is a youth-led awareness campaign for diabetes and insulin resistance, in partnership with the Children's Diabetes Foundation.
Proud community partner of the Children's Diabetes Foundation, supporting the Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes.
Small Circles Foundation started with a handful of students who noticed how much confusion and stigma still surrounds diabetes and insulin resistance. We're not doctors: we're organizers and connectors who believe clear information and real community support save lives alongside good medicine.
How your support moves
“Every school, every friend group, every family is a circle. String enough of them together and you get a movement.”
The Small Circles Foundation
No jargon, no fear-mongering. Just the basics everyone deserves to understand, whether it affects you, a friend, or someone you haven't met yet.
An autoimmune condition where the body stops producing insulin entirely. It isn't caused by diet or lifestyle, and it's managed, not cured, through daily insulin and monitoring.
The body still makes insulin but can't use it effectively. It develops gradually and is shaped by a mix of genetics, environment, and daily habits, often more preventable and manageable than people think.
Often the quiet stage before Type 2, cells stop responding to insulin the way they should. It's common, frequently reversible, and rarely talked about outside a doctor's office.
Food isn't the enemy. Understanding how meals affect blood sugar helps everyone make informed choices, with or without a diagnosis.
Constant thirst, fatigue, blurred vision, slow-healing cuts: knowing the early signals means people get diagnosed sooner, not later.
Diabetes is not a personal failure. Language and assumptions matter. We work to replace judgment with understanding.
Sourced from the CDC and the Children's Diabetes Foundation. General education only, not medical advice.
Whether you've got twenty minutes a week or want to help run the whole thing, pick the path that fits.
No experience needed, online or in person.
We've got it. Welcome to the circle, we'll follow up soon.
Open to current volunteers ready to help run things.
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A small group running Small Circles at your own school. We give you the tools.
We've got it. We'll be in touch about next steps.
One to three students is enough to start. We hand you the content and the playbook, you bring the local energy.
We don't keep a cent. Every dollar goes to our formal partner, the Children's Diabetes Foundation, funding real research and care at the Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes.
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Please don't share private medical information here. For anything personal, talk to a licensed healthcare provider.
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