Just as a reminder to everybody to help spread the word of two large campaigns going on right now from the Diabetes Research Institute and Diabetes Hands Foundation. The DRI’s campaign is Be Part of a Cure and the DHF is the Big Blue Test. Today I would like to let my local readers know about some local events that they may not already know about.
The Greater West Palm Beach chapter of the JDRF is the one that I work the most with and have the best relationship with so I know most about their activities going on. I encourage you to visit the JDRF website and reach out to your local chapter and find out what events that they have going on that you can help participate in. There are a lot of different things going on throughout the month, so I will outline them here for you.
- November 7, 2010 – Complimentary Family Fun Day at the Palm Beach Zoo. Please RSVP today if you would like to attend. Find out more details at the JDRF website.
- November 10, 2010 – Celebrity Bartender night at ZED 451 in Mizner Park in Boca Raton. It will be from 5:30-7:30. 100% of all tips will benefit JDRF. There will also be raffle prizes drawn.
- October 28 – November 30 – Donate $1 at Walgreens during this month to help benefit the JDRF.
- For all a list of all JDRF events, please click here.
I also encourage you to check out what your other local diabetes organizations are doing as well and get involved as much as possible. This is November, which means it’s a month all about diabetes. The month of October receives a lot of attention for Breast Cancer, and I think that diabetes organizations can learn a lot from that and also spread the word as widely as breast cancer information is spread.
Awesome events, it sounds like. Thanks for pointing them out, Chris.