“If you need money for research, I’ll get you money!”

Lee Ducat, JDRF Founder, 1970

“I realized that if I spoke out, I might be able to help others better cope and manage their diabetes.”

Mary Tyler Moore, spokesperson, JDRF International Chair, 1984

“No one should struggle with this alone.”

Ardy Johnson, long-time JDRF volunteer, who helped launch JDRF’s Online Diabetes Support Team, 1995

“This is a curable disease.”

Dr. Doug Melton, Harvard, 2019

“We would not be able to do this research without the support of JDRF.”

Dr. Robert S. Langer, Massachusetts Insitute of Technology, 2019

“Thank you JDRF. Praying for Cures. Keep doing what you are doing.”

Donna, mom to a T1D son, 2019