Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) is the leading worldwide charitable funder and advocate of type1 (juvenile) diabetes research. The mission of JDRF is to find a cure for diabetes, along with the accompanying complications, through the support of research.
Type 1 diabetes strikes children suddenly, requiring them to take multiple injections of insulin daily or to use a continuous infusion of insulin through a pump. While insulin helps control the symptoms of the disease, it is not a cure for diabetes—nor does it prevent the eventual devastating physical complications including kidney failure, blindness, heart disease, stroke and limb amputation.
Since its founding in 1970 by parents of children with type 1 diabetes, JDRF has awarded more than $900 million to diabetes research, including in excess of $98 million in 2005 alone. In fact, the Foundation funded 500 centers, grants and fellowships in 19 countries this past year.
Trustmark’s Coffee in the Courtyard, sponsored by the Human Resources Department, raised over $3,800 for the 2005 Walk to Cure Diabetes through the sale of coffee, home-baked goodies, and other donated items. In addition, a silent auction was held for larger items.
www.jdrf.org
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