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About Type 1 Diabetes
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Resources for Individuals and Caregivers

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Minnesota Chapter offers a wide variety of resources for persons with Type 1 Diabetes and their caretakers. Those resources include: 

 

Employee/Individuals Resources

  • Bag of Hope Program: Provides a collection of educational materials and comforting items to a child who has been newly diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. 
  • Brochures
  • Monthly email newsletter.
  • Children's Congress: Program where children learn about the legislative process, then put it into action on a trip to Washington D.C.

 

Caregiver Resources

  • Bag of Hope: Introduces the family of the newly diagnosed to the resources and support available to them by a caring, trained, and compassionate volunteer. The "Bag of Hope" is delivered by a volunteer parent with a child with Type 1 diabetes in an effort to establish a partnering system for the newly diagnosed child, adolescent, and their family.
  • Brochures
  • Monthly email newsletter.
  • Moms Support Group meets each month at different restaurants in the metro area.
  • Online Diabetes Support Team: Volunteers who provide one-to-one support, a sympathetic ear, and practical suggestions.



 

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In 2003, Ruth Bachman (pictured with her granddaughter) was diagnosed with cancer.  Her hand and forearm were amputated that June.  "It is important to put a face on cancer and chronic illness.  I'm grateful to be that face for CHCM."

 

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