JDRF's Children's Congress in Washington D.C. is from June 22 -24!! Check back here for pictures and update on the trip!!
2009 Children's Congress Schedule
Monday June 22:
Registration 12:00 pm – 2:30 pm
International delegates meeting 1:00 pm – 1:45 pm
International delegate “buddy” meeting 1:45 pm – 2:15 pm
Snack Break 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Song rehearsal and group photo 2:30 pm – 3:45 pm
State delegation photos (tentative) 4:15 pm – 5:30 pm
Opening banquet dinner 5:45 pm– 8:15 pm
Tuesday June 23:
Breakfast w/ town hall training 7:30 am – 8:30 am
Town Hall (doors open at 9:15 am) 9:15 am– 10:30 am
Snack Break 10:30 am – 10:45 am
Blitz training sessions 10:45 am – 12:00 pm
Sponsor luncheon 12:15 pm– 1:45 pm
Buses depart for Capitol Hill 2:30 pm– 2:50 pm
Song performance (open event) 3:30 pm– 4:30 pm
Buses depart for hotel 4:40 pm
Delegate free evening
Wednesday June 24:
Breakfast 7:00 am – 8:00 am
Hearing (on Hill & live feed at hotel) 9:30 am – 11:00 am
Capitol Hill Blitz 12:30 pm – 3:45 pm
Blitz feedback/reporting 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Delegate departure
Jun 12, 2009
May 5, 2009
Hammond Elementary Walk to Cure Diabetes
The fifth graders at Hammond Elementary, where Jake attends school, did an awesome job raising money for Team Jake for their fifth grade service project. The fifth graders raised a total of $2,303.10 for diabetes research! The story was picked up by The Tampa Tribune, Northwest Edition and Bay News 9, who honored Jacob and the fifth graders in their Everyday Hero segment, which aired on April 27th.
Apr 22, 2009
Team Jake Walk 2009
Team Jake had a great day at the Tampa Bay Chapter's Walk to Cure Diabetes on Saturday, April 18th. It was a beautiful, sunny day for the walk that began at the St. Pete Times Forum and followed scenic Bayshore Boulevard. We had close to 40 friends and family members who joined us, making it a very special day. Team Jake 2009 raised over $74,000, which will go towards research dedicated to finding a cure for type one diabetes! Wow!!! Many thanks to everyone who supported the walk, played in the third annual golf tournament, bought jewelry and kept us in your thoughts and prayers. We are truly blessed to have you in our lives!!
Diabetes Focuses Families, Schools (Tampa Tribune)
By COURTNEY CAIRNS PASTOR
cpastor@tampatrib.com
Published: April 22, 2009
KEYSTONE - Before taking his message to Washington, Jacob Rivers brought it to school.
Jacob, 11, and fellow fifth-graders at Hammond Elementary have been educating their classmates about diabetes to try to raise money for research into the disease. To raise money, they sold paper sneakers that hung in classrooms and took pledges from sponsors if they agreed to participate in a one-hour walk around the track.
They held the walk on April 15.
Students want to make a service project a fifth-grade tradition at the school, which opened two years ago. They are trying to raise $1,500 for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
"It feels kind of good knowing that people who don't have diabetes and don't really understand it would want to raise money for it," said Jacob, who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when he was 4.
He is hoping to reach a larger audience in June, when he travels to Washington, D.C., as part of the diabetes foundation's Children's Congress.
More than 1,500 children ages 4 to 17 from across the country applied to participate in the congress and 150 were selected. Representatives include Jacob and six others from Florida from elementary through high school. It has taken place every other year since 1999.
Participants will meet with members of Congress and attend a Senate hearing to talk about their experiences with diabetes and urge more funding for research to find a cure. The foundation covers costs for the child delegates and one chaperone.
Jacob had to fill out an application and write a letter to Congressman Gus Bilirakis to qualify.
"I said how hard it is to live with diabetes and how important it is for Congress to keep raising money for it and how hard it is to play sports with it," Jacob said.
An avid athlete, Jacob plays baseball with Keystone Little League and also enjoys football, basketball and golf. He has worn an insulin pump since kindergarten, his mother said, and must check his blood sugar daily. It doesn't interfere with his activities, Dori Rivers said, but he has to be careful.
Jacob said he can tell when something is wrong because he will get thirsty and his head will hurt. He might have trouble focusing on the game, he said, or have to sit down and eat or drink something.
Since his diagnosis, Jacob and his family have become involved in the Tampa Bay chapter of the juvenile diabetes foundation. His father, Tim, serves on the board and is the incoming president. Dori Rivers is on the communications committee. Both plan to accompany Jacob to Washington.
"Neither one of us wanted to miss it," Dori Rivers said.
The Hammond walk tied in nicely to the foundation's work and the Children's Congress. It came just days before the Tampa Walk to Cure, held Saturday at the St. Pete Times Forum. Congress delegates also are asked to raise diabetes awareness in their community, Rivers said, and Hammond's help accomplishes that.
Rivers had hoped the school could raise $1,000 and was pleased to see students meet that goal before the walk began.
"The kids have been great," she said.
cpastor@tampatrib.com
Published: April 22, 2009
KEYSTONE - Before taking his message to Washington, Jacob Rivers brought it to school.
Jacob, 11, and fellow fifth-graders at Hammond Elementary have been educating their classmates about diabetes to try to raise money for research into the disease. To raise money, they sold paper sneakers that hung in classrooms and took pledges from sponsors if they agreed to participate in a one-hour walk around the track.
They held the walk on April 15.
Students want to make a service project a fifth-grade tradition at the school, which opened two years ago. They are trying to raise $1,500 for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
"It feels kind of good knowing that people who don't have diabetes and don't really understand it would want to raise money for it," said Jacob, who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when he was 4.
He is hoping to reach a larger audience in June, when he travels to Washington, D.C., as part of the diabetes foundation's Children's Congress.
More than 1,500 children ages 4 to 17 from across the country applied to participate in the congress and 150 were selected. Representatives include Jacob and six others from Florida from elementary through high school. It has taken place every other year since 1999.
Participants will meet with members of Congress and attend a Senate hearing to talk about their experiences with diabetes and urge more funding for research to find a cure. The foundation covers costs for the child delegates and one chaperone.
Jacob had to fill out an application and write a letter to Congressman Gus Bilirakis to qualify.
"I said how hard it is to live with diabetes and how important it is for Congress to keep raising money for it and how hard it is to play sports with it," Jacob said.
An avid athlete, Jacob plays baseball with Keystone Little League and also enjoys football, basketball and golf. He has worn an insulin pump since kindergarten, his mother said, and must check his blood sugar daily. It doesn't interfere with his activities, Dori Rivers said, but he has to be careful.
Jacob said he can tell when something is wrong because he will get thirsty and his head will hurt. He might have trouble focusing on the game, he said, or have to sit down and eat or drink something.
Since his diagnosis, Jacob and his family have become involved in the Tampa Bay chapter of the juvenile diabetes foundation. His father, Tim, serves on the board and is the incoming president. Dori Rivers is on the communications committee. Both plan to accompany Jacob to Washington.
"Neither one of us wanted to miss it," Dori Rivers said.
The Hammond walk tied in nicely to the foundation's work and the Children's Congress. It came just days before the Tampa Walk to Cure, held Saturday at the St. Pete Times Forum. Congress delegates also are asked to raise diabetes awareness in their community, Rivers said, and Hammond's help accomplishes that.
Rivers had hoped the school could raise $1,000 and was pleased to see students meet that goal before the walk began.
"The kids have been great," she said.
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