150 Children from Across the Country Selected to Visit Washington, D.C. as Delegates to JDRF’s Children’s Congress 2007 Child Delegates to Meet Elected Officials; Several to Testify at Congressional Hearing on Type 1 Diabetes and Urge Legislators To Increase Funding for Research   Read Press Release

Every two years, over a hundred children with type 1 diabetes gather in Washington, D.C. to meet face-to-face with some of the top decision-makers in the U.S. government. As participants in JDRF's Children's Congress, these children have a unique and empowering opportunity to help Members of Congress understand what life with type 1 diabetes is like and why research to find the cure for diabetes and its complications is so critical.

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