This is a pet project of mine. Last year I ran a fund raising event that was fun and worth while. I sent personal letters to children, from Santa Claus. Parents would make a donation to the DRI and we would send a letter from Santa Claus; complete with stamp from the North Pole. Kids […]
Her name is Amber, she lives in California, she is 13, new in her school just moving there from Texas, and was diagnosed with diabetes at age 9. She loves music and she is Diabetesdad’s Sunday dHero…….you may find her to be a hero also. Her mom states how Amber excels in so many different areas, loves […]
To this day, the BEST idea about how to handle Halloween still rests with our friends in Charles Schulz’s character-land of Peanuts. Agreed. Your kids can still eat some of the candy even with their diabetes. Agreed. There probably is not a time that Halloween did not come and go that our kids did not go […]
It was originally called the Walk for the Cure until a cancer fundraising organization sent a letter to change the name. To the Foundation’s credit they thought changing the name was a better move than using donation money to fight the request resulting in what is now called the Walk to Cure Diabetes (a blessing in disguise). In the early […]
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The Worst Kind of Diabetes is………
You Have a Job to do. Diabetes Awareness month is November. We’re not going to wait. Too many are getting it wrong now, today. Do something today that could have an impact on Diabetes Awareness Month for 2012. Ready? The worst form of diabetes…….is getting it wrong. Find a newspaper in your area and either […]
Here is a scoring aid to use while watching the debates tonight…..feel free to add your own and post them. If a statistic is given and a source cited +2 points If a sound bite is mentioned -1 point Each time the phrase ‘that’s not true’ is uttered -1 point If you refute a stat […]