American Diabetes Association: The mission of the ADA is to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes.
Children With Diabetes: The mission of Children with Diabetes is to promote understanding of the care and treatment of diabetes, especially in children; to increase awareness of the need for unrestricted diabetes care for children at school and daycare; to support families living with diabetes; and to promote understanding of research into a cure.
Community Wellness Support/Hoag Diabetes Center Orange County: The Mary & Dick Allen Diabetes Center offers a variety of wellness and support services for its patients and the community.
Diabetes Camping and Educational Services, Inc. / Camp Conrad-Chinnock: Conrad-Chinnock offers multiple sessions for youth, teens and families living with Type 1 Diabetes. The medical program is designed to impart self-management skills which can lead to a longer and healthier life. All cabins are fully enclosed to accommodate eight to ten youth and trained counselor. All sessions are led by a pediatric endocrinologist, and a team of physicians, nurses and dietitians. The camps registered dietitian’s plans meals and snacks based on a carbohydrate counting system.
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation: JDRF, the leading charitable funder and advocate of juvenile (type 1) diabetes research worldwide, was founded in 1970 by the parents of children with juvenile diabetes. JDRF's mission is constant: to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research.
MOD Squad: (Mother’s of Children With Diabetes) This is a group that meets monthly to share, educate, support and inspire one another as each member navigates their own personal journey raising a child with Type 1 Diabetes.
National Diabetes Education Program: (NDEP) Making the Transition From Pediatric to Adult Health Care: Transitioning from teenage years to adulthood can be stressful for teens with diabetes and their families. Teens and young adults need to assume more responsibility for diabetes self-management and make more independent judgments about their health care needs.
