Inspired by Diabetes
A while back, I told you about the Inspired by Diabetes Creative Expression Competition, and I got e-mails from several of you regarding it.
The Inspired by Diabetes Creative Expression competition encouraged all people touched by diabetes to share their stories through visual and written creative expressions – such as essays, poems, art and photography.
Inspired by Diabetes is a global collaboration between Lilly and the International Diabetes Federation’s Unite for Diabetes initiative. In the United States, ADA is serving as the Inspired by Diabetes U.S. national advocate.
There were four U.S. national grand prize winners in four categories, Adult with Diabetes, Child with Diabetes, Family Member or Friend of someone with Diabetes and Health Care Professional, of the inaugural Inspired by Diabetes contest, and they were honored at a celebration hosted by the program’s Global Ambassador — Elliott Yamin, who has type 1 diabetes — during the ADA’s 68th Annual Scientific Sessions in San Francisco.
One of the winners was San Francisco Diabetes Nurse Educator, Theresa Garnero, whose art entry, a pin-the-tale-on-the-donkey-style game, asks children to pin a pancreas on a cartoon drawing of a pig. (The pancreas is the body’s organ that produces insulin to regulate blood sugar levels; in people with diabetes, the pancreas makes little or no insulin, often requiring insulin replacement therapy. Garnero says the idea for the pig came from the fact that they were an early source of insulin for people with diabetes.)
Be sure to check Inspired By Diabetes for information on how to enter the second Creative Expression contest.
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