It was an absolutely perfect evening — warm breeze, no real wind. We came, we saw, we lit up San Francisco City Hall.
* Photos by Mark Yarchoan
Happy WDD, World!
(Special thanks to Alisa Bekins of Close Concerns for making all the arrangements)…
A very happy and BLUE World Diabetes Day to everyone today!
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First, a note for SF Bay Area locals: Myself and a group of local advocates including Kelly Close and Manny from TuDiabetes be on-site to launch the lighting of San Francisco City Hall in diabetes-awareness blue at 5:00pm Pacific time this…
People touched by diabetes everywhere want Google’s help! We’re working fastidiously to gather signatures for a grassroots campaign to get the web search magnate to display a special decorative “doodle” on its home page to mark World Diabetes Day, coming up Nov. 14. But despite nearly 10,000 signatures gathered already — and the fact that diabetes plagues 250 million people worldwide — it’s not looking good. And I’ll tell you why.
First, let me point…
A collection of miscellaneous D-news items today. Not to be missed:
♦ If you haven’t already heard about the diabetes community’s push to get Google.com to feature a special Diabetes Doodle on World Diabetes Day (Nov. 14), please read about it right now. The idea is that Google displays special doodles for all sorts of holidays, like Halloween and Christmas. So why shouldn’t they use their incredible worldwide visibility to call attention to this killer…
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It’s just two months off now, so brace yourselves for November, Folks: National Diabetes Awareness Month is going to be bigger than ever this year.
Once again, November 14 will be World Diabetes Day, which will be marked by the International Diabetes Federation’s (IDF) Blue Monument Challenge. That is, public monuments around the globe will be lit up in diabetes-awareness blue for the day. See the amazing photos from last year of over 300 monuments,…