|
|||||||
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|||||||
| Front Page |
1. Raise money for research.
There are many different avenues you can choose to raise money. The most popular is the annual "Walk to Cure Diabetes" that is usually held around September, statewide. An average
walker raises about $100. Many people create their own family teams, which
include family members, friends, co-workers… It's a fabulous way to raise
money and have fun doing so! (Last year, my local walk raised $500,000.
The more people, the more money.)
2. Volunteer at your local JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation)
chapter.
Here you are joined with others who have the same goal in mission-
"dedicated to finding a cure." Whether you are part of delivering "Bags of
Hope" to newly diagnosed people or offering advice over the phone, you are
truly appreciated for whatever you do.
3. Promote awareness by creating a web site.
Most everyone goes on the
internet, so why not use that avenue? It can provide information on
diabetes, offer advice to fellow diabetics, provide links to other helpful
sites and much more!
4. Have a neighborhood tag sale and donate the money towards JDRF.
You can
get rid of extra items around the house and people can contribute to a good
cause.
5. Buy the "Diabetes Awareness" stamp during the months of May/June.
Whenever you mail something, just put one of these stamps on it & promote
awareness!
6. Whenever there are any local events to raise money for diabetes, inform the media.
This way they can let others know over the radio
and through the newspapers. The word will get out and hopefully there will
be a good turn out.
7. Write letters to Congressmen.
By even getting friends and relatives to
send letters, hopefully Congress will see how widespread diabetes is and how
many people it affects. In the letters, encourage them to make a cure for
diabetes a national priority.
8. Wear your "Walk to Cure Diabetes" T-shirt when you go out shopping.
That
way you can be a walking advertisement. People might stop and ask you
questions and then a conversation could be started about the walk.
9. Establish a Juvenile Diabetes Awareness Week.
It can give us the
opportunity to call awareness to what type 1 diabetes is and to the fact
that it is an illness that does not discriminate. You can contact other
mayors in surrounding cities for support.
10. Set up an education booth at a local mall or fair.
You could have an
expert there to answer people's questions and then have all different ages
of people who have diabetes to show how this chronic illness reaches
everyone. Someone could create brochures that describe what diabetes is and
what can be done to help find a cure.