Barack Obama’s two daughters have already met Nick Jonas at the Kids’ Inaugural Ball, the President himself, finally met the youngest Jonas brother yesterday. However, that wasn’t the only reason Nick was in Washington.

Nick Jonas was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of 13, and is now fighting for diabetes research funding while working for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. He will testify today in front of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee along with Sugar Ray Leonard and Mary Tyler Moore.

The Jonas Bothers created the Change for the Children Foundation, which donates money to charities benefiting children who are disadvantaged or ill. They released their fourth CD, “Lines, Vines, and Trying Times,” last week.

As some of you may know the Tour de Cure is a series of fund-raising cycling events held in 40 states across the U.S. to benefit the American Diabetes Association. It is thought of as a ride and not a race, with routes designed for everyone from the occasional rider to the experienced cyclist. Whether participants ride 10 miles or 100 miles, they will travel a route supported from start to finish with rest stops, food to fuel the journey and fans to cheer them on!

Last year, more than 38,000 cyclists in 78 Tour events raised nearly $16 million to support the mission of the ADA: to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes.

Click Here to see if there is a tour in your area and to request more information on the event. Some states have already had their tour and others have tours throughout the fall and winter of 2009.

Now you can make a difference in the lives of more than 23 million Americans with diabetes by joining thousands of cyclists around the nation who are riding in Tour de Cure.