Defeat Diabetes Foundation

Awareness + Action = Prevention®

Vision

The vision for the organization is to show through the actions of the Executive Director, Andrew P. Mandell - Mr. Diabetes® (and other diabetic staff members), that diabetics are neither helpless nor hopeless and can lead productive lives. DDF will provide accurate, reliable, up-to-date information about the self-management of diabetes and show how Mr. Diabetes® utilizes these techniques in his daily life to avoid the significant complications of the disease. He will put a name and face on the disease and show through his actions how to advocate for appropriate solutions to diabetic issues.

Programs

• Defeat Diabetes Foundation conducts programs each year to promote awareness, prevention and early detection.
• The Foundation maintains the website, www.DefeatDiabetes.org, as a source of information for everyone interested in health and especially for “pre-diabetics” and diabetics. 
• Defeat Diabetes Foundation provides a free online monthly newsletter, E-Lerts™, featuring important information for diabetics including: links to the latest news about health, diabetes, research, nutrition and fitness information. Also included are recipes, Updates from The Mr. Diabetes® Wake Up and Walk® Tour, Islets of Humor™, DIABeducation™, Nutrition News, Kevin's Tech Tips™, Shirley's Vegetable Garden™ and other columns from medical and professional personnel in their areas of expertise.
• The KIDD Project provides free Defeat Diabetes® Screening Test brochures to schools for children, faculty and staff and their families, and has provided over 3 million diabetes screening test brochures to over 5000 schools in all 50 states. 
• Defeat Diabetes Foundation mails information to the general public including the Defeat Diabetes® Screening Test, Diabetes Risk Factors, Warning Signs and Harsh Realities brochure. 
• The Mr. Diabetes® Wake Up and Walk® Tour has traveled over 9600 miles through thirty-three states and countless communities spreading the message, one-on-one and in groups. 
• The Media Outreach campaign informs and educates The Media of the dangers of diabetes.
• Advocacy Program – Mr. Diabetes® is meeting with Governors, Senators, Congressmen, State Legislatures, Mayors, City Councils, and Civic Organizations to bring awareness of the diabetic condition to governments and their health agencies.
• Mr. Diabetes® meets with leaders of the medical community as well as hospitals, Diabetes Support Groups and Senior Citizen Groups, Schools, Camps, and other venues.
• D.A.N. Project (Diabetes Awareness Now) is a Defeat Diabetes® Awareness Project aimed at young adults established in memory of Dan Kerner.

We are committed to continuing this work for the 24 million diabetics and 57 million pre-diabetics in the United States with the disease. Diabetes is a global epidemic and we are working with individuals and organizations worldwide to promote awareness, early detection and self-management of the disease.

The Foundation is supported through donations by concerned individuals and is operated by contracted, salaried and volunteer services.

Defeat Diabetes Foundation does NOT provide professional medical advice. The information we provide is intended to help you better understand diabetes. It is NOT intended to replace the advice of your physician.