By
AmyT on
March 11, 2010
As you all hopefully know, the 2010 DiabetesMine Design Challenge is ON. We opened for entries last Monday.
I’m excited about community voting this year (y’all get to choose the competition finalists). I’m equally delighted to have such a wonderful panel of expert judges whose role will be to determine the winners from your list of Top 10 finalists.
A new face on our Judges’ Panel this year — but a familiar one around here…
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By
AmyT on
February 26, 2010
One of the common criticisms of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation is its overwhelming emphasis on children and parents of children with diabetes — with little to no recognition that kids with diabetes, well… grow up. Or that ever-growing numbers of us are being diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes as adults. God knows I’ve been vocal in pestering the JDRF on this issue over the past couple of years.
Slowly, the organization has branched out,…
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By
AmyT on
February 11, 2010
Today, our series on the many small, ‘maverick’ organizations making an impact the diabetes world continues with Jimmy Insulin — the alias for a new diabetes mentoring program. Who the heck? you may ask. My question exactly. To find out, I’ve been in touch with the man behind ‘Jimmy,’ Founder & Executive Director Jeremy Weisbach, out of Chicago, IL:
DM) Jeremy, ‘Jimmy Insulin’ is a free service to connect mentors with diabetics in need, correct?…
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