What's YOUR Promise story?
As a participant in a Promise meeting, you are already a winner, but by sharing your stories you can win some great prizes and help JDRF recruit more advocates like you to help us find a cure.
At the end of the Promise to Remember Me 2007-08 campaign, the JDRF Government Relations office will be recognizing some of the most memorable participant stories with great prizes including:
- Recognition on the Promise webpage
- Commemorative Promise Campaign Pins
- Promise Campaign Certificates
To win these awards for each of your meeting's participants, you will need to submit your meeting for consideration in one or more of the following categories:
- Best legislator story from a meeting
You came to tell your story, but ended up leaving your legislator's office with another interesting story to share. Did you learn that your legislator has an unexpected connection to diabetes? Did one of your child attendees say the darnedest thing during a meeting? Or maybe you had your meeting on an elevator during an unexpected plot twist. Share your stories today…. we're waiting!
- Meeting that made the most impact
Were you able to change your legislator's position on a type 1 diabetes issue, or convince them to reconsider their perspective? Advocates like you help JDRF build their legislative influence, and we know that your hard work produces results. If you think a spark of magic occurred in your meeting, please share your spirit of hope with others.
- Most useful meeting visual
A picture is worth a thousand words, and some of our advocates have heeded this adage literally in previous legislator meetings. Did you use a powerful illustration to show your legislator how you manage your diabetes every day? Or perhaps you used another artistic medium like singing or poetry to express your hope for a cure. We're excited to discover how you utilized your creativity to tell your personal story.
We'll also be providing these awards to all of the participants in the Promise meeting with the most attendees as well as those in our milestone meetings: the 100th, 200th, 300th, and 400th meetings.
Can you think of another category we should include?
Do you have another award category that your story fits into? Email your idea to
and we will consider adding your recommended category to our webpage.