{"id":9313,"date":"2023-01-04T18:46:06","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T18:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/midatlantic\/?p=9313"},"modified":"2026-04-30T20:28:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T20:28:35","slug":"join-rhodes-and-alana-for-a-special-adventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/greaterdc\/2023\/01\/04\/join-rhodes-and-alana-for-a-special-adventure\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhodes and Alana Embark on a Special Adventure"},"content":{"rendered":"

Breakthrough T1D Mid-Atlantic Chapter members Rhodes and Alana Ritenour of Richmond, VA, have published the first book in a new children’s series called, The Adventures of Rhodes and Alana<\/span><\/em>. This story will capture the imaginations of young readers with three chapters and color illustrations on each page. Parents, educators, and clinicians will appreciate the subtle lessons about friendship, responsibility, and life with diabetes.<\/p>\n

Come along as eight-year-old Rhodes and his best friend Alana set out on their first adventure! Missing the school bus leads to an exciting journey and an opportunity for Rhodes to tell Alana about living with type 1 diabetes<\/a> (T1D). As a result, a new friendship is formed between these two spirited and confident kids.<\/p>\n

Co-authors, Rhodes and Alana Ritenour<\/span>,<\/span> are the founders of The Diabetes Support Group, a national online diabetes community that provides practical advice, encouragement, and resources for people with diabetes and those who support them. Rhodes was diagnosed with T1D<\/a> in 1983 at age 5. This book is valuable teaching tool for newly-diagnosed T1Ds<\/a>, pediatric endocrinologists, diabetes educators, teachers and classmates of diabetic students, families and grandparents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Breakthrough T1D Mid-Atlantic Chapter members Rhodes and Alana Ritenour of Richmond, VA, have published the first book in a new children’s series called, The Adventures of Rhodes and Alana. This story will capture the imaginations of young readers with three…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"publish_on_app_meta":"True","iawp_total_views":11,"footnotes":"","bt1d_storytelling_post":false,"bt1d_storytelling_more_posts":[]},"topics":[122,20],"class_list":["post-9313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","jdrf_topic-awareness","jdrf_topic-general"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nRhodes & Alana Ritenour Launch T1D Children\u2019s Book Series | Breakthrough T1D Greater DC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Breakthrough T1D Greater DC Chapter partners with Alana Ritenour o release the first book of a new children's series called "The Adventures of Rhodes and Alana" to provide support to the diabetes community.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/greaterdc\/2023\/01\/04\/join-rhodes-and-alana-for-a-special-adventure\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rhodes & Alana Ritenour Launch T1D Children\u2019s Book Series | Breakthrough T1D Greater DC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Breakthrough T1D Greater DC Chapter partners with Alana Ritenour o release the first book of a new children's series called "The Adventures of Rhodes and Alana" to provide support to the diabetes community.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/greaterdc\/2023\/01\/04\/join-rhodes-and-alana-for-a-special-adventure\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Greater DC Metro Chapter\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/breakthrought1dHQ\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-01-04T18:46:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-30T20:28:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Breakthrough T1D Author\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@breakthrought1d\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@breakthrought1d\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Breakthrough T1D Author\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.breakthrought1d.org\\\/greaterdc\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/04\\\/join-rhodes-and-alana-for-a-special-adventure\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.breakthrought1d.org\\\/greaterdc\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/04\\\/join-rhodes-and-alana-for-a-special-adventure\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Breakthrough T1D Author\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.breakthrought1d.org\\\/greaterdc\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d91bebaf8f6259d18f7a0d24d101e6e6\"},\"headline\":\"Rhodes and Alana Embark on a Special Adventure\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-04T18:46:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-30T20:28:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.breakthrought1d.org\\\/greaterdc\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/04\\\/join-rhodes-and-alana-for-a-special-adventure\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":194,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.breakthrought1d.org\\\/greaterdc\\\/#organization\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.breakthrought1d.org\\\/greaterdc\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/04\\\/join-rhodes-and-alana-for-a-special-adventure\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.breakthrought1d.org\\\/greaterdc\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/04\\\/join-rhodes-and-alana-for-a-special-adventure\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.breakthrought1d.org\\\/greaterdc\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/04\\\/join-rhodes-and-alana-for-a-special-adventure\\\/\",\"name\":\"Rhodes & Alana Ritenour Launch T1D Children\u2019s Book Series | Breakthrough T1D Greater DC\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.breakthrought1d.org\\\/greaterdc\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-04T18:46:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-30T20:28:35+00:00\",\"description\":\"Breakthrough T1D Greater DC Chapter partners with Alana Ritenour o release the first book of a new children's series called \\\"The Adventures of Rhodes and Alana\\\" to provide support to the diabetes community.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.breakthrought1d.org\\\/greaterdc\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/04\\\/join-rhodes-and-alana-for-a-special-adventure\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.breakthrought1d.org\\\/greaterdc\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/04\\\/join-rhodes-and-alana-for-a-special-adventure\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.breakthrought1d.org\\\/greaterdc\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/04\\\/join-rhodes-and-alana-for-a-special-adventure\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.breakthrought1d.org\\\/greaterdc\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Rhodes and Alana Embark on a Special Adventure\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.breakthrought1d.org\\\/greaterdc\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.breakthrought1d.org\\\/greaterdc\\\/\",\"name\":\"Greater DC Metro Chapter\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.breakthrought1d.org\\\/greaterdc\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.breakthrought1d.org\\\/greaterdc\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.breakthrought1d.org\\\/greaterdc\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Breakthrough T1D\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.breakthrought1d.org\\\/greaterdc\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.breakthrought1d.org\\\/greaterdc\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.breakthrought1d.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/BT1D-favi.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.breakthrought1d.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/BT1D-favi.png\",\"width\":400,\"height\":400,\"caption\":\"Breakthrough T1D\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.breakthrought1d.org\\\/greaterdc\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/breakthrought1dHQ\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/breakthrought1d\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/@breakthrought1d\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/breakthrought1d\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tiktok.com\\\/@breakthrought1dhq\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.breakthrought1d.org\\\/greaterdc\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d91bebaf8f6259d18f7a0d24d101e6e6\",\"name\":\"Breakthrough T1D Author\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/671a28dc8d852432a8ab73f6c4aa3fa4daaf67bf2bda182c96c6bc7c78461c21?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/671a28dc8d852432a8ab73f6c4aa3fa4daaf67bf2bda182c96c6bc7c78461c21?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/671a28dc8d852432a8ab73f6c4aa3fa4daaf67bf2bda182c96c6bc7c78461c21?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Breakthrough T1D Author\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Rhodes & Alana Ritenour Launch T1D Children\u2019s Book Series | Breakthrough T1D Greater DC","description":"Breakthrough T1D Greater DC Chapter partners with Alana Ritenour o release the first book of a new children's series called \"The Adventures of Rhodes and Alana\" to provide support to the diabetes community.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/greaterdc\/2023\/01\/04\/join-rhodes-and-alana-for-a-special-adventure\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Rhodes & Alana Ritenour Launch T1D Children\u2019s Book Series | Breakthrough T1D Greater DC","og_description":"Breakthrough T1D Greater DC Chapter partners with Alana Ritenour o release the first book of a new children's series called \"The Adventures of Rhodes and Alana\" to provide support to the diabetes community.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/greaterdc\/2023\/01\/04\/join-rhodes-and-alana-for-a-special-adventure\/","og_site_name":"Greater DC Metro Chapter","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/breakthrought1dHQ","article_published_time":"2023-01-04T18:46:06+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-04-30T20:28:35+00:00","author":"Breakthrough T1D Author","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@breakthrought1d","twitter_site":"@breakthrought1d","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Breakthrough T1D Author","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/greaterdc\/2023\/01\/04\/join-rhodes-and-alana-for-a-special-adventure\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/greaterdc\/2023\/01\/04\/join-rhodes-and-alana-for-a-special-adventure\/"},"author":{"name":"Breakthrough T1D Author","@id":"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/greaterdc\/#\/schema\/person\/d91bebaf8f6259d18f7a0d24d101e6e6"},"headline":"Rhodes and Alana Embark on a Special Adventure","datePublished":"2023-01-04T18:46:06+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-30T20:28:35+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/greaterdc\/2023\/01\/04\/join-rhodes-and-alana-for-a-special-adventure\/"},"wordCount":194,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/greaterdc\/#organization"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/greaterdc\/2023\/01\/04\/join-rhodes-and-alana-for-a-special-adventure\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/greaterdc\/2023\/01\/04\/join-rhodes-and-alana-for-a-special-adventure\/","url":"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/greaterdc\/2023\/01\/04\/join-rhodes-and-alana-for-a-special-adventure\/","name":"Rhodes & Alana Ritenour Launch T1D Children\u2019s Book Series | Breakthrough T1D Greater DC","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/greaterdc\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-01-04T18:46:06+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-30T20:28:35+00:00","description":"Breakthrough T1D Greater DC Chapter partners with Alana Ritenour o release the first book of a new children's series called \"The Adventures of Rhodes and Alana\" to provide support to the diabetes community.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/greaterdc\/2023\/01\/04\/join-rhodes-and-alana-for-a-special-adventure\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/greaterdc\/2023\/01\/04\/join-rhodes-and-alana-for-a-special-adventure\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/greaterdc\/2023\/01\/04\/join-rhodes-and-alana-for-a-special-adventure\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/greaterdc\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Rhodes and Alana Embark on a Special Adventure"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/greaterdc\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/greaterdc\/","name":"Greater DC Metro Chapter","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/greaterdc\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/greaterdc\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/greaterdc\/#organization","name":"Breakthrough T1D","url":"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/greaterdc\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/greaterdc\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/BT1D-favi.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/BT1D-favi.png","width":400,"height":400,"caption":"Breakthrough T1D"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/greaterdc\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/breakthrought1dHQ","https:\/\/x.com\/breakthrought1d","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@breakthrought1d","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/breakthrought1d\/","https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@breakthrought1dhq"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/greaterdc\/#\/schema\/person\/d91bebaf8f6259d18f7a0d24d101e6e6","name":"Breakthrough T1D Author","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/671a28dc8d852432a8ab73f6c4aa3fa4daaf67bf2bda182c96c6bc7c78461c21?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/671a28dc8d852432a8ab73f6c4aa3fa4daaf67bf2bda182c96c6bc7c78461c21?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/671a28dc8d852432a8ab73f6c4aa3fa4daaf67bf2bda182c96c6bc7c78461c21?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Breakthrough T1D Author"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/greaterdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/greaterdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/greaterdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/greaterdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/greaterdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/greaterdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9313\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/greaterdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jdrf_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/greaterdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics?post=9313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}