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Awareness For Diabetes Advocacy, awareness is key. When people begin to understand Type One Diabetes then they will be more likely to stand up and help fund a cure. That is our belief and it is the platform from which we work. This page covers some of the efforts made by ourselves and others in the name of awareness.
Upcoming Walks:
Walk to Cure Diabetes. June 1, 2008 Barrie Ontario. To pledge your support for "Gail's Pickers" and help Gail to reach her personal goal of $3000 please go to the JDRF site and pledge.
June 8, 2008
Marche pour la guérison du diabète / Walk to Cure Diabetes Past Walks June 3rd, 2007 – Walk to Cure Diabetes: Edmonton Alberta June 3rd 2007 Walk to Cure Diabetes at Heritage Park in Barrie Ontario
JDRF Walk
to Cure Diabetes
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Zipper Pulls! A great way to raise awareness on
your hand bag, school bag, back pack or jacket! Perfect for all ages!
Prices starting at just $6!
Check out our constantly changing array of handcrafted Medical and Awareness Jewellery custom designed for Diabetes Advocacy. Items come in a variety of sizes and are designed for adults and children. Prices ranging from $6 and up!
Diabetes Awareness car magnets can be
purchased at the Diabetes Advocacy Online Store.
Diabetes Advocacy Dog tags can be purchased at
the Diabetes Advocacy online store.
Offers a wide variety of custom designed jewelry promoting diabetes awareness. A portion of their profits are given to diabetes related charities.
Awareness Bracelets
Childrenwithdiabetes.com's Diabetes Awareness Bracelets
Wear one of their "Insulin Is Not A Cure" or "I Believe" (in a cure) bracelets (or both!) to help raise money for research, scholarships, and supplies for families in need.
CWD
Quilt for Life
www.childrenwithdiabetes.com has created a "Quilt for Life" It is a giant quilt made up of many smaller quilts. Each quilt represents a person who is living or lived with Type 1 Diabetes. The "Quilt" is displayed at various venues throughout the US to help raise awareness. We encourage everyone to have their loved one remembered in this way.
Quilt #25 for Liam diagnosed at 2.5yr
The Quilt for Life, organized by Jeff Hitchcock (of the ChildrenWithDiabetes organization will be displayed August 4-5 in Washington DC. The location of the quilt is simply perfect because it's right in front of the US Capitol (just slightly West of the pool). That means that it's close to Senate buildings to the North and the House buildings to the South. If you have already submitted a quilt within the last 5 or 6 years, that's great, and THANK YOU! If not, please click on this link to learn more about what you might want and probably need to do: http://www.childrenwithdiabetes.com/activities/quilt/quiltsubmission.htm
People will be working to attract members of Congress to view the quilt. You are encouraged to make a quilt (if you haven't already) and also to try your hardest to see this incredibly emotional display of what will almost definitely be more than 600 quilts. Check out this link to see the QFL display back in 2006: http://www.childrenwithdiabetes.com/activities/quilt/dc2006/ .
For those that handle advocacy related issues for whatever charity you volunteer, please consider spreading this great cause around to all your chapters. There is still time to try to get the info into local newsletters. You can contact us or contact Jeff Hitchcock ( jeffh AT childrenwithdiabetes.com) or Laura Billetdeaux (laura.billetdeaux AT childrenwithdiabetes.com ) for more info as well.
www.childrenwithdiabetes.com also offers a program which allows you to create calendars made up of pictures of these quilts which can be shared with family and friends or sent to politicians to help raise awareness.
Faces
of Diabetes
This is an awareness strategy that we at DiabetesAdvocacy used in
November of 2005. We asked people living with diabetes to send us their
stories and pictures. We then sent copies to many of our MPs. If you
would like to be involved in next year's campaign or would like your
stories posted on our
Faces of
Diabetes page, please
contact us with your story.
on AM 930 CJCA or www.cjca.ca via live-streaming audio
Diabetes Compass Radio is Canada's only mainstream radio-based diabetes health program. This show broadcasts from Edmonton, in the heart of world-leading diabetes research and advanced health management.
Diabetes Compass Radio is a half hour talk show about diabetes prevention, education and health management. We feature in-studio and telephone interviews with top diabetes Heath care specialists, leaders of professional organizations. Real people who live with diabetes will also share snapshots of their lives. Listen also for research updates and best practice tips for managing Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.
Join them each Sunday evening as they look to educate, inform and inspire you.
Click here to listen to the Diabetes Advocacy interview
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