– by Simone Price

The Greater Bay Area Chapter and other Bay Area organizations host a variety of free or low cost events for people with T1D and their friends and families. These are great opportunities to make new friends, catch up with old friends, and learn about the latest T1D research, technology, and management best practices. Below are some upcoming events for people in the type 1 diabetes community. These include various organizations, so please be sure to check out all of the links below and share these with anyone who you think might be interested. We hope to see you at one of these events soon:

Last Days of Summer and Back to School We Go!

Whether we like it or not, the dog days of summer are upon us and that means that the kiddos are returning to school, we may have new routines to fall into (or fall back into), and another summer of amazing memories, adventures and stories is headed to the books. While it is the season to get back to normal, it doesn’t mean that we’re falling back to normal! There are some great events for the T1D community to connect with one another, learn about the most exciting (I mean, REALLY exciting) advances in research for better treatments and a cure, and most of all, support the community. Check out the great list of events below!

• TIME TO KICK OFF THE WALK TO CURE DIABETES!
  JDRF Silicon Valley Walk Kick Off

Saturday, August 23 1-3 pm
Clark Center, Stanford Medical Center 318 Campus Dr. Stanford, CA 94305

Kids Welcome! Join us for a Research Update & Children’s Day at Stanford Medical Center. Learn about exciting breakthroughs in type 1 diabetes (T1D) research while your kids play outside. (Adult supervision provided)

Speakers: Bruce Buckingham, MD, Professor of Pediatric Endocrinology at Stanford University School of Medicine and Karen Jordan, VP of Research, JDRF Greater Bay Area

Parking: Please park at Parking Structure 1 at the corner of Roth Way & Campus Drive. Parking is free on Saturday!

Light lunch will be served from 1:00pm – 3:00pm followed by the program.

• Attention: Patients with Type 1 Diabetes and their Families

Thursday, September 4, 2014
6-8:30 pm

San Ramon Community Center: Terrace Room
12501 Alcosta Blvd, San Ramon, CA 94583

Free Parking, Light Refreshments

Please join the newly united UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals San Francisco and Oakland for an inspiring and interactive discussion on type 1 diabetes. Learn how to strengthen your T1D community, make a road map for all ages and stages of T1D and hear about new and promising research towards a cure. Also find out how your family can participate in diabetes research today.
RSVP: clinicalresearch@diabetes.ucsf.edu or call toll free 1-844-T1D-UCSF

• Rio Grill Charity Golf Classic to Benefit JDRF
  September 28, 12:00 pm-4 pm

Rancho Cañada Golf Club, Carmel CA
Join the RIO GRILL team as it supports JDRF at Rancho Cañada’s West Course using a 4-person scramble format. There will be specialty hole contests to test your golf skills and or luck with prizes galore and raffle opportunities. Golf will be followed by a fabulous buffet dinner, silent auction, awards presentation, and raffle! The evening will also include wine tasting, a no-host bar and Southwestern inspired hors d’oeuvres from Chef Cy. For more information, please visithttp://bayarea.jdrf.org/event/rio-grill-charity-golf-classic-to-benefit-jdrf/

• Are you ready to raise money for crucial T1D research and Walk? We hope you are and that you will join us for a local Walk!

JDRF One Walk: East Bay: October 5, 2014
Heather Farm Park, Walnut Creek CA

JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes: Pacific Grove: October 12, 2014
Lover’s Point Park, Pacific Grove CA

JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes: Silicon Valley: October 18, 2014 
California’s Great America, Santa Clara CA

JDRF One Walk: San Francisco: October 26, 2014
The Great Meadow at Fort Mason, San Francisco CA
For more information and to register for your local Walk, please visit www.walk.jdrf.org

Please feel free to call me at 415-597-6319 or email me at sprice@jdrf.org with any questions that you might have about these events. We hope to see you at some of them!

Simone Price is Development Manager, Outreach at JDRF Bay Area.