In 2008, there was a total of 1,108 monuments lit up in blue around the world as part of the WDD monument challenge. The US accounted for 42 of them (less than 4%). Considering we account for nearly 10% of the people with diabetes in the world, we can do a lot better than that, don't you think?
You may argue: "Well, lighting up a whole building is no easy task!" This is true to a certain extent: check out this page, with details on how to get a local monument lit up in your area. But that was not the only thing where the US fell short. Last year, there was practically NO mention about World Diabetes Day in Google Alerts > Health on November 14. None!
Could we do better in 2009? I certainly think so! What do you plan on doing?
You may argue: "Well, lighting up a whole building is no easy task!" This is true to a certain extent: check out this page, with details on how to get a local monument lit up in your area. But that was not the only thing where the US fell short. Last year, there was practically NO mention about World Diabetes Day in Google Alerts > Health on November 14. None!
Could we do better in 2009? I certainly think so! What do you plan on doing?
get the schools involved, the day before have kids were a WDD shirts...
Can this be set as a group on Facebook and Juvenation, too?
That's beyond the scope of our resources to setup, monitor, and participate this year, but we are considering it for next year. Thanks for your suggestion!
I am going to light up my house in blue! I am also offering ribbons for kids to wear at my daughter's school.
I told me two teens they could dye their hair blue for a day if they wanted as long as they wear a t-shirt saying why!
Hi,
There is a group on juvenation for WDD. It has been up since our launch last year: http://juvenation.org/groups/world_diabetes_day/default.aspx