KENDALL STOPA, 17, loved the support she got from the friends she made at Clara Barton Camp, a diabetes camp in North Oxford, Mass. When Kendall, who has type 1 diabetes, learned of a way to stay connected throughout the year, she jumped at the chance.Kendall is one of about two dozen teenagers in the Youth Leadership Program of the American Diabetes Association's Boston field office. The program helps the teens develop mentoring skills to use with one another and with young kids in the American Diabetes Association Family Link~R program for families with children recently diagnosed with diabetes. "The basis behind the program is a peer mentorship model," says group advisor Anna Floreen. "You're much more willing to connect with someone who's been around the block and knows what you've gone through."
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