Muscatine Diabetes Project
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    • About Us
    • Empowering Adults
      • Adult Support Group
      • Diabetes Strong
      • Lifestyle Change Program
    • Empowering Youth
    • Diabetes Resources
      • Diabetes Supply Locker
      • Community Resources
      • Insulin Assistance
      • Medicare
    • Support Us
  • About Us
  • Empowering Adults
  • Empowering Youth
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Learn to live well while managing your diabetes diagnosis.

Learn to live well while managing your diabetes diagnosis.Learn to live well while managing your diabetes diagnosis.Learn to live well while managing your diabetes diagnosis.

There's joy in the journey as we walk alongside each other!

Events

May 6

MDP Healthier You Walk

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TBD

Event Details

May 6

MDP Healthier You Walk

05.02.22 COMMUNICATION UPDATE:

Unfortunately, due to 80% rain forecasted for Friday May 6, the annual MDP Healthier You Walk will be reschedu...

Event Details

TBD

TBD

November 14

World Diabetes Day

All day

Event Details

November 14

World Diabetes Day

This day celebrates Sir Frederick Banting’s birthday, co-discoverer of insulin!

All day

The Numbers

Type 1 Diabetes

Type 1 Diabetes

Type 1 Diabetes

1.84 million Americans impacted!


Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease in which a person's pancreas stops producing insulin, a hormone that enables people to get energy from food.  


T1D can affect youth and adults. 

Type 2 Diabetes

Type 1 Diabetes

Type 1 Diabetes

35.5  million Americans impacted!


Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a metabolic disorder in which the body still produces insulin but becomes insulin resistant.  


T2D can affect youth and adults5

Prediabetes

Type 1 Diabetes

Prediabetes

96 million American adults impacted!


Prediabetes means that your blood sugar level is higher than normal however not yet high enough to be classified as Type 2 diabetes.


Without intervention, prediabetes is likely to become Type 2 diabetes in 10 years or less.

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Our Story

Our Mission

In 2016, the charitable nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization,  Muscatine Diabetes Project, was co-founded by Kim Seligman, who organized a volunteer advisory board to provide diabetes education programs, outreach activities, support groups, and to strengthen our partnerships with other community health agencies in the Muscatine County area. Kim has a career profile of over 30+ years in business, higher education and nonprofit sectors; and is a certified PreventT2 Lifestyle Coach and a Diabetes Paraprofessional 1. 


Our purpose is to ensure that all people impacted by diabetes are empowered by knowledge, encouraged by action and supported by community! 


We serve individuals managing their Type 1, Type 2 and prediabetes diagnosis. 


Diagnosed Diabetes:

  • 537 million world-wide 
  • 37.3 million Americans (Type 1 = 1.84 M; Type 2 = 35.5 M)
  • 242,403 Iowans


Prediabetes:

  • 96 million American adults
  • The 2018 Community Health Needs Assessment identified Muscatine County with an obesity prevalence at 49.2%; and diabetes prevalence at 17.9%.

Diabetes Advocacy Journey

Our early diabetes awareness partnership began when Kim and the Muscatine Running Club Race Director, Dell Wagner collaborated to form the Watermelon Stampede Against Diabetes (2005-2008) as a local event to bring awareness and fundraising.


With increasing diabetes awareness in the Quad Cities area growing, our relationship with JDRF Eastern Iowa Chapter formalized into Muscatine hosting 7 Walk to Cure Diabetes events from (2009-2015). Throughout 2005-2015 over $500K was raised for JDRF diabetes research that benefited many individuals living with diabetes. 


There's joy in the journey as we walk alongside each other and the Muscatine Diabetes Project continues the awareness by hosting the annual walk event to celebrate people living with  all types of diabetes. The fundraising from this event stays local. 


Through Kim's steadfast passion and leadership, the diabetes advocacy journey that began from a tragedy in 2004 continues to shine brightly in helping prevent diabetes and improve outcomes. We invite you to join us on the advocacy journey and support people living with diabetes!

We have lots of fun at our annual Walk event!

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    P.O. Box 1718, Muscatine, IA 52761

    563-260-2763

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