• Bag of Hope – A free outreach program designed to provide information and support to families with children who have been newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. A Bag of Hope contains a variety of educational and comforting support materials—some geared to the child, and some geared to their caregivers—the most popular of which is Rufus, the Bear with Diabetes™, but also includes a support video, children’s books, and an Accu-Chek® Blood Glucose Meter.
  
  
• Mentorship Program – Mentors are available to contact the newly diagnosed families and adults to offer support. Mentors are parents or adults that have gone through the diagnosis themselves and have lived with diabetes for years. All mentors go through a formal JDRF mentor training before contacting families and individuals.
  
  
• TOFUN (Type One Families United Network) – TOFUN is the JDRF family network that aims to provide social and educational events for families. Not only are families able to receive information on living with diabetes, as well as research updates, but they can meet with other families living with type 1 diabetes and have a fun time!
  
  
• Adult Type 1 Network – the Adult Type 1 Network is an online forum for adults living with type 1 diabetes! Members can join on Google™ or Facebook!
  
  
• Adult Type 1 Toolkit – The Adult Type 1 Toolkit is tailored for the newly diagnosed adult, but also provides useful information to adults who have been living with diabetes for years. The Toolkit is available through our local JDRF
  offices or you can request a copy by visiting www.jdrf.org/adults.
  
  
• School Advisory Toolkit – The Toolkit is part of JDRF’s extensive program to increase the awareness of the special needs of children with type 1 diabetes in the classroom and to support parents and school administrators. Families and schools can request a School Advisory Toolkit by contacting their local JDRF office or by visiting www.jdrf.org/satrequest.
  
  
• Online Diabetes Support Team (ODST) – An online support network made up of JDRF volunteers who have “been there” and are available to offer immediate, one-on-one advice and practical information about diabetes and its management. Families can reach out to a volunteer by visiting www.jdrf.org.
  
  
• Life with Diabetes E-Newsletter – Published approximately eight times a year, the Life with Diabetes E-Newsletter contains important tips, Q & A with experts, and other articles to help families live well with type 1 diabetes. Families can subscribe at www.jdrf.org by clicking on the Life with Diabetes page.
  
  
• JDRF Kids Online - The Web site for kids with diabetes and their friends and family, available at http://kids.jdrf.org. Kids can browse through the five "zones" for stories about kids with diabetes and lots of fun stuff.
  
  
• Juvenation - An interactive portal for teens and young adults with type 1 diabetes, available at http://juvenation.org. Juvenation is a social network where anyone over the age of 13 can share their thoughts, concerns and tips about living with diabetes, educate themselves about new gadgets and technologies, and just have fun meeting others who are living with the disease.
  
  

For more information, please contact JDRF Outreach

Elizabeth Romero
Outreach Manager
602-224-1823
eromero@jdrf.org

Shasta Broyles
Outreach Coordinator
602-224-1811
sbroyles@jdrf.org

Maressa Curran
President, Generation Cure
maressacurran@gmail.com

Your Desert Southwest Chapter Outreach Staff and Volunteer Leadership:
Khalid Hasan, MD
Director of Outreach for the JDRF Desert Southwest Chapter Board of Directors
Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes
Department of Pediatrics
Maricopa Medical Center

Jacque Thames
Outreach Chair for the JDRF Southern Arizona Branch Board of Directors
Director of Network Management
Health Net of Arizona

Paula Boca-Bommarito
Director of Outreach and Community Programs, Desert Southwest Chapter
P:  (602) 224-1818
E:  pbommarito@jdrf.org

Elizabeth Lawren Romero
Outreach Manager, Desert Southwest Chapter
P:  (602) 224-1823
E:  eromero@jdrf.org

Shasta Broyles
Outreach Coordinator, Desert Southwest Chapter
P:  (602) 224-1811
E:  sbroyles@jdrf.org

Connie Cardoza
TOFUN Albuquerque Chair
Lorraine Jackson
Greater Phoenix TOFUN Chair
E:  mauricemustangs@cox.net

Jewels Doskicz
TOFUN Flagstaff Chair
E: jdoskicz@npgcable.com

Lorraine Jackson
TOFUN Greater Phoenix Chair
E:  mauricemustangs@cox.net

Amy Kord
TOFUN Las Cruces Chair
E:  southernnm@jdrf.org

Darshan Jessop
TOFUN Santa Fe Chair
E:  nnmdiabetes@yahoo.com

Jessica Gangwer
TOFUN Tucson Chair
E:  mom2t1diabetic@yahoo.com

Tosh Nakasawa
TOFUN Yuma Chair
E:  tofunyumaaz@yahoo.com

Please also contact JDRF staff by clicking on the Southern Arizona and New Mexico pages to learn more about events in your area!