This is something that really irritates me. In fact, it pisses me the eff off. Where I live, I am in the middle of two JDRF chapters that are about 25 miles apart from each other. The walks for these chapters are about 15-20 miles away from each other. I have relationships with both chapters and would like to see both chapters to succeed. For that reason, I planned on going to both walks for each chapter.
Well, guess what? Both walks are on March 31, 2012. Can you believe that? Two JDRF walks within a short driving distance between each other are on the same exact day. I would expect that JDRF and the ADA have some sort of event on the same day, because that usually always happens. Or maybe, a walk in south Florida and another walk in north Florida that is about a 6-7 hour drive away, that is acceptable.
But having walks this close together? Unacceptable. Now, I am only able to help one chapter, as opposed to two.
I’ve sent an e-mail directly to JDRF President Jeffrey Brewer. Hopefully this is something that doesn’t happen again. I don’t want to hear any excuses of “scheduling issues”, because there is no way that the schedules were so screwed up that two walks had to be held on the same day.
Unbelievable.
Completely agree, Chris. Not good. Even on the ADA and JDRF scheduling, this shouldn’t happen. That’s why patients turn their attention away, because it turns into some type of competition for our time and effort. We’re forced to choose, and that’s not something I want to do when I’m interested in helping both. Hope you get some answers and resolution about this not happening again. Good luck at whichever walk you decide to get to, though!