Activate Me
Activate Me focuses on preventive care for people living with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, whose feet and lower limbs can be affected by the condition over time.
Through careful assessment and complementary therapy, the program is designed to help protect foot and limb health — and the mobility and independence that depend on it.
Diabetes can quietly affect the nerves and blood flow in the feet and lower limbs. Minor injuries may heal slowly and, without proper care, can become serious — putting a person's mobility and independence at risk.
Diabetes can affect sensation and blood flow in the lower limbs.
Small foot injuries can heal slowly and worsen without care.
Untreated complications can threaten mobility and daily independence.
Diabetes is a serious national issue — and an especially urgent local one in Bexar County, where Joy of Giving USA is based.
of adults in Bexar County have diagnosed diabetes — about 239,000 people, higher than Texas (14%) and the U.S. (12%).
Source: University Health — Diabetes in Bexar County (2025)diabetes-related amputations per 100,000 people in Bexar County.
Source: University Health — Diabetes in Bexar County (2025)Americans — about 1 in 8 — live with diabetes.
Source: CDC — National Diabetes Statistics ReportDiabetes is the leading cause of non-injury lower-limb amputations in the U.S. — many of which begin with foot problems that preventive care can help address.
people supported through the Activate Me model to date. This cumulative experience has taken place primarily in Mexico as Joy of Giving USA establishes its programs in the United States.
Activate Me serves people living with diabetes who benefit from early evaluation and preventive care.
People living with type 1 or type 2 diabetes
People who benefit from early evaluation of foot and limb health
Individuals seeking preventive care to protect mobility
People in vulnerable and underserved communities
We pair careful clinical and vascular assessment with preventive care and complementary therapy to help protect foot and limb health. Technology supports the clinical work — it is not the goal.
Diabetes complications in the feet and lower limbs that can threaten mobility.
Clinical and vascular evaluation of foot and limb health.
Preventive care with complementary electro-stimulation therapy.
Protecting foot and limb health, mobility and independence.
Every program follows the same general, person-centered path — the clinical detail is tailored to each person by qualified professionals.
A person is referred or reaches out, and we gather their history and goals to see how the program can help.
Qualified professionals evaluate each person's condition and needs before any treatment begins.
A rehabilitation plan is designed around the person's specific situation and objectives.
The person attends structured therapy sessions, supported and adjusted by their care team.
Rehabilitation technology is applied as a tool within the plan — never as the goal in itself.
We track progress against each person's goals and adapt the plan as they improve.
The approach below is provided for professional and funder review. Care is always delivered and adapted by qualified professionals.
Activate Me is designed to support people living with diabetes and to help protect foot and limb health through early evaluation and preventive care.
The program pairs clinical and vascular assessment of the feet and lower limbs with complementary electro-stimulation therapy, used as a supportive tool alongside standard medical care.
Because Joy of Giving USA is building this program, we describe the outcomes it is designed to support — not results we claim to have already achieved in the U.S.
These are the indicators Joy of Giving USA is designed to track, so funders can understand how a grant would be evaluated.
Expand access to preventive foot and limb care for people living with diabetes.
Foundation support can help:
Partner with Joy of Giving USA to expand access to preventive and rehabilitative care for people who may otherwise go without it.
Interested as a participant, or need support? Contact our team.
