We don?t simply want to fight diabetes. We want to stop diabetes.
With more than 25.8 million people living with the disease and another 79
million at risk, your job as a health care professional grows more important
every day. You play a significant role in the lives of your patients who have
diabetes, and it?s only natural that you might want to do more.
Get involved in this year?s Step Out?: Walk to Stop DiabetesSM, the fourth annual family-friendly 5K fundraising walk of the American
Diabetes Association (ADA). IBC is proud to once again be the presenting
sponsor of the walk on Saturday, October 1, 2011. Participation shows your
patients how much you care, promotes diabetes awareness and the benefits of
living a healthy, active lifestyle, and helps provide needed funding for the
ADA.
Walk with Your Doc
Walk with Your Doc is a program that encourages health care providers and their
office staff to create a walking team for Step Out and to recruit their
patients to join the team. Get started today ? create a team by following these
simple steps:
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Go online to www.diabetes.org/stepoutphilly to register your team.
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Name your team. The name should begin with ?Walk with Your Doc? (e.g., Walk
with Your Doc ? Diabetes and Endocrinology Associates).
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Once your team is registered, you can send emails to patients and staff or
print registration forms to recruit them to your team. This is when the fund
raising begins!
All funds raised through Step Out are used to support the ADA?s ongoing
research, education, and advocacy efforts. This includes the ADA?s investment
of $300 million in diabetes research aimed at preventing and curing diabetes
and helping people with diabetes live longer and healthier lives. In addition,
the ADA offers education and other informative materials such as annual
scientific sessions, medical care guidelines and recommendations, diabetes
patient education program accreditation, and a Provider Recognition Program.
Find out more at www.diabetes.org.
Not just for doctors
Walk with Your Doc isn?t just for doctors. We want to encourage all concerned
members of the health care community to form teams ? nurses, physician
assistants, diabetes educators, and support staff, too. Everyone should join in
the fight to stop diabetes.
We?ll see you there!
So gather up your colleagues, patients, family, and friends; grab your walking
shoes; and head for the Philadelphia Museum of Art on October 1. By raising
awareness of diabetes and helping to raise diabetes research funds, together we
can strive towards eliminating diabetes. Don?t forget to register at www.diabetes.org/stepout or by calling 1-888-DIABETES.