Welcome Youth Ambassadors and Parents
Meet Your 2025 Youth Ambassadors
Here’s a list of Wisconsin’s 2025 Youth Ambassadors, with photos and an explanation of why they wanted to be a Youth Ambassador this year.
Program Requirements
From January 1 to December 31, 2025, following are the expectations to be completed by each Youth Ambassador:
- Volunteer a minimum of 5 hours to support Breakthrough T1D programs, stewardship activities, and/or events.
- Attend a minimum of 3 in-person or virtual Breakthrough T1D events or other T1D awareness events (this includes your speaking engagement noted below).
- Complete 1 fundraiser to benefit Breakthrough T1D (ie. Walk, Ride, DIY fundraiser, NDAM Champion, etc.).
- Complete 1 speaking engagement – Share your T1D story in front of an audience.
- Attend the virtual orientation in January, as scheduled by the chapter.
Activity Log
Please use this form to log your activity for the year. Every time you write a thank you note, make a video, or attend an event, fill out one form for each activity you complete – Youth Ambassador Activity Log.
Wisconsin Youth Ambassador Facebook Group
Access our private Wisconsin Youth Ambassadors Facebook Group here. We encourage you to post photos of your Youth Ambassador in action. You may also use this page to reach out to fellow Wisconsin Youth Ambassadors. Last minute requests for help will also be posted in this group.
Purchase Logo Apparel
If you’d like to add some Breakthrough T1D swag to your wardrobe, visit https://shop.breakthrought1d.org/products/apparel/.
Upcoming Engagement Opportunities:
The opportunities listed here will help Youth Ambassadors complete the program requirements for the year. New events and opportunities will continue to be added throughout the year, so check back often.
Breakthrough T1D Night with the Wausau Woodchucks – August 8, 2025
Join Breakthrough T1D Wisconsin to kick off walk season at Breakthrough T1D walk night at the Woodchucks, presented by Crystal Finishing Systems and the Wausau Woodchucks. Come for the Mission, Stay for the Game & Fireworks! Cost: FREE for immediate family (parents & kids) If others want to join, tickets are $12 per person with payment coming to Breakthrough T1D. (Mail check to Breakthrough T1D Wisconsin – Woodchucks game PO Box 5064 Hagerstown, MD 21741) Tickets are non-refundable RSVP by July 30, HERE!
Stevens Point Walk – October 4, 2025
When registration opens, please register a team for this walk at Pffifner Park, and help us reach our fundraising goal! Please complete this FORM if you would like to volunteer instead (volunteer link coming soon).
Madison Walk – October 5, 2025
When registration opens, please register a team for this walk at McKee Farms Park, and help us reach our fundraising goal! Please complete this FORM if you would like to volunteer instead (volunteer link coming soon!).
Non-Medical Caregiver Training – October 13 – Children’s Hospital in Wauwatosa, WI
From 5-7 pm, secondary caregivers (grandparents, daycare providers, babysitters, teachers, etc.) will learn about caring for a child with T1D as well as caring for the primary caregiver. Youth Ambassadors will provide wayfinding support for attendees, as well as share their perspectives and experiences as invited during the program. If any children attend with their parents or grandparents, Youth Ambassadors will serve as role models for younger event attendees with T1D and help entertain them while parents are participating in the educational program. Youth Ambassadors will make friendship bracelets and other thank you items for donors during any down time at this event. REGISTER HERE before October 1.
Double Down for Diabetes – October 17, 2025 in Bristol, WI
This is an annual Texas Hold ‘Em tournament that benefits Breakthrough T1D. It’s from 6-10pm, and they’d like a Youth Ambassador to share their T1D story at the event. Exact time TBD. You wouldn’t have to stay the entire time.
Location: Bristol Oaks Golf Club, 16801 75th St, Bristol
Let Anne Kahl know at akahl@breakthrought1d.org if you’d like to share your T1D story at this event.
Milwaukee Walk – October 18, 2025
When registration opens, please register a team for this walk at Greenfield Park, and help us reach our fundraising goal! Please complete this FORM if you would like to volunteer instead (volunteer link coming soon!).
Youth Ambassador Halloween Party – October 24 in Pewaukee
If parents would like to help with planning the Halloween Party, please contact Anne Kahl at akahl@breakthrought1d.org.
Youth Ambassador Holiday Events – November TBD
If you’d like to help with planning the holiday events in the Appleton area and in Pewaukee area, please contact Anne Kahl at akahl@breakthrought1d.org.
Bobby’s Bar – Entire month of November
You are encouraged to stop by Bobby’s Bar (14735 Lisbon Road, Brookfield) during November to have a meal and thank the owner, Bobby, for his dedication and support to Breakthrough T1D. 5% of sales during July are donated to Breakthrough T1D!
Youth Ambassadors can play an integral role in showing Breakthrough T1D’s appreciation for Bobby’s Bar’s ongoing support! During your visit, Youth Ambassadors are asked to introduce themselves to Bobby and share why his support is important to the Youth Ambassador and others impacted by T1D; why it makes a difference. Deliver the thank you note you’ve made, and get a photo with Bobby or another store employee. Send the photo to Anne Kahl at akahl@BreakthroughT1D.org to be posted on the Wisconsin Breakthrough T1D Facebook page.
Please REGISTER HERE to let me know you’ll be participating in this November campaign.
Additional Engagement Opportunities
Service Organization Opportunity – Share Your T1D Story and Fundraise!
Through this new initiative, YOU can share your story and earn donations to your Walk Team or other fundraiser! Service organizations like the Lions Clubs, Optimist Clubs, Rotary and more all invite guest speakers to their monthly meetings to help them learn about issues and opportunities in their communities. We would like to share more with these groups about living with T1D and the mission of Breakthrough T1D and invite them to join our fight to cure type 1 diabetes, and we need your help!
You are encouraged to reach out to the clubs in your area and ask if you can be a guest speaker and share your T1D story. If a donation is made to Breakthrough T1D because of a presentation YOU did, that donation will be credited to your upcoming Walk team, Ride or DIY fundraiser – nice!
We have a flyer that you may use to reach out to different clubs. Contact Anne Kahl if you’d like this flyer. Complete this form if you did, or will be doing, a presentation for a service organization this calendar year.
Sharing Your T1D Story Resources
Here are worksheets that you may use to build your T1D story to share in front of an audience:
If you would like to view the 2024 virtual training video, please contact akahl@breakthrought1d.org.
Youth Advocacy Leader Program
Did you know that sharing your story can help drive meaningful changes on Capitol Hill and beyond? We need dedicated Breakthrough T1D Advocates–just like you–to help strengthen
our efforts to create a world without type 1 diabetes. As a Breakthrough T1D Youth Advocacy Leader (YAL), you can lend your voice on behalf of the T1D community to help support
legislation and policies that accelerate life-changing breakthroughs to cure, prevent, and treat T1D and its complications! Youth ages 17 and under are encouraged to apply (pro tip – it’s a terrific way to strengthen a Children’s Congress application!) Learn more and apply!
Young Adult Advocacy Council
The application to join the Young Adult Advocacy Council (YAAC) is currently closed. YAAC is a group of young adults who are business professionals, community leaders, and engaged students. These up-and-comers actively support the advancement of Breakthrough T1D’s advocacy priority areas, spread awareness of T1D within their communities, and inspire youth to use their voices and share their stories with key decision makers. Through their involvement, they drive meaningful progress on our path to cures for T1D. Learn more about the YAAC program and watch for application dates in the fall, visit HERE!
