The Palmetto Chapter JDRF

The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (JDRF) is the leading charitable funder and advocate of type 1 (juvenile) diabetes research worldwide. The mission of JDRF is to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research. Type 1 diabetes is a disease which strikes children suddenly and requires multiple injections of insulin daily or a continuous infusion of insulin through a pump.  Insulin, however, is not a cure for diabetes, nor does it prevent its eventual and devastating complications which may include kidney failure, blindness, heart disease, stroke, and amputation.
   
Since its founding in 1970 by parents of children with type 1 diabetes, JDRF has awarded more than $1.16 billion to diabetes research, including more than $137 million in FY2007.  In FY2007, the Foundation funded 700 centers, grants and fellowships in 20 countries.  More than 85 percent of JDRF's expenditures directly support research and research-related education.

                                                          Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation 
                                                                          Palmetto Chapter 
                                                                 810 Dutch Square Blvd., Ste. 114
                                                                       Columbia, SC  29210
                                                                         Ph: 803-782-1477
                                                                       Fax: 803-782-8975
                                                                   Email: palmetto@jdrf.org
                                                               Web: www.jdrfpalmetto.org

                                                Palmetto Chapter Year Round Local Sponsors