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Send This Newsletter to someone who may be interested!
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Please send me links to your favorite Type I online
newsletters and blogs - so I can share them with other
Type I families
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April 16th, 2011
ADA Chicago EXPO at
Navy Pier
The EXPO is FREE and includes health screenings, cooking demonstrations, product and service exhibitors, as well as leading experts talking about diabetes management and prevention. Get the latest information on preventing and managing diabetes and its deadly complications to help keep you and your family healthy.
Click the link below for details and registration:
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Diabetes Camp
........ is this the year?
Time to make that decision!
There are many camps in the region that are put together by the American Diabetes Association. These include day camps for children 4-9, and overnight camps for children 9 and older. The ADA website explains everything you need to know.
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COMMIT-TED's
Cups For Camp 2011
Orders due by May 15th!
- a fundraising program
for Type I diabetes camps
In a world where fundraisers exist for sports, hobbies, and other extracurricular activites, who wouldn't purchase a $10 coffee cup to help send your kid to a special diabetes camp?
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Children With Diabetes Regional Conference
Focus On Technology
for an event review
by CWD staff
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Applications due May 15th
Do you know a Type I student who is presently a senior in high school? Is that student actively involved in the diabetes community? He or she may qualify for a scholarship opportunity!
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DTreat 2011
Last year, COMMIT-TED sent an upcoming college freshman to Dtreat UC Berkely - a retreat specifically for college-age
Type I young adults.
I have been patiently awaiting news to break from DECA about the 2011 American retreats, but this information has not yet been posted. The only retreat mentioned for this year is in Ottawa Canada.
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COMMIT-TED is a federally recognized 501(c)(3) charitable organization, established exclusively for the benefit of juvenile diabetes.
COMMIT-TED's mission is to raise funds to provide charitable support to organizations committed to scientific research, education, and needs-based efforts focused on Type I diabetes.
COMMIT-TED's motto:
Care For Today... Hope For Tomorrow
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This email was prepared by Brian T. Trost, father of a child with Type I diabetes, and founder of COMMIT-TED Inc.
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Greetings!
Welcome to the April 2011 issue of COMMIT-TED's Email Newsletter.
April Showers bring...... many Type I informational events!
COMMIT-TED's June 4th Informational Event is now open for registration. I am very excited about the Special Guest Speakers and the breakout sessions that will be offered. Read below for all the details.
Next Saturday, April 9th, is another local event, Spring Celebration: Healthy Living With Diabetes, hosted by Chicago Children's Diabetes Center Team. Register now to meet Dr. Anita Swamy and her staff, and to attend some interesting lectures.
Next Sunday, April 10th, The University of Chicago's Kovler Diabetes Center is hosting its 5th Annual Living Well With Diabetes. Special Keynote Speaker Dr. Ian Smith will discuss the latest in diabetes management.
Don't forget about ADA EXPO at Navy Pier on Saturday, April 16th.
Last weekend, I attended the Children With Diabetes Conference. Whenever I attend one of these fantastic events, I always learn something new, or remember something that worked very well to manage my son's blood sugars - that has since faded away with time.
How about an old fashioned bus trip to see a diabetes camp? Your family is invited to go see a camp in Indiana on May 1st.
Next month's newsletter will include some of my favorite online newsletters and blogs. Please send me links to your favorite blogs so that they can be shared by all who receive this newsletter.
As always, I am interested in your comments and requests for any topics that you would like to see in this newsletter. Please let me know what you think: brian@commit-ted.com
- Brian Trost
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Saturday April 9th, 2011 9am - 3pm
La Rabida Diabetes Symposium
Homewood Suites, 16245 S. LaGrange Road, Orland Park, IL
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Click Logo for Information about the La Rabida Diabetes Clinic |
Spring Celebration:
Healthy Living with Diabetes ...
an event hosted by the Chicago Children's Diabetes Center (CCDC) at La Rabida
The Diabetes Team at La Rabida is opening its doors to the diabetes community. Everyone is welcome to attend!
This is a FREE, special opportunity to learn about the diabetes program at La Rabida, and the resources it has to offer families in our area. Spearheaded by Dr. Anita Swamy, the event will provide an overview of the diabetes program and an introduction to her professional team. Come to learn about the satellite offices in New Lenox, Hinsdale, and St. John, IN.
In addition, tech companies will be displaying their products, and four informative seminars will be provided as follows:
1. Healthy Eating and Living Tips
2. Ask Your Educator - an interactive panel
3. Psychological Aspects of Kids Diabetes Care
4. High Cholesterol in Diabetics
Register Online by clicking the link below:
Call 800-770-2232 for more detailed information, or access the clinic's event anouncement by clicking the link below:
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Sunday, April 10th, 10am - 1 pm
5th Annual - Living Well With Diabetes
University of Chicago - Kovler Diabetes Center
Duchossois Center for Advanced Medicine - 4th Floor Atrium
5758 South Maryland Avenue, Chicago IL
Hear the latest in diabetes management and receive important health tips and a special message from Dr. Iam Smith, a nationally renowned medical and diet expert.
Also, two other presentations are included:
- Shaping the Future of Diabetes Care
- Building Communities: Facing the Chlallenges of Diabetes Together
This event is Free and includes a light breakfast.
Importantly, reservations are required by Tues April 5th.
RSVP to 773-702-2371 or 800-989-6740
Click the logo below for more information about
Kovler Diabetes Center 
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Saturday June 4th, 2011 8:30am to 1:00pm
COMMIT-TED Type I Diabetes Informational Event
.... for Parents and Caregivers of children with Type I diabetes
Moraine Valley Community College - Conference Center
9000 W. College Parkway, Palos Hills, Illinois
Please join COMMIT-TED for a unique event, put together from the perspective of a Type I parent.
We are very lucky to have Keynote Speakers Suzanne Elder, and Gary Gilles. Suzanne will provide a status update on The Care of Students With Diabetes law that was recently passed for schools in our state, and Gary will provide a Technology Update to give us insight as to what may be down the road for our children.
Breakout sessions of interest to your personal situation will be presented by representatives from local hospital diabetic clinics and other professionals with related expertise.
Please keep in mind that this is not an event for children. This program is designed for adults (and mature teens) only,
to provide optimum learning and interaction without distraction.
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Sunday, May 1st, 2011
COMMIT-TED Bus Trip To a Diabetes Camp
ADA Camp John Warvel
Its no secret that I support diabetes camps. It just surprises me though, on just how few families send their child. I believe that one of the barriers to participating in camp, is fear of the unknown. I want to take that fear away!
Would you like to see a diabetes camp? No Pressure, No Obligation, And it's Free! Let's take an old-fashioned bus trip! If enough families are interested, COMMIT-TED will sponsor a bus trip to an ADA Camp Open House, at Camp John Warvel, in North Webster, Indiana.
9:00 Bus Leaves South Suburbs
12:00 Arrive at Camp, tour the grounds and facilities, eat lunch
2:30 Depart Camp
5:00 Arrive Home
Camp John Warvel is located about 130 miles from Chicago's South Suburbs. It is operated by the American Diabetes Association, and is one of the area's most affordable options for summer diabetes camp. The ADA will be on site to answer any questions you may have.
Realistically, by May 1st, it is probably too late to attend this particular camp this summer - as it starts in early June. But the point of this trip would be to give you and your child an idea of what camp is really like - to take that fear of the unknown away -for some future time.
Click on the link below to learn about this camp:
Sign up by sending an email to me at:
If you already signed up for this trip, I will contact you in about two weeks to let you know if there was enough interest in this program. |
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COMMIT-TED's 7th Annual Golf Outing
Please consider supporting our only fundraiser of the year!
A dedicated email will be sent out soon with details
and registration information. |
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