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4, 200 km for diabetes!

Nic — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 21:30:37 +0000

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…

Watch a video, help a needy T1 child. Do it!!

Nic — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 06:29:36 +0000

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 is my…

The elephant in the room.

Nic — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 18:43:02 +0000

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

Desert dingo racing.

Nic — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:48:31 +0000

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 – the…

Yay!! Jenna got her wig.

Nic — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:41:05 +0000

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!

Strap on your sneakers, Aucklanders!

Nic — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 23:19:28 +0000

Hi all

I’m pleased to tell you that I’ve just entered myself into the Auckland half marathon on Sunday, 31 October. Wahey! I will be power-walking it, mind. Running is no friend of mine! I did it once before, in 2007…. I was a complete walking purist – even Olympic judges would not have been able to spot me with both legs off the ground simultaneously. I completed it in 3 hours, 7 minutes.

This year I will undoubtedly get less time for training, with a little one in the house. But I’m still going to aim to better my time (I’m pumping this year as opposed to MDI last time which slowed me down when I had to stop…

Fighting the good fight.

Nic — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 11:32:27 +0000

What a guy! Thanks to Chris Murray for sending me the link to this article about Reon Goodwillie from Christchurch, who tomorrow night is taking to the boxing ring to raise funds for Diabetes Youth Canterbury. At present he’s sitting just under the $8k mark with his fundraising effort, (at the time of publishing this he was at $7, 935) so if you have a couple of bucks going spare, go here to pledge ‘em.

Reon’s little girl Olivia has T1. She’s seven now and has had the condition since she was 15 months old.

For more info, you can see the…

Calling anyone with design skills…

Nic — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:40:16 +0000

Do you have any design skills and are you willing to do a few hours’ layout work for an NZ diabetes charity? If so, please contact me and I’ll hook you up with more details: http://www.beingdiabetic.co.nz/contact/

Think of it as a way to give back without parting with any cash, or leaving your house/work!

Update from Insulin for Life re Haiti.

Nic — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:13:55 +0000

Hi all

Chris Baty, the President of Diabetes NZ emailed through this update from Ron Raab (President of Insulin for Life) this morning:

In total, we have now confirmed that donated insulin from Insulin for Life for 200 people for one month has either already been taken in by Nancy or will go in tomorrow in person.

These supplies are donated to FHADIMAC – Haiti Diabetes Association by Insulin for Life, with transport and handling costs paid by the International Diabetes Federation.

Many more donated supplies are ready to be sent urgently by Insulin for Life Global from IFL Austria, IFL Germany and IFL UK and others.

Ron
If you’ve not donated anything towards Haiti yet and are considering it,…

Help out the diabetics in Haiti with your old supplies.

Nic — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:17:38 +0000

Hi everyone

I just got this email forwarded to me – please help out if you possibly can.

Diabetes Auckland is collecting any unwanted Insulin and test strips to send to Haiti. If you have any you don’t need please forward them to:

Diabetes Auckland
PO Box 67041
Mt Eden
Auckland 1349

62-64 Valley Road
Mt Eden
Auckland 1024

They would like to get parcels sent away as soon as possible so would be very grateful for any donations to help out in Haiti.

Thanks
Heather

Heather Conland
Operations Manager
Diabetes New Zealand
+64 4 499 7145
PO Box 12441, Wellington 6144, New Zealand
www.diabetes.org.nz