diabetes campaigns

Got a Diabetes Advocacy Idea? Apply for Funding from “DHF Seeds”

By AllisonN on March 7, 2012

Our community is filled with brilliant diabetes advocates just itching to do good deeds, but awareness campaigns and educational projects take both time and money, right? That’s where the Diabetes Hands Foundation wants to step in and lend a hand . They’ve announced today the launch of a new project funding initiative called DHF Seeds, a grant program dedicated to fostering ideas for improving the lives of people touched by diabetes (ooh, sounds familiar!).
The…

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A Public Health Rant

By AllisonN on January 16, 2012

Happy Martin Luther King Day, Nation! In the spirit of speaking up for what you believe in and speaking out on injustice, I have a little rant to share today:
My town of New York City really likes to get involved in the health of its citizens. From banning smoking in nearly all public places (most recently in public parks) to requiring restaurant chains with more than seven locations to display calorie counts, it seems…

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