Our mission is to sponsor and perform the following FREE activities:
1. Educational Grants and Camps
2. Educational Seminars and Conferences
3. Research
4. Youth Group and Family Support Teams
5. Free Nutrition Consultations
6. Diabetes Newsletter
7. Loaning the public educational tapes, developed by the Diabetes National Institute, from our Diabetes educational audio library
For children with diabetes, it is extremely difficult to take care of themselves, and to cope with complications and the stress of improving blood sugar control.
We sponsor Youth Group and Family Support Teams where children with diabetes and families that are also coping and dealing with diabetes can build friendships and share their experiences.
Good nutrition is the building block for good control of Juvenille and Adult onset diabetes. Many people can not afford nutrition consults which may not be paid by third party insurers and many people find it difficult to go during the week work day. Thus we are offering free nutrition consultations on weekends during the year.