence or early adulthood, but lasts a lifetime. People with Type 1 must take multiple injections on insulin daily or continuous infusion of insulin through a pump just to survive.

TYPE 2 Diabetes:Type 2 diabetes is a metabolic disorder in which a person’s body still produces insulin but is unable to use it effectively. Type 2 is usually diagnosed in adulthood and does not always require insulin injections. However, increased obesity has led to a recent “epidemic” in cases of type 2 diabetes in young adults.

***Taking insulin does not cure any type of diabetes nor prevent the possibility of its eventual and devastating effects: kidney failure, blindness, nerve damage, amputation, heart attack and stroke.

SIGN UP TO BE A MEMBER OF JDRF TODAY AND ENCOURAGE FAMILY and FRIENDS TO JOIN AS WELL!
Click the Advocacy Button on the top website tool bar and register or visit the sign-in page:
http://www.capitolconnect.com/jdrf/datamod/jdrfReg.aspx

REGISTER TO WALK, START YOUR OWN TEAM OF WALKERS, AND ENCOURAGE FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO SUPPORT YOU. To register to walk or to support a walker visit:
http://walk.jdrf.org/








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You KAN be a part of the cure!

The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) presents the Kids Advocacy Network. KAN is a group of youth advocates (both kids and teens) across America and throughout the world who want to share their voices on important Type 1 diabetes issues and use their leadership skills to influence legislation in JDRF's goal to find a cure.

Mission Statement:
As the youth in our communities, we strive to have our voices heard above the crowds, not to be a part of the... (olvass tovább)