#BigBlueTest: a few small steps can change the future of people with diabetes

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Join the movement at http://www.BigBlueTest.org

The Big Blue Test is a program of the Diabetes Hands Foundation (http://www.diabeteshandsfoundation.org). Between October 15th and November 14th, 2013 do the #BigBlueTest.

Each 10 entries = Diabetes Hands Foundation grants $5 to groups helping people with diabetes in need.

Join American Idol’s Elliott Yamin, Amazing Race’s Nat Strand and many others who live with diabetes every day to reach 20,000 Big Blue Test entries this year.

Over 40,000 people have done the Big Blue Test since 2010. When you participate in the Big Blue Test not only do you experience a 20% average drop in blood sugar, but a donation is made to help others around the world with diabetes in need.

The Big Blue Test encourages people with diabetes to test their blood sugar, exercise for 14-20 minutes, test again and share their experience on BigBlueTest.org. For every test, people with diabetes in need receive life-saving supplies through Big Blue Test grants that are awarded to humanitarian diabetes charities in the US and around the world, made possible thanks to the program sponsors.

Category: Nonprofits & Activism
Uploaded by: Diabetes Hands Foundation
Hosted: youtube

Do the #BigBlueTest every day until Nov. 14 – World Diabetes Day

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http://BigBlueTest.org is a program of the Diabetes Hands Foundation: http://diabeteshandsfoundation.org

Between Oct. 14 and Nov. 14, 2013 (World Diabetes Day) do the #BigBlueTest. Help yourself. Help others. Join the movement at http://bigbluetest.org

Join American Idol’s Elliott Yamin, Amazing Race’s Nat Strand, and many others who live with diabetes every day to reach 20,000 Big Blue Test entries this year.

Each entry = a life-saving donation.

Over 40,000 people have done the Big Blue Test since 2010. When you participate in the Big Blue Test, not only do you experience a 20% average drop in blood sugar, but a donation is made by the program sponsor to help others around the world with diabetes in need.

The Big Blue Test encourages people with diabetes to test their blood sugar, exercise for 14-20 minutes, test again and share their experience on BigBlueTest.org. For every test, people with diabetes in need receive life-saving supplies through Big Blue Test grants that are awarded to humanitarian diabetes charities in the US and around the world, made possible thanks to the program sponsor.

Director: Sean Ross
http://ethosphane.com/

Music: “Let’s Go Home” – Carousel
http://www.carouselmusicpage.com/

Category: Nonprofits & Activism
Uploaded by: Diabetes Hands Foundation
Hosted: youtube

#BigBlueTest diabetes grantee: Aprendiendo a Vivir, Dominican Republic

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http://BigBlueTest.org is a program of the Diabetes Hands Foundation: http://diabeteshandsfoundation.org

$250,000 in grants to humanitarian diabetes charities have been awarded in connection with the Big Blue Test since 2010.

One of these groups is Aprendiendo a Vivir, an NGO in the Dominican Republic, founded by José Antonio López and directed by Sandra Jaquez. Aprendiendo a Vivir runs programs that give resources and diabetes education courses to people in the Dominican Republic.

To make the camp possible, Aprendiendo a Vivir collaborates with Ayuda, Inc., a U.S. based organization that works with youth to develop them into counselors that can help communities of people with diabetes worldwide. Ayuda, Inc. was a Big Blue Test grantee and received a $25,000 grant in 2012 to support their work in the Dominican Republic and Ecuador. In 2013, they are a grantee again.

You can help change the world. Between October 15 and November 14, do the Big Blue Test. Help yourself. Help others: http://bigbluetest.org

** Director: Sean Ross ‪http://ethosphane.com/‬

** Music: “Dekole” by J Perry
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/dekole-feat.-shabba-izolan/id471193080?i=471193087

Category: Nonprofits & Activism
Uploaded by: Diabetes Hands Foundation
Hosted: youtube

#BigBlueTest diabetes grantee: St. Anthony’s Medical Clinic, San Francisco

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http://BigBlueTest.org is a program of the Diabetes Hands Foundation: http://diabeteshandsfoundation.org

iPhone app: http://itun.es/us/E7WbI.i

Between Oct. 14 and Nov. 14, 2013 do the #BigBlueTest. Help yourself. Help others. Join the movement at http://bigbluetest.org

Each entry will be matched by a life-saving donation to groups that help people with diabetes in need get insulin and other diabetes supplies they need to live. One of these groups was the St. Anthony’s Medical Clinic in San Francisco (http://www.stanthonysf.org/MedicalClinic). They serve the population in the Tenderloin, the poorest neighborhood in San Francisco. In 2011, they received a $10,000 Big Blue Test grant and again in 2013, they are a grantee.

Over 40,000 people have done the Big Blue Test since 2010. When you participate in the Big Blue Test, not only do you experience a 20% average drop in blood sugar, but a donation is made by the program sponsor to help others around the world with diabetes in need.

The Big Blue Test encourages people with diabetes to test their blood sugar, exercise for 14-20 minutes, test again and share their experience on BigBlueTest.org. For every test, people with diabetes in need receive life-saving supplies through Big Blue Test grants that are awarded to humanitarian diabetes charities in the US and around the world, made possible thanks to the program sponsor.

You can help change the world. Do The Big Blue Test. Help yourself. Help others: http://bigbluetest.org

Between October 15 and November 14, do the Big Blue Test. Help yourself. Help others: http://bigbluetest.org

** Director: Sean Ross ‪http://ethosphane.com/‬

** Music: “Ten Thousand Years Won’t Save Your Life” by Hammock
http://hammockmusic.com/departure-songs

Category: Nonprofits & Activism
Uploaded by: Diabetes Hands Foundation
Hosted: youtube

#BigBlueTest diabetes grantee: FHADIMAC, Haiti

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http://BigBlueTest.org is a program of the Diabetes Hands Foundation: http://diabeteshandsfoundation.org

iPhone app: http://itun.es/us/E7WbI.i

Between Oct. 14 and Nov. 14, 2013 do the #BigBlueTest. Help yourself. Help others. Join the movement at http://bigbluetest.org

Each entry will be matched by a life-saving donation to groups that help people with diabetes in need get insulin and other diabetes supplies they need to live. One of these groups is FHADIMAC (La Fondation haïtienne de diabète et de maladies cardio-vasculaires). FHADIMAC provides life-saving screenings, supplies and education to people living with diabetes in Haiti (http://www.fhadimac.org). In Haiti, FHADIMAC is the only lifeline for people living with diabetes. They were a grantee in 2012 and again in 2013, they are a grantee.

Over 40,000 people have done the Big Blue Test since 2010. When you participate in the Big Blue Test, not only do you experience a 20% average drop in blood sugar, but a donation is made by the program sponsor to help others around the world with diabetes in need.

The Big Blue Test encourages people with diabetes to test their blood sugar, exercise for 14-20 minutes, test again and share their experience on BigBlueTest.org. For every test, people with diabetes in need receive life-saving supplies through Big Blue Test grants that are awarded to humanitarian diabetes charities in the US and around the world, made possible thanks to the program sponsor.

In the words of FHADIMAC’s founder, Dr. Rene Charles:
“If each person helps another person, the world will change.”

You can help change the world. Do The Big Blue Test. Help yourself. Help others: http://bigbluetest.org

Between October 15 and November 14, do the Big Blue Test. Help yourself. Help others: http://bigbluetest.org

** Director: Sean Ross ‪http://ethosphane.com/‬

** Music: “Ten Thousand Years Won’t Save Your Life” by Hammock
http://hammockmusic.com/departure-songs

Category: Nonprofits & Activism
Uploaded by: Diabetes Hands Foundation
Hosted: youtube

Do the #BigBlueTest to "Safe and Sound" by Capital Cities

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http://BigBlueTest.org is a program of the Diabetes Hands Foundation: http://diabeteshandsfoundation.org

iPhone app: http://itun.es/us/E7WbI.i

Between Oct. 14 and Nov. 14, 2013 do the #BigBlueTest. Help yourself. Help others. Join the movement at http://bigbluetest.org

Each entry will be matched by a life-saving donation to help people with diabetes in need get insulin and other diabetes supplies they need to live.

Over 40,000 people have done the Big Blue Test since 2010. When you participate in the Big Blue Test, not only do you experience a 20% average drop in blood sugar, but a donation is made by the program sponsor to help others around the world with diabetes in need.

The Big Blue Test encourages people with diabetes to test their blood sugar, exercise for 14-20 minutes, test again and share their experience on BigBlueTest.org. For every test, people with diabetes in need receive life-saving supplies through Big Blue Test grants that are awarded to humanitarian diabetes charities in the US and around the world, made possible thanks to the program sponsor.

Director: Sean Ross
http://ethosphane.com/

Music: “Safe and Sound” by Capital Cities, http://capitalcitiesmusic.com
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/safe-and-sound/id442423122?i=442423128

** In order of appearance: **
* Mia & Isaiah (Northern California) – She has type 1 diabetes – SWIM, PLAY
* Susan (Northern California) – She has type 2 diabetes – TOGETHER
* Julia (Northern California) – She has type 1 diabetes – GET OUT
* Fatima (Massachusetts) – She has type 1 diabetes – JOIN THE MOVEMENT
* Owen (Southern California) – He has type 1 diabetes – ROCK ON,
* Ben (Northern California) – He has type 1 diabetes – “I can lift you up!”
* Terry (Southern California) – He has LADA diabetes – RUN
* Laurent (Paris) – RIDE
* Francis, Margaret and Shavarsh (Australia) – They have type 2 diabetes – LIFT
* Daniel (Southern California) – He has type 1 diabetes – JUMP, GO FOR IT
* Amanda (New York City) – she does not have diabetes – GET DOWN
* Heather (Alabama) -director of the diabetes program at the Moundville Medical Clinic in Alabama.

** Big Blue Test Crew **
* Director 1st Unit, Camera, Edition, Motion Design: Sean Ross @ http://ethosphane.com
* Production Coordinator, Camera: Jeffrey Lee
* Director Sydney Unit: Marcus
* Director Paris Unit: Gunther
* Producers: Manny Hernandez, Andreina Davila,
* Co-Producer: David Edelman
* Creative Director: Andreina Davila
* Advisor: Riva Greenberg
* Caption translations: Mariana Gomez (Spanish), Fabiana Couto (Portuguese)

Category: Nonprofits & Activism
Uploaded by: Diabetes Hands Foundation
Hosted: youtube

TuDiabetes Live Interview with Mari Ruddy, Founder and Director of TeamWILD

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In honor of US National Physical Fitness and Sports Month we welcome Mari Ruddy to join us for a live-streamed conversation on the TuDiabetes homepage.
Mari Ruddy is Director of TeamWILD, has lived with type 1 diabetes for 30 years and is a two time breast cancer survivor. She founded TeamWILD in 2008 after searching high and low for resources for women with diabetes who wanted to exercise safely and with expert guidance.
Mari is also the founder of the Red Rider Recognition Program that celebrates cyclists at the American Diabetes Association’s Tour de Cure. Mari founded TeamWILD (which originally stood for Women Inspiring Life with Diabetes) after realizing that most of the cyclists at the Tour were men with diabetes. She wanted to support women with diabetes getting out there and getting fit. WILD continues to do this, and now also supports men!
Mari’s own athletic journey began with cycling, and she’s done multiple long-distance rides, including at a number of Tour de Cures. She branched out into triathlons and was the team captain of the 2009 WILD team who raced the 70.3 half-Ironman in Austin, TX.

Category: Nonprofits & Activism
Uploaded by: Diabetes Hands Foundation
Hosted: youtube