November is Diabetes Awareness Month

November is a time when the world comes together to shed light on a chronic condition that affects millions. Together, we can raise awareness about type 1 diabetes (T1D), build community, improve lives, increase access and champion research for cures.

The Breakthrough T1D NorCal Chapter urges everyone to get involved and help drive us toward a brighter, healthier future for everyone facing T1D. Join us this November as we move #ForwardAs1 to support the T1D community and work to make this condition a thing of the past. Discover how you can get involved:
BreakthroughT1D.org/diabetesawarenessmonth.

The 2024 Nobel Prizes have a direct connection to Breakthrough T1D!

The Nobel Prizes go to people with the brightest ideas and greatest achievements in their field. This year, the prizes recognize work that is, in several ways, connected to Breakthrough T1D and the work we are doing to cure T1D and improve the lives of those living with it.

• The award in Chemistry went to David Baker, who received Breakthrough T1D funding from 2016-2021 to work on glucose-responsive insulin.
• The award in Physiology or Medicine went to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation. Specifically, we’re exploring the use of mircroRNA as biomarkers of disease progression and as a therapeutic target to interfere with the autoimmunity behind T1D.

Learn more.

Shop & Give Back this Holiday Season

Shop with our Breakthrough T1D NorCal partners to support life-changing advances in T1D research. Just click, shop, or dine, and a portion of the sales will be donated back to Breakthrough T1D—it’s that easy! We’re extremely grateful to our current partners:

• Three Sticks Wines—November 7-14 and November 18-25, online sales
• Lazy Dog Restaurants—November 14, several locations around the Bay Area
• OneHope Winery—ongoing, online sales
• Luke Kunin LKT1D merchandise on the online Sharks Pro Shop—ongoing
• RX Sugar—ongoing, online sales

Visit BreakthroughT1D.org/northernca/shop for all the details!

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Upcoming Chapter Events

Visit our NorCal Chapter Calendar at BreakthroughT1D.org/northernca to learn more and register for the following events:

Breakthrough T1D Ride, My Ride: Register to participate in your own way—indoors on a trainer, outdoors on your bike, with friends or at an event near you. Choose “My Ride” at ride.BreakthroughT1D.org.

Breakthrough T1D Walk, National Virtual: You can choose to walk however and wherever you want either on November 14 (World Diabetes Day) or another day of your choice. Register at walk.BreakthroughT1D.org.

T1D Adult Walk & Talk: Saturday, November 16, 9:30-11 a.m., Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA.

T1D Adult Hike Don’t Spike: Sunday, November 17, 9:30 a.m., Tilden Park, Berkeley, CA.

Beer and Basals: Thursday, November 21, 5:00-6:30 p.m., Salinas, CA.

T1D Partner Support Group: Tuesday, November 26, 6-7:00 p.m., PT, Zoom

Breakthrough T1D Research Update: Wednesday, December 4, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Civic Park Community Center, Walnut Creek, CA.

T1D Adults Walk & Talk: Sunday, December 8, 9:30-11 a.m., Heather Farm Park, Walnut Creek, CA.

Breakthrough T1D Run: Honolulu Marathon—December 7-8, Honolulu, HI.

The T1D Dads Barbershop Talk: Friday, January 10, 2025, 12-1:00 p.m., Zoom

Breakthrough T1D San Francisco Hope Gala: Honoring Dr. Bruce Buckingham, Saturday, March 8, 2025, City Hall, San Francisco, CA

Breakthrough T1D Tee to Table: Honoring the Goodenough/Rafanelli Family, Friday, May 9, 2025, The Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay, CA.

RECURRING OUTREACH  EVENTS:

E-Meet & Greets: Monthly Zoom Meetups
Rotating Wednesdays, 12:00 p.m., PT

• Parents & Caregivers of Children with T1D Under the Age of 5
• Parents & Caregivers of Children with T1D Ages 5-12
• Parents & Caregivers of Children with T1D Ages 13-21
• Adults Living with T1D

Reunión Virtual Para Adultos y Familias con Diabetes Tipo 1 en Español
Segundo Miércoles, 5:00–6:00 p.m., PT.
Cuarto Viernes de cada mes, 12:00–1:00 p.m., PT.

T1D Teen Connect Monthly Meetup
Third Wednesdays, 5:00–6:00 p.m., PT, Zoom

Ask the Endo Monthly Sessions
Third Tuesdays, 8:00–9:00 a.m., PT, Zoom

Ask the Therapist Monthly Sessions
First Tuesdays, 8:00–9:00 a.m., PT, Zoom

T1D Dads Barbershop Talk
Every 3 months on the second Friday of the month, 12:00–1:00 p.m., PT, Zoom.

T1D Partner Support Group
Every 3 months on the last Tuesday of the month, 6:00–7:00 p.m., PT, Zoom.

Young Leadership Committee (YLC) Monthly Happy Hours
Quarterly meetings & monthly happy hours for young adults 21+. Contact ylc.sanfrancisco@gmail.com for more information.

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