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How Would you like Santa to Send a Letter to your Child, Grandchild, or Relative???–a Real Holiday Treat Fundraising Event.

So many kids are writing letters to Santa…….welllllllllll….what if Santa wrote them back?  That’s right, Santa will write a letter to your child on beautiful Christmas letterhead that will be very personal. Perhaps mentioning their teacher by name, or your pet by name, letting children know how proud Santa is in the way they are taking care of their […]

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Diabetes Jeopardy Answer #28 for D-Month: MY PERSONAL Favorite on this, Thanksgiving Day, for My D-Kids and Those Like Them.

….and the answer is, who is Camillo Ricordi. There is no argument that there is much great research happening in the world today and surely, all of us parents, are unified in the single thought that we want the cure; yesterday.  Dr. Ricordi made the decision years ago that it was not important that HE […]

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Diabetes Jeopardy Answer #26 for D-Month: A Powerhouse Connects Her ‘Diabetes Sisters’!!!

……and the answer is, who is Brandy Barnes. Brandy is the founder and CEO of Diabetes Sisters which was founded in 2008.  Diagnosed with diabetes in the early 1990s, Brandy knows and remembered the many obstacles she lived with during her battles with diabetes.  With little information geared specifically toward women and diabetes (all types) and […]

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Diabetes Jeopardy Answer #25 for D-Month: No one has Been a Better, or Longer Tenured Spokesperson for Diabetes, than this Woman who Turned the World On with Her Smile

…..and the answer is, who is Mary Tyler Moore. We can argue the point whether or not Ms. Moore is the greatest TV and/or Female TV personality of all time; but she stands alone when it comes to spokesperson in the world of diabetes.  I can tell you from meeting her many times and actually […]

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Diabetes Jeopardy Answer #24 for D-Month: He is Co-creator and Leads One of the Largest T1 Communities in the World.

….and the answer is, who is Dana Ball. It is not enough just to say that Dana serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the T1D Exchange.  The T1D Exchange was designed to connect the disparate stakeholders in the type 1 diabetes community — individuals with type 1 diabetes, caregivers, clinicians, researchers and industry partners — […]

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Diabetes Jeopardy Answer #23 for D-Month: Diabetes is NOT Just in the USA…4 Making a Difference Where They Live

       ……..and the answer is, who are Jacqui Double, Jackie Jacombs, Barb Wagstaff, and Wayne Cox. The problems of diabetes stretches across the globe and the problems and challenges we fight in the USA  are sometimes even more challenging than we would ever know.  But here is a short glimpse of 4 parents who fight […]