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Meet the Delegates

Click on the map below to meet the children selected to represent their states at JDRF's 2007 Children's Congress. These children with type 1 diabetes—ages 4 to 17, representing all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and six other countries—will converge on Washington, D.C. from June 17-20, 2007, to tell their stories and urge lawmakers to help find a cure.

Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Deleware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
Delegate: Noah
State: Pennsylvania
Profile: Just when Noah's family started getting in the groove of handling his older sister Rachel's diabetes, Noah himself was diagnosed at the age of 6.
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Delegate: Aidan
State: Maine
Profile: Aidan was diagnosed two months before he turned 2.
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Delegate: Simon
State: Texas
Profile: When Simon, 17, was diagnosed with diabetes, he was already involved with JDRF. A friend's father also had the disease, and Simon, then in 8th grade, had already participated in JDRF Walks and golf tournaments.
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Delegate: Dalton
State: Pennsylvania
Profile: In a speech he gave at a JDRF event, Dalton, 9, spoke about the pleasures of life he anticipates after a cure is found.
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