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New York Times Lauds JDRF Volunteers
On May 17, 2006, JDRF was profiled on the front page of the New York Times. Among the many superlatives used to describe the organization and its volunteers, the article said that "the foundation typically outperforms, in lobbying and fund-raising, nearly every other interest group built around a particular disease." Read the article.
Volunteer Programs and Opportunities
Ours is a Volunteer-Staff partnership, unique in the annals of nonprofit organizations. Ultimately, it is the passion of our volunteers that sets JDRF's tone and agenda. This has been true since our founding in 1970 by the parents of children with type 1 diabetes, who were determined to find a cure for this disease. Now we number tens of thousands of volunteers working through more than 100 Chapters, Branches, and Affiliates in the U.S. and around the world.
If you'd like to join us in this "journey to the cure," please get in touch with your local chapter or international affiliate, or send an e-mail to info@jdrf.org. We welcome your ideas!
Here are some of JDRF's unique programs that have come directly from volunteers and been implemented through our unique volunteer-staff partnership:
With your help, we are moving research from the laboratory bench to the patients 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.