{"id":9752,"date":"2024-09-25T20:43:59","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T20:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/nebraskaiowa\/?p=9752"},"modified":"2025-10-24T03:30:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T03:30:50","slug":"danielle-m-using-my-voice-to-help-fund-t1d-cures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.breakthrought1d.org\/iowa\/2024\/09\/25\/danielle-m-using-my-voice-to-help-fund-t1d-cures\/","title":{"rendered":"Danielle M.: Using my voice to help fund T1D cures!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Advocacy\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hi! I\u2019m Danielle. I am your Advocacy Chair for districts 1 and 2 here in Iowa and I’m currently in Washington D.C. encouraging members of congress to support our research funding! What does that mean and why is that important? I\u2019ll get to that \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

\u00a0BreakthroughT1D.org\/join.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

I was diagnosed with type one diabetes during homecoming week of my junior year of high school\u2026 yes, it was as dramatic as you can imagine. 15 years ago, technology and access was not the same.<\/p>\n

Breakthrough T1D has saved my life. How you ask?<\/strong> Advocacy and research! All of the things you hear about happen because Breakthrough T1D works incredibly hard to make living with diabetes manageable\u2026while finding the cure.<\/p>\n

The technology we wear, the affordable insulin, and everything else that keeps us alive is achieved because of advocacy. I think about my blood sugar every waking minute. Walking my dog, the park with my niece and nephew, volunteering at local schools, speaking to college kids about dreaming big – none of that would be possible without this organization.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s where I need you- click the link above or below to sign up to join.<\/p>\n

Currently \u2013 These are the principles and programs we stand behind to help ensure a future without T1D\u2014and a present where people with this condition can live healthy, full lives.<\/i><\/p>\n