New to diabetes? You are not alone- We can help
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On June 9, 2008 this year’s Best of Illinois dinner took place, honoring the hard work and dedication of our chapter’s past presidents.
Please take a moment to reflect on our chapter's history by viewing the Honoree Video.
 
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The 29th Annual Chance of a Lifetime Gala will take place on Saturday, December 13th! Please be sure to check back for details on the evening, including entertainment!
Click here for information on last year’s Gala.
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JDRF was proud to be the event’s Grand Marshal and we received wonderful news coverage!
Here are photos from the parade.
A few short months ago, the lives of one our JDRF families changed forever. Lilly Jaffe, a six-year-old North Shore suburban girl who had been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was just one month old, became insulin independent. “She is so proud,” said her mother, Laurie Jaffe, “So happy and excited. For the first time in her life, she can be like her friends and her brother and sister.”
Read more about Lilly’s amazing story.
More information about monogenic diabetes
The buzz around the promise of an artificial pancreas is truly deserving. “Perfecting a closed loop artificial pancreas” is one of JDRF’s five cure therapeutic goals in the next five years. JDRF has launched “The Artificial Pancreas Project,” a new initiative to help accelerate the availability of this technology to people with type 1 diabetes.
For basic information about Artificial Pancreas Project, download this PDF.
For further information on the Artificial Pancreas Project, please visit http://www.jdrf.org/index.cfm?page_id=106675.
JDRF’s Three Year Goals and Milestones
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