Today, a quick heads-up on a rather original and fun approach to raising money for diabetes: make some D-art out of your loose change!
The folks at Pump Wear Inc., the company that claims to have started the trend of cool, colorful insulin pump accessories and mini-packs for kids, have created a new fundraising initiative in which they’re asking for people affected by diabetes to create a visual representation of how long they have had diabetes by using pocket change: the Wall of Change.
All you have to do is form the number of years that you or your loved one has had diabetes using loose change, snap a photo and email it to Julie DeFruscio, co-founder of Pump Wear Inc. here. Then send in the money to benefit JDRF by mailing the change to the JDRF chapter in East Greenbush, NY. You can get all the mailing information and details about the fundraiser on the Wall of Change website, linked above.
This is the sort of thing that may only make a tiny dent financially in East Greenbush, but could be really powerful if local JDRF chapters around the country got on board.
So do you have some loose change lying around your car, in your purse or under your sofa cushions? Surely you do! How about putting it to good use? Especially in this down economy, when money is all the more precious, this is a great opportunity to make a statement while supporting the cause, whether you use pennies, dimes, quarters or a mix of everything.
As the staff at Pump Wear Inc. says, “It’s time for a change! And we can get there one dime at a time!”
It is true that much money is spent for health information, but it is also quite true that so far no will find the cure for terrible diseases and quickly became generalized in our body, it calls on the authorities to better distribution of this money because it is spending so far in vain, I have friends who suffer from cancer, HIV, Alzheimer’s, and so far we can not find any solution to the disease, only the medicines in oxycontin to control their pain, but until you take the same? actually there will be some day, the cure? Please have to be sensible and remember that nobody is free from disease and therefore it is important for everyone.
Not sure why but the comments are closed on the post before this regarding the iphone. Just want to comment that there are cell phones out there already that have built-in glucose monitors. I’m not sure how to find them, but quite a while back I read an article that certain Verizon phones are being made with built-in glucose monitors. Now that’s what I want to see, everything jammed into my cell phone so I only have to carry one item with me, lol.