Westwood Girl with Diabetes Invited to Exclusive Jonas Brothers Concert

Submitted by the Joslin Diabetes Center. 

Five patients of the Joslin Diabetes Center, including Riley Morrison Deutsch on Westwood, were invited to an intimate concert with The Jonas Brothers last week. 

The American pop band and Kiss 108 invited several children living with diabetes, just like band member Nick Jonas, to their intimate concert at the W Hotel in Boston. The concert, hosted by Kiss 108’s Matty in the Morning, was a special acoustic set that The Jonas Brothers prepared for select Kiss 108 listeners and five young Joslin Diabetes Center patients.

Nick Jonas relates to his young fans at Joslin, as he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 13 and wears an insulin pump.  Nick wanted to give back by giving young patients like himself this concert experience and he went above and beyond by having conversations with some of them about how he handles his superstar life and type 1 diabetes.

The Jonas Brothers took pictures with everyone in attendance.

About Joslin

Joslin Diabetes Center, located in Boston, Massachusetts, is the world's largest diabetes research and clinical care organization. Joslin is dedicated to ensuring that people with diabetes live long, healthy lives and offers real hope and progress toward diabetes prevention and a cure. Joslin is an independent, nonprofit institution affiliated with Harvard Medical School. Its mission is to prevent, treat and cure diabetes; and its vision is a world free of diabetes and its complications. For more information, visit www.joslin.org.