A National Partnership That Betters Our Communities and Helps Our Brothers Live Lives of Excellence

Delta Tau Delta established its national philanthropic partnership with Breakthrough T1D (formerly JDRF) in 2012. This partnership engages the Fraternity’s more than 130 chapters and colonies on college campuses nationwide to work closely with local JDRF chapters to help raise funds and awareness of type 1 diabetes (T1D). Since the partnership began, Delta Tau Delta chapters have raised nearly $2 million for T1D research. Additionally, Delta Tau Delta undergraduates and alumni have contributed countless hours of service through local T1D chapter events. The partnership between Delta Tau Delta and Breakthrough T1D strives to create multiple avenues for philanthropy and creativity, from volunteering at T1D galas and forming walk teams to creating campus fundraising and awareness events to benefit T1D research.

Why Breakthrough T1D?

Breakthrough T1D is the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes (T1D) research. Its mission is to accelerate life-changing breakthroughs to cure, prevent, and treat T1D and its complications. To accomplish this, Breakthrough T1D has invested nearly $2 billion in research funding since our inception. Breakthrough T1D is an organization built on a grassroots model of people connecting in their local communities, collaborating regionally for efficiency and broader fundraising impact, and uniting nationally to pool resources, passion, and energy. Breakthrough T1D collaborates with academic institutions, policymakers, and corporate and industry partners to develop and deliver a pipeline of innovative therapies to people living with T1D. The Breakthrough T1D staff and volunteers in more than 100 locations throughout the United States and our six international affiliates are dedicated to advocacy, community engagement, and our vision of a world without T1D. For more information, please visit breakthrought1d.org/ or follow @BreakthroughT1D on Twitter.

What is Type 1 Diabetes?

Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease in which a person’s pancreas stops producing insulin, a hormone people need to get energy from food. T1D strikes both children and adults, and its onset has nothing to do with diet or lifestyle. There is currently nothing you can do to prevent it, and there is no cure.

10 Facts about T1D:

T1D is an autoimmune disease wherein the immune system attacks the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas
T1D has nothing to do with diet or lifestyle
There is nothing you can do to prevent T1D…and nothing you can do to get rid of it
T1D strikes children and adults suddenly, and at any age
People with T1D must inject or infuse insulin to survive but insulin is not a cure
Complications of T1D include kidney failure, blindness, nerve damage, heart attack and stroke
1.25M Americans are living with T1D and 40,000 are diagnosed each year
By 2050, it is estimated that 5M people in the US will have T1D
T1D-associated healthcare costs total $14B each year
T1D is associated with an estimated loss of life expectancy of up to 13 years

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Ways to Support Breakthrough T1D

Volunteer

Reach out to your local chapter (visit breakthrought1d.org/ to find a chapter near you) to learn about volunteer opportunities. Whether one brother wants to come into the Breakthrough T1D office, 10 brothers want to help out with a Breakthrough T1D Gala, or the entire Chapter wants to help the Breakthrough T1D One Walk run smoothly, Breakthrough T1D has an opportunity for you.

Fundraise

There are many ways to raise funds for life-changing T1D research. These include:

Breakthrough T1D Walk Team: The Walk is Breakthrough T1D’s flagship fundraising event and the world's largest type 1 diabetes (T1D) event. Join thousands of people as they raise funds to create a world without T1D. To learn more, find a walk near you, or register your team, please visit breakthrought1d.org.

Fundraiser using Team Breakthrough T1D: Team Breakthrough T1D is a way that anyone and everyone can partake in the fight against T1D through grassroots fundraising. You can create a custom event with online registration and fundraising capabilities. To learn more, connect with your local Breakthrough T1D chapter.

Any event to support Breakthrough T1D: Delt chapters across the country have come up with many creative ways to support T1D research. Reach out to your local Breakthrough T1D chapter to start planning an event today.

Fundraise Online: Use Fundraise Your Way, a platform for events that require registration and/or collection of money online. When you create an event include Delta Tau Delta in your event name. Once your event is created, a representative from the local Breakthrough T1D chapter will contact you to answer any questions and kick-start your fundraising.

Have you raised funds through a philanthropy event?

Send all funds raised to your local Breakthrough T1D Chapter. This change from previous years allows for more accurate revenue tracking. Be sure to include a brief description of the event, the event name including Delta Tau Delta, your chapter designation, the name and contact info for the philanthropy chairman, and any information for the local Breakthrough T1D chapter. Also, email lesa.purcell@delts.org when you send a donation to Breakthrough T1D and share all of the same information including which Breakthrough T1D chapter you are working with.

For the Fraternity to record the chapter's donation, you must confirm it with the Central Office.
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To learn more about how your chapter can support Breakthrough T1D, contact the Fraternity at Delts@Delts.org.

Breakthrough t1d STORIES

JDRF Childrens Congress

July 26, 2019

Delta Tau Delta representatives joined more than 160 youth delegates from all 50 states, and six countries gathered in the nation’s capital in July for the JDRF Children’s Congress.

Energized Service for JDRF

February 28, 2019

The men of Beta Eta Chapter at the University of Minnesota stepped up to help organizers of the JDRF One Walk in Minneapolis.

JDRF Service Leads to Redskins Ticket Surprise

November 22, 2017

When your dad is a huge Washington Redskins fan, and you want to surprise him, why not tweet Washington Redskins’ linebacker, Mason Foster and ask for game tickets?

Cade Baker: T1D Looks Like Me

November 15, 2017

Chapter President Cade Baker (Grand Valley State University, 2019) is one of two members of Iota Upsilon Chapter at Grand Valley State University with type 1 diabetes.

Delt Alumnus Joins JDRF Cause

Posted by: Jean Lloyd - April 26, 2017

Two worlds came together when Ned Gustafson joined the JDRF International staff in Minneapolis last July. Gustafson was familiar with JDRF, the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes (T1D) research, even before Delta Tau Delta established its partnership with JDRF in 2012.