Brec Bassinger / JDRF Children's Congress / Bike Beyond Week 8

Diabetes Connections | Type 1 Diabetes · Jul 25, 2017 · 1h 10m

Every two years JDRF brings 150 children to Washington DC to tell their stories to members of Congress. This week, you'll hear how Children's Congress works, who attends and what this event means for families who participate, even years later. There's so much going on in this episode, we broke it down by time code below!

We also continue our look at Bike Beyond, an epic cross country adventure from Beyond Type 1. 20 riders with type 1 diabetes traveling from New York to California all summer long.

5:10 Silvi Pold, diagnosed type 1 at age 8 is the social media and activities coordinator for…