Walks, Discovery, A Danceathon, Postcards, The Big Blue Test and Hula Hoops…. Sounds like a season filled with friendship, fun, creativity and raising awareness and funds for a cure for type 1 diabetes.

COMING EVENTS:

JDRF Bay Area Walks… October 16: Oakland Zoo, October 23: Mazda Raceway in Laguna Seca, October 30: Marina Green in San Francisco

The Walks are a fun way to raise money and awareness. We have started a Northbay Team. Please join us and/ or forward the link to any North Bay businesses that you feel would value the opportunity to give to this important cause. Details here: Northbay Team. As this Walk is the day before Halloween, wearing costumes is a fun option!

Northbay Together With Type 1 Family Gathering… November 5, 12-2, Environmental Discovery Center of Sonoma County

The Center offers multi-sensory, hands-on activities for people of all ages. Rotating exhibits focus on a different aspect of the natural resources of Sonoma County. It is free with paid parking, or park and walk in. Kids of all ages will appreciate the exhibits and surroundings. Parents also can come with out kids, if looking for diabetes management support.

Dance Out Diabetes (DOD) Annual Danceathon… November 12, Russian Center, San Francisco

This 100% volunteer organization’s mission is to prevent and manage diabetes through dance and education. Our family attended Dance Out Diabetes last year, and loved meeting many other people in the diabetes community from venders to nurses, nutritionists and other families with loved ones with type 1 as well as type 2 diabetes. We also enjoyed dancing to many fun tunes spun on the CD player. We are looking forward to cutting some rug again this year!

World Diabetes Day Walk in Marin… November 13, College of Marin

This event is helping to create a network for prevention, early detection and management of type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

World Diabetes Day (WDD)… November 14, The World

The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) is an umbrella organization of over 200 national diabetes associations in over 160 countries. WDD was created to promote diabetes care, prevention and a cure worldwide. The annual event on November 14 is held to raise awareness of this disease. This is an important organization doing very important work.

World Diabetes Day San Francisco Spectacular… November 14, Safeway Holliday Ice Rink in San Francisco

Now THIS is going to be FUN…. A FlashMob of Hula Hooping Record Breakers! We need 114 people willing to hula hoop to break the world record, and raise diabetes awareness at the same time. We will attempt a Guinness World Record. Hosted by JDRF, ADA, diaTribe, Diabetes Hands Foundation, Dance Out Diabetes, UCSF and CPMC.

WDD Postcard Exchange… Anytime before November 14, The World

Another great idea from Lee Ann Thill of The Butter Compartment. Lee Ann has had type 1 diabetes for 33 years, is an art therapist and licensed counselor. She avidly supports and encourages the diabetes community to engage in creative endeavors of all sorts as a way of facilitating self-awareness and promoting the development of healthy coping skills. Get the address of another person with type 1 or parent/sibling/grandparent of someone with type 1, and create a postcard expressing your thoughts/feelings about type 1. Then send it and receive one created with the same parameters. A heartfelt exchange.

WDD Big Blue Test… November 14, The World

Diabetes Hands Foundation‘s mission is to connect people touched by diabetes and envisions a world where people touched by diabetes and their loved ones do not feel alone. This is the Big Blue Test: 1. On November 14 at 2 pm, test your blood sugar. 2. Get active for 14 minutes. 3. Test again. 4. Enter your results here: http://www.bigbluetest.org/

Well, it is going to be a busy season. I can think of few better ways to spend my energy. Look forward to seeing you soon.