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Fairfield County Chapter Home Page

 
Welcome to the Fairfield County Chapter!
 
 

Make a Donation to JDRF

 JDRF is closer to than ever to finding a cure. Your donation will make a dramatic impact as JDRF moves life altering research out of the lab and into human clinical trials. Click the above link to make a donation.
 JDRF Announces Fairfield County Childrens Congress Delegate

Five-year-old, Delilah Brien of Greenwich was selected as this years Fairfield County Childrens Congress Delegate.  JDRF received nearly 1,500 applications for the 2009 Childrens Congress Delegates; thats a 35% increase in submissions over 2006, so you can imagine the difficult task presented to the CC09 Selection Committee!

Delilah will be among approximately 200 delegates, ages 2 to 17, who will head to Washington, DC to meet with her House of Representative members during the 111th Congress from June 22-24.  Delegates are asked to advocate during the 6 to 7 months prior to the Childrens Congress.   Please join the JDRF Fairfield County Chapter in congratulating Delilah and wishing her well.  We know that she will do a wonderful job representing our young people in Washington.
 JDRF New Social Networking Website

JDRF has a new social networking website, Juvenation.com.  Over the weekend, a message went out to many of JDRF's technology-savvy constituents - e-newsletter recipients and Facebook group members - announcing the launch of http://www.juvenation.org/. 

The Juvenation logo and a link are also now on the JDRF website homepage (www.jdrf.org).  As a result, Juvenation membership has reached some 1,400 in the past week - which probably makes it one of the larger type 1 diabetes social networks out there, even though it's only a few weeks old.  We wanted to let you know this good news.  Please feel free to share this new site.  

 Diabetes Health Tips:  The key to good diabetes health is to stay focused on the basics: eating healthy, protecting your immune system, and staying active. Here are some simple healthful tips from JDRF.

http://www.jdrf.org/index.cfm?page_id=111209

Frontline December Report
 
Else Ryan Jewelry Collection Exclusively for JDRF

http://elyseryan.com/jdrf/ 

 
JDRF Research FundingWhat is the artificial pancreas?
URL: http://www.jdrf.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.viewPage&page_id=106682
 
  Chapter Staff
Barbara Rose, Executive Director
Beth Hebert, Administrative Assistant
Tori Brown, Special Events Coordinator

Lu Rosa, Special Events Coordinator

 

200 Connecticut Ave, 5H, Norwalk, CT 06854

Phone: 203-854-0658 Fax: 203-854-0798

Website: http://www.jdrf.org/fairfieldcounty

Email: fairfield@jdrf.org

 

 

 

DISCOVERIES
The current issue of the Chapter Newsletter IS NOW AVAILABLE online.
  To view this issue or past issues go to:
http://www.newsletternet.com/newsletter.asp?c=RHFOZLXHSR  

 

  Support JDRF and Help Raise Awareness

*JDRF Sneaker Car Magnets  are now available in red, green or blue for $3 each (2 for $5).   Call the office to order 203-854-0658. 

 

 


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2009 CALENDAR OF EVENTS       


July 1..................................Parent Support Group, Danbury Hospital 6 pm - 8 pm Danbury                                                RSVP to JoAnn Ahern, joann.ahern@danhosp.org or 203 739-7927

August 30.............................Family Fun Day, SportsCenter of CT, 11:45 am, Shelton, CT                                                              RSVP to Tori, TBrown@jdrf.org or 203 854-0658 by 8/14

October 18..............................................................Walk to Cure Diabetes, Location TBD 

November 5..............................................................Second Annual Luminary Lighting 


 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Fairfield County Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation was founded in 1980. 
It is located in Norwalk and serves all of Fairfield County.
For information on how to become involved or to attend any of the many special events,
 please contact us at 203-854-0658.

 

JDRF is a proud member of Community Health Charities of Connecticut,
a non-profit federation dedicated to raising funds and awareness
of 37 of the nation's leading health agencies.

 




With your help, we are moving research from the laboratory bench to the patient's bedside, translating scientific advances into longer, healthier lives for those with diabetes. With your help, we are moving closer to our goal ... a cure for diabetes and its complications.

Mary Tyler Moore
International Chairman