Diabetes Incorporated provides support and services for children and teens with type 1 diabetes. We have served kids with type 1 diabetes in the beautiful Black Hills since 1998.
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Donations
Financial donations or items for our annual Taste of Caring Fundraiser and raffle for Kamp for Kids are always welcomed and appreciated. Contact us if you would like to donate.
Sponsorship
Contact us if you would like to be a sponsor and have your name on our website and and Kamp for Kids t-shirts.
Become a Member
Becoming a member is easy, just click on Become a Member Now and click on Membership Dues $10. You just need 1 membership per family to attend T1D events for up to 8 people. Your membership information will then be sent to Diabetes Incorporated. Anyone can be a member and support our organization. When you become a member you will be able to attend events for free and will get information about all events and fundraisers.
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What We Do
Diabetes Incorporated offers Kamp for Kids every summer at Outlaw Ranch in Custer, South Dakota. We also offer other type 1 events and services for kids and their families. We are located in South Dakota, but get families from other states that attend our events and are always welcome. Diabetes Incorporated can help guide you through insurance, find financial help for diabetic supplies, partner you with another type 1 diabetic family for support, or anything else you may need. We also offer yearly scholarships for type 1 kids or if you have a type 1 family member.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Taste of Caring Gala
April 20, 2024
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Elks Theatre – 512 6th St, Rapid City, SD 57701
Saturday, June 1, 2024
9:00 -11:30
This event is free for our members and a total of 8 people, which includes the type 1 diabetic kid. This will include a jungle pack for each person attending the movie. A registration form will be posted on our website and Facebook 3 weeks before the event. We will hopefully be watching the new Garfield movie, which is rated PG. We will know for sure on May 20th. Elks is 99% sure that we will be watching the movie, but if not, we will find another PG movie.
Scholarships
The 2024 – 2025 application window is closed. The 2025-2026 application window will open January 2025. Applicants must be from or going to school in the following areas; South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Montana, Minnesota, Iowa, and Wyoming.
Our scholarships are for people with type 1 diabetes or with an immediate family member with type 1 diabetes. We offer three scholarships between $1,000 and $1,500 each year.
- Requirement 1: Applicants must become a Diabetes Incorporated member and pay $10. Our membership runs from July to June and can be paid anytime during the year. To pay for your membership, please go to our home page.
- Requirement 2: Applicants must fill out the Google Form application that will be posted on this page in January.
- Requirement 3: Applicants must email 1 reference to diabetesincorp@gmail.com. Please send reference email from your email account.
Please complete the three application requirements on the same day and submit.
Kamp for Kids – Registration opens May 1, 2024 – July 19, 2024 unless we fill up before.
Our camp is for kids with type 1 diabetes and their families. Kamp for Kids will be held August 9 – 11, 2024, at Outlaw Ranch in Custer, South Dakota. Camp is free for 1 child or adolescent with type 1 diabetes and 1 guardian. Extra family member are $100 and children 3 and under are free. Kamp for Kids is open to all families and kids ages 0 – 18,19. We don’t look at the age, but when someone is diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. We know the diagnoses can be hard, so just reach out. We want people from all over the U.S., not just South Dakota residents.
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April 20, 2024 is our annual gala at The Rushmore Hotel & Suites. Tickets will be $100 per person or $1,000 for a table of 8 with a tax deduction for each table sponsor.
We will sell tickets online up to April 14th. If it is after the 14th, please email Erin at diabetesincorp@gmail.com to see if we have room.
If you would like to see the menu and the program click on “Learn More And Purchase Tickets.”
Type 1 Events
We will be offering different events for type 1 diabetic kids, teenagers, and their families throughout the year. We will always post information on our website, along with posting on Facebook and Instagram.
To attend the events, your family must become a Diabetes Incorporated member, and you will be able to attend events for free. We ask that you only fill out one form and that everyone who is attending with you comes together. Please only fill out the form and RSVP with the exact count; we will not add to or change your RSVP after you have sent in your form. Events may have limited attendance, so please check the requirements. This allows multiple type 1 kids to be able to attend our events.
Hope for a Cure Sponsors ( $1,500 +)
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