4, 200 km for diabetes!

13 December 2010
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Thanks to Grace McKnight for sending me an email about this challenge. Grace is a T1 (since age 13) and her Dad, Colin and his friend David have decided to bike all the way across Australia (from Perth to Sydney), all the while raising money for Diabetes New Zealand. They started on Thursday.

In their words:

This madness of cycling from Freemantle (Perth) to Sydney in summer was David’s idea but it did not take any arm bending to get on my bike for this. Depending on the winds it should take us between 28 to 34 days, so maybe an average of 120 to 140 km a day. We will carry most of what we need with top ups…

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By Nic on 13 December 2010 at 9.30 am
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Watch a video, help a needy T1 child. Do it!!

3 November 2010
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I got this info through by email today and had to pass it on to the whole BeingDiabetic community!!

It’s World Diabetes Day on Sunday 14 November, and the Diabetes Hands Foundation have set up an awesome initiative at bigbluetest.org where they encourage all people with diabetes to test their BG at 2pm on the 14th November, record it, do 14mins of activity and record it again. The even more compelling part of their campaign is the video below: Roche has underwritten the production of the video and will make a donation to Insulin For Life for every view the video receives (up to $75,000). Insulin for Life…

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By Nic on 3 November 2010 at 6.29 pm
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The elephant in the room.

29 September 2010
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I didn’t mention this earlier because I didn’t want it to overshadow all the great work DYNZ did for the conference, but did you see this story about the ex President of DYNZ getting 3 years jail for defrauding the organisation? He has hurt so many people, and created doubt in the mind of would-be benefactors of any diabetes charities. A horrid situation.

http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/charity-fraudster-had-previous-convictions-3806428?ref=rss

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By Nic on 29 September 2010 at 6.43 am
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Desert dingo racing.

21 July 2010
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I saw a mention of this in a newsletter which came into my inbox about World Diabetes Day and I was intrigued. What is this Desert Dingo Racing I wondered, and what has it got to do with diabetes? I went to their site, saw the car (see image on the right), and was instantly enamoured.

I remember as a very little girl my brother and I were big fans of the Herbie movies (like Herbie goes to Monte Carlo etc) and this car (a 1969 VW Beetle) is just like it.

So I still haven’t put the pieces together for you. It’s pretty simple really…

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By Nic on 21 July 2010 at 9.48 am
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Yay!! Jenna got her wig.

17 June 2010
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Ahhhh this is the best news I’ve heard in a long time. Little Jenna, whom I did a post on last week (T1 preschooler, about to go to school, also has alopecia and needed a specially made wig which would cost several thousand dollars) has raised enough money to get said wig. I am so happy for her and I really, really wish her all the best.

BeingDiabetic readers who gave a donation: well done. Jenna: enjoy school!

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By Nic on 17 June 2010 at 8.41 pm
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