April 25, 2021
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Tracy Bennett Smith is like a superhero without a cape. Since 2019, as President and CEO of Make-A-Wish Alabama,Tracy has been granting wishes of children battling life-threatening illnesses. She has dedicated much of her career to being a champion for children. She has served as Executive Director of the Alabama chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. She was CEO of KidOne Transport, a nonprofit organization that provides transportation for children and expectant mothers to necessary health care services. And before that, she worked to help people with multiple sclerosis as President of the Alabama chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. We talked to Tracy about her work with Make-A-Wish, got her advice for wo
Nurses do the hard yards for diabetes research Proserpine Hospital Nurses Siobhan Barlow and Troy Wake have already raised over $4000 for diabetes research as they prepare for their trek.
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Two Whitsundays nurses are going to great lengths to find a cure for Type 1 Diabetes, embarking on a week-long outback trek to raise research funds.
Proserpine Hospital nurses Troy Wake and Siobhan Barlow have challenged themselves to trek the Northern Territory’s Larapinta Trail in August, as part of a Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation fundraising campaign.
From August 23 to 29, they will trek 14-16km per day to show their support for the many Australians living with Type 1 Diabetes.
By their side
College sophomore Nick Opack has Type 1 diabetes. So does his younger sister and their father. For years they’ve relied on dogs who are specially trained to detect the scent of low blood sugar and alert them when something is wrong. By Amy Halpern |
April 12, 2021
Nick, right, with his father, Larry, and their dogs Rainy (blue collar) and Clyde. Photo by Lindsey Max
The alert on Colleen Opack’s cellphone went off around 4 a.m. She grabbed the phone from her nightstand and checked the app that tracks her kids’ blood sugar levels. The sound was warning that her son, Nick, then a freshman at Catholic University, had a glucose reading that was dangerously low.
WINNIPEG The 2021 budget in Manitoba has some good news for young adults and children who suffer from Type 1 diabetes. Budget 2021 includes funding to establish a new program to pay for the cost of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices for eligible children and youth under the age of 25, said Scott Fielding, finance minister of Manitoba. He added the government is also increasing the age limit for the insulin pump program from 18 to 25. Dr. Nick Hajidiacos is a board member with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) and works at St. Boniface Hospital. He says the organization has been advocating for an age limit increase for several years.
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ITHACA, N.Y. (WHCU) – Tops Friendly Market raises over $248,000 dollars for charities while reducing its carbon footprint.
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Since 2019, Tops Totes for Change has allowed shoppers to buy a reusable bag from their stores with a special charity design. These bags only cost $1.99, but $1 of the proceeds gets donated to four local community organizations. So far the program has raised $248,139 for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, United Way, Feeding America, and Children’s Miracle Network.
The program has also helped reduce the use of plastic bags. After the 2020 plastic bag ban in New York, Tops saw a large increase in sales for Tops Totes for Change Bags.