My Vintage Baby Direct supports and will make charitable contributions to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation as a company based on profitability and on an individual basis by sales representatives.

Diabetes is a chronic, debilitating disease affecting every organ in the system. There are two major types of diabetes: type 1 diabetes (an autoimmune disease also known as juvenile diabetes) and type 2 diabetes (a metabolic disorder also known as adult onset diabetes).

Type 1 (juvenile) diabetes strikes children suddenly, makes them dependent on injected or pumped insulin for life, and carries the constant threat of devastating complications. While diagnosis most often occurs in childhood and adolescence, it can and does strike adults as well.

The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International is the leading charitable funder and advocate of type 1 (juvenile) diabetes research worldwide.  The mission of JDRF is to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research.

This particular foundation is near and dear to us as Jessica’s husband Jason was diagnosed at age 11. All three of Jessica’s children are also Type I Juvenile Diabetics- Her son Jackson (10) was diagnosed at age 4, daughter Jaiden (8) was diagnosed at age 7 and Jett (16 months) diagnosed the first week of 2010. Together we will find a cure!