Letters From Camp

Every letter tells a story. Every donation makes one possible.

This giving season, we’re opening the mailbox to share something truly special: real letters from youth, families, and staff whose lives have been transformed through ICD camps, retreats, and adventures. These aren’t just letters – they’re lives changed, friendships formed, confidence gained, and challenges conquered. Follow along as we share powerful stories from our community and show how your support makes these moments possible.

Let’s finish the year by lifting more voices, creating more connections, and empowering more youth living with diabetes. Join us and help write the next chapter.

Help us reach our 50K Goal

Donate now to DOUBLE your Impact! All donations are being matched by the Hanson Family, up to $25,000!

Why Your Support Matters

When you donate to I Challenge Diabetes, you help youth and adults living with diabetes:

💙 Build confidence through adventure 💪 Grow real-world diabetes skills 🌲 Find a community that gets it ✨ Access life-changing programs without barriers

Your gift removes financial and access obstacles so more kids, teens, families, and adults can say yes to camp, retreats, and adventure.

Your donation helps write the next letter.

A letter that says:
“I did something I didn’t think I could.”
“I found people like me.”
“I feel brave now.”

Give now and help create more stories worth sending home.

Meet Sharon Hanson, Campaign Matching Donor

Thanks to Sharon, all donations made to our Year End Campaign will be matched dollar for dollar, UP TO $25,000!

This giving season, Sharon Hanson, Red Deer AB,  is stepping up to make sure other newly diagnosed families and kids like her son diagnosed at age 14, get the support they need from ICD’s empowering programs.

“”I believe people are driven to make a difference, an impact in others’ lives, due to a major event in their own lives. Our major event began with the phrase “Mom there is something wrong with my eyes” and ended with the phrase “Your son has Type One Diabetes.”

I am doing this because I want to make a difference.”

“This year has brought new challenges as my son graduated from Grade 12 and made the decision to move a province away for university.  We are still in the process of transitioning from a paediatric specialist to a new endocrinologist.  He is learning how to fill his own prescriptions and not run short on Dexcoms.  Mom’s figuring out that there’s not a lot I can do when a sugar alarm goes off and I am a five-hour drive away except pick up the phone and check in.

This year, I have decided to step up as a matching donor. I am doing this so that other kids like my son can have the opportunity to feel “normal.” READ Sharon’s full story on ICD’s blog!