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💙 TOMORROW, ATLANTA! Let’s get together!

What better way to spend a Saturday than surrounded by people who understand life with type 1 diabetes?

Our Grownup T1Ds Atlanta chapter is meeting up TOMORROW for the Breakthrough T1D Walk, followed by some time together just for adults living with T1D!

📅 Saturday, October 17 | 10 AM
📍 Atlantic Station, Atlanta
🎈 Meet in the greenspace. Look for the blue balloons!

Whether you’re newly diagnosed, have lived with T1D for decades, or haven’t been to a meetup before, we’d love to meet you!

💙 Free to attend!
📩 RSVP: atl@grownupt1ds.org

Know someone in Atlanta living with T1D? Tag them or share this post! Sometimes all it takes is one meetup to find your people.

#t1d #Type1Diabetes #Atlanta #t1dcommunity #PeerSupport taken in Atlanta, GA by @grownupt1ds

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Hey NYC‼️

WORLD DIABETES DAY 💙 November 14.

And Grownup T1Ds is showing up.

Adults living with T1D are getting together in cities across the country to hang out, meet new people, laugh, connect and make World Diabetes Day OUR day.

Come be part of it. 💙

#WorldDiabetesDay #GrownupT1Ds #Type1Diabetes #T1DCommunity #t1d taken in New York City by @grownupt1ds

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This is what T1D community can look like. 🚲

Not a conference room. Not a doctor’s office. Just a fall morning along the Schuylkill River Trail with other adults who happen to understand life with type 1 diabetes.

Our Philly Grownup T1Ds community is getting together Saturday, October 17 at 10 AM for a leisurely bike ride starting at Betzwood Picnic Area near Valley Forge Park.

Go 2 miles. Go 9. Turn around whenever you want. Bring a picnic lunch and stay awhile afterward.

And if biking isn’t your thing? Come anyway. Hang out at the picnic area and be part of the day.

Family members are welcome, too.

Helmet ✔️
Glucose tabs ✔️
People who get it ✔️

📩 RSVP: philly@grownupt1ds.org

#GrownupT1Ds #Type1Diabetes #T1DCommunity #t1d #philly taken in Philadelphia by @grownupt1ds

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Atlanta T1Ds, we’re ready for another day together. 💙

We’re looking forward to walking together, catching up with old friends, meeting new ones, and continuing to build this community for adults living with type 1 diabetes.

Join the Grownup T1Ds Atlanta crew at the Breakthrough T1D Walk, then stick around for our meetup after!

📅 October 17
⏰ 10 AM
📍 Atlantic Station
🎈 Look for the blue balloons!

Whether you’ve been part of Grownup T1Ds before or this will be your first time, come find us. We’d love to meet you.

RSVP: atl@grownupt1ds.org

#t1d #Type1Diabetes #T1DCommunity #Atlanta #supportgroup taken in Atlanta, GA by @grownupt1ds

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Something really good started in Pensacola. 💙

There was such a warmth to this first meetup. Good energy, welcoming people and the kind of conversations that happen when you’re surrounded by people who simply get it.

This wasn’t just one great afternoon. It was the beginning of an ongoing Pensacola community for adults living with type 1 diabetes.

And judging by this first meetup, there’s a lot to look forward to.

Pensacola, we’re just getting started!

#GrownupT1Ds #T1DCommunity #Type1Diabetes #PensacolaFL #t1d taken in Bodacious Bookstore and Cafe by @grownupt1ds

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Turns out T1D is a pretty great reason to meet some really great people. 💙

Raleigh brought the laughs, the stories, the connection, and a whole lot of T1D in one room.

Come for the meetup. Leave with a community. 🙌

#meetups #T1D #T1DCommunity #Type1Diabetes #RaleighNC taken in Raleigh, North Carolina by @grownupt1ds

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NYC T1Ds: NEW VENUE FOR TOMORROW! 🚨

Rain changed the location, but it’s definitely not stopping the meetup. 🙌

📍 Chilo’s in Brooklyn
⏰ 2–5 PM
❌ No longer a potluck picnic

Come hang out, meet other adults with T1D, and spend the afternoon with people who get it. 💙

#t1d #T1D #Type1Diabetes #NYCT1D #DiabetesCommunity taken in Brooklyn, New York by @grownupt1ds

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Okay, Southeast Florida… it’s YOUR turn! 🌴💙

Grownup T1Ds is officially launching in South Florida, and our very first meetup is happening October 3 in Boca Raton!

There’s something pretty special about being there at the beginning of a new community.
People walk in as strangers, start talking about T1D (and everything else), and before you know it, numbers are being exchanged and new friendships are starting.

That’s what we’re building.

📅 Saturday, October 3 at 1:00 PM
📍 Third Place Coffee Lounge
325 N.E. Spanish River Blvd., Boca Raton

Come grab a coffee, pull up a chair, and help us kick off Grownup T1Ds Southeast Florida!

Newly diagnosed? Decades into T1D? Somewhere in between? Come as you are.

The meetup is FREE, and this is only the first of many. 💙

DM us or RSVP: kelly@grownupt1ds.org and tag your South Florida T1D people below!

#T1D #Type1Diabetes #T1DCommunity #SouthFlorida #BocaRaton taken in Boca Raton, Florida by @grownupt1ds

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Ngl, this one made us cry y'all! 😭 Meet @kellyuselesspancreas, founder of @grownupt1ds—a national nonprofit creating community for adults with type 1 diabetes. Kelly’s POV on 45 years of living with the chronic condition, advocacy work, and the power of finding your people is exactly why Bittersweet Beat exists in the first place. Her story—and the stories of so many others she’s met along the way—are a real reminder that none of us are doing this alone. 💙

The latest issue of BB also checks out a new tubeless pump, marathon training tips, and our fave fall finds to shop this season. 🍂 Link in bio!

#bittersweetbeat #diabetes #newsletter by @grownupt1ds

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💙 BOSTON T1Ds, WE’RE GETTING TOGETHER THIS SATURDAY! 💙

There’s something pretty great about being surrounded by people who just get it.

The pumps. The CGMs. The alarms. The carb counting. The highs, the lows, and all the weird T1D moments you normally have to explain.

This Saturday, come hang out with the Grownup T1Ds Boston community for an afternoon potluck, conversation, laughs, and connection with other adults living with T1D.

📅 Saturday, September 26
⏰ 1:00 PM
📍 Bedford, MA
🥗 Bring something to share
💙 FREE to attend

🏠 Please note: This meetup is being held at a member’s home, so we will not share the address publicly on social media or online.

📧 Email boston@grownupt1ds.org for the address and meetup details.

If you’ve been thinking about coming to a meetup, make this the one. Your T1D people are waiting. 💙

#Type1Diabetes #T1DCommunity #BostonMA #DiabetesCommunity #GrownupT1Ds taken in Boston, MA by @grownupt1ds

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PENSACOLA, IT’S HAPPENING! 💙

Tomorrow is the VERY FIRST Grownup T1Ds Pensacola Meetup, and we are so excited to finally bring this community together!

If you’re an adult living with type 1 diabetes, come spend the afternoon with people who just get it. No explaining the alarms. No explaining the numbers. No explaining what it’s like to live with T1D every single day.

Just new friends, good conversation and a room full of people who speak T1D. 🙌

📍 Bodacious Bookstore & Café
📅 Sunday, September 20
⏰ 1:00–4:00 PM
🎟️ FREE!

And this is only the beginning. We’re building an ongoing Pensacola T1D community, not just holding a one-time meetup.

Don’t be the person who sees the pictures afterward and wishes you had come. 😉

RSVP: pensacola@grownupt1ds.org

#insulin #Type1Diabetes #T1DCommunity #Pensacola #T1D taken in Pensacola, Florida by @grownupt1ds

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