Attention Youth: Tell the Next President What Can Be Done to Put an End to Type 1 Diabetes!
JDRF is teaming up with Discovery Health , Novo Nordisk , and Discovery Education to launch Young Voices: Life With Diabetes , a national web-based video campaign allowing teens and young adults to share insights on the challenges you face living with type 1 diabetes.
Building on the momentum of the upcoming election, record a one-minute video message to the incoming President highlighting your opinions, attitudes, wishes, and needs for how diabetes care can be improved.
For each video submitted, Novo Nordisk will donate $10 to JDRF, so send in your video, and spread the word to all your friends!
• Videos will be accepted until November 1, 2008, 12 Midnight (ET)
• The following video formats are acceptable:
Quicktime, Windows Media Player, AVI, and Mpeg-4.
• If you're under age 18, get permission from a parent/legal guardian.
For teams, group entries, or multiple videos submitted by an individual, a single donation of $10 will be made. Novo Nordisk will make a total donation of up to $25,000.
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The Today Show Hosts Diabetes Fair in New York City on October 10
Join Matt Lauer, Meredith Vieira, Maria Menounos, and the rest of the NBC "TODAY" family at Studio 1A on Friday, October 10th, for an educational and informational Diabetes Fair. NBC "TODAY" will have the top doctors, educational tools, and testing centers on site to answer your questions and to teach you and your loved ones about diabetes. The TODAY Diabetes Fair will be open to the public and also will be broadcast on national television.| related link
Ask Google for a Diabetes Doodle
As you may know, November 14 is World Diabetes Day.
This year, as part of the activities leading up to World Diabetes Day, TuDiabetes.com and DiabetesDaily have teamed up to create a petition to ask Google for a World Diabetes Day doodle. "Doodles" are the varied logos on the Google homepage commemorating special holidays and events.
Help spread awareness about World Diabetes Day.
Add your signature to the Diabetes Doodle petition!
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Tis the season to buy JDRF Holiday cards!
Many cards available at JDRF
All proceeds benefit JDRF and go directly to fund research toward the cure of Type1 diabetes and its complications.
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NEW JDRF Walk cards at Wallgreens!
Create a photo "Thank You" card at Wallgreens !
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