TuDiabetes for me is all about the hands we see frequently on the site. Reaching out and touching each other, offering a hand for support, developing friendships.
The Annual Campaign has a goal of $20,000 by December 31 to support TuDiabetes and the programs like videochats, Big Blue Test, diabetes art, poetry....
We can reach this goal if we all reach out. I'll be posting a sample FB post and a sample tweet here every few days. Please share them, or post one of your own.
First sample tweet: For many, @DiabetesHF is a #diabetes lifeline. Pls donate so no one w/ #diabetes ever feels alone. http://bit.ly/notalone2012
FB post: I'm a proud member of the TuDiabetes community. TuDiabetes provides support, information, and understanding for me and thousands of other people with diabetes around the world. Please help us with a contribution to support this and other life-changing, life-saving Diabetes Hands Foundation programs. http://bit.ly/notalone2012
got it pup. this is such a great place with such good friends i've meet here that I think TuD deserves everything just to stay here and help as many ppl as we can
Just so everyone knows, since yesterday morning, we've gotten 12 donations, for a total of $1,730.
3 donations so far have been recurring, meaning they repeat every month (or every quarter, or every year). This is an option that everyone can choose if it's more convenient for budgeting purposes.
Please share!! TuDiabetes member testimony: “When I joined TuDiabetes, my son Eric, then 18 months old, had only been diagnosed about 2 weeks previously and I was still scared out of my mind. TuDiabetes welcomed me and gave me the comfort of information and experience Any time I’m stymied, confused, or down about Eric’s condition (and/or my handling of it), TuDiabetes is there to help me work through it. “Join TuD” is the first recommendation I make now to the newly diagnosed.” Please join me in supporting this great organization with a donation so no one with diabetes is alone. http://bit.ly/notalone2012
and tweet… Please share! #TuDiabetes member testimony: "When I joined TuDiabetes, my son Eric, then 18 months old, had only been diagnosed… http://fb.me/1ZJkDfzc4
How #TuDiabetes helped SEAGATOR (85 years old, WW2 veteran, living with type 2 diabetes):
“When I was told I was diabetic I said not me… My A1C was 9.5. [My endo] put me right on insulin. Some angel must have directed me to TuDiabetes. I met people. They helped me. They encouraged me by telling me I could do it. With the help of TuDiabetes and all the resouces my A1C went to 5.9. I tell everyone that TuDiabetes saved my life. It did."
Please help us touch more lives like SEAGATOR’s. Consider making a donation here: http://bit.ly/notalone2012
oh , darn Judith !! I had some difficulty with our CAN. postal code, which is very different from your USA one . I can't recall what I did to make it work ?? ..but have recently seen a link for Canadian and other users . The old fashioned way : a check in the mail !! ...hope that opportunity will stay a bit longer with us ...who knows
Clare, from Massachusetts, says of #TuDiabetes: "There are 25000 members of this community, and while some are more active than others, the shared experience is truly empowering and enlightening. I have learned more here online about how to better take care of myself than I learned in 37 years of living with diabetes."
TuDiabetes.org is an online, grassroots community, a program of the Diabetes Hands Foundation. Please consider making a contribution to Diabetes Hands Foundation so that folks like Clare can share their experiences and become better informed about diabetes: http://bit.ly/notalone2012
Beautiful badge, thanks Mike! I got to put it on my page for donating ;)
We've raised $15,360 raised so far! Let's keep the momentum going folks, I know we can surpass the goal of $20,000 for our beloved DHF/TuD by December 31.
