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What's New:   Remember, November is Diabetes Awareness Month!  Workshops are being held in honor of this important month, check them out here! What: DJ Clinic When: Saturday, January 10, 2010, noon-1:30 pm Where: 701-6 Koehler Avenue, Ronkonkoma Cost: $40 - PROFITS GO TO JDRF! The interactive DJ Clinic, open to children between the ages of 10 and 15, will be held at National Event Connection's headquarters at 701-6 Koehler Avenue in Ronkonkoma, NY on Saturday, January 10 from noon until 1:30 p.m. Registration is open to 40 children across Long Island on a first come, first serve basis and the registration fee is $40, of which profits will be donated to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's Long Island Chapter. Parents are welcome to attend as well. To sign up or for more information, please call 631-348-7848, extension 19. Be a part of the "Wall of Change," presented by Pump Wear, Inc.!  This is a fun way to be a part of the CURE (while getting rid of the spare change you have lying around!) Click here for a printable flyer on how you can be a part of the "Wall of Change"   Check out the Pump Wear website! Walk 2009 pictures, taken by our wonderful photographer Allison Pye, are now available online!  Check them out here!   Click here to check out pictures from the Youth Ambassador Halloween Party! JDRF Long Island is now on Facebook! Search "Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation - Long Island Chapter" and become a fan today!   The Walks may have come to an end, but that doesn't mean your fundraising has to!  Did you know that you can still register for the Walk and fundraise for your team?  We accept Walk money all year long! Click your Walk Site below to register today!  Sunday, October 4 - Belmont Lake State Park   Sunday, October 18 - SUNY College at Old Westbury  Sunday, October 25 - Suffolk County Community College at Riverhead  For more information about the Walks, click here!

Have you heard? There's a new social network just for people with type 1 diabetes like you and me! Juvenation is a social network created by the JDRF especially for people with type 1 diabetes. Juvenation is open to anyone over the age of 13. There are over 5,000 members of Juvenation from all age groups, and from all over the country - join us! At Juvenation, Juvenation is funded through an unrestricted educational grant from Novo Nordisk through its Changing Diabetes© leadership initiative. dLife is THE place for all aspects of your diabetes lifestyle, offering information and community support for type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, and caregivers. It's a great website for people with diabetes, by people with diabetes! Click here to find out more details. But dLife isn't just a  website; it's also a great TV show. Catch dLife every Sunday at 7pm (Eastern) on CNBC. Official Photographer of JDRF Long Island - Allison Pye There are several things you can expect at each JDRF Long Island event - fun, good friends, a good cause and... Allison Pye. For more than seven years, Allison has been taking the wonderful pictures that appear on this website, in our newsletter and the local media. Allison is a native Long Islander; she has been taking pictures since she was 10 years old. She studied photography at Southampton College. After a brief career in insurance, Allison knew that her photography was more than a hobby. She started to train with local studios and formed her own company. She is a popular photographer for weddings, events and major Long Island happenings. Allison is very fond of the people at JDRF; she loves taking pictures of our kids and volunteers. She says she sees firsthand what a group of dedicated people can accomplish. She has seen the Walk to Cure Diabetes grow into the tremendous success it is now and she always has lots of fun taking the team pictures. When not taking pictures for JDRF, Allison enjoys photographing old cars and boats. She says she can really see the history of these objects. To view Allison's work, and even pictures from past JDRF events, please visit www.allisonpyephotography.com.

We are here to provide you with any information you may need about diabetes, the Long Island Chapter and JDRF. Email us at longisland@jdrf.org. This JDRF website was designed and created by a JDRF volunteer.

 

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