World Diabetes Day T-Shirts, Blogs and Much More

Now more than ever I'm feeling a need...

A NEED to have a VOICE

A NEED to be HEARD

A NEED to take a STAND

A NEED to be SEEN

A NEED to UNITE

November is OUR month...DIABETES month.

All month long groups of people are stepping up, taking a stand and trying to be seen while spreading awareness about a disease that has been far to long over looked and misunderstood.

It is OUR time to BE SEEN and HEARD.  

November is BLUE month.

Here are some things that I like to do during the month of November to spread awareness and unite with the D community:  

November 9th is the 6th annual  dblog day

Click on this link HERE to get all your information about what's going on over at diabetes talkfest and all the ins and outs about dblog day. 




Also this month check out 1Disease! World! Voice!

What better way to be SEEN then to LIGHT UP your neighbourhood BLUE for the month of November.






On November 14th WE will be celebrating World Diabetes Day. 
Check out all the great things for World Diabetes Day at www.worlddiabetes day.org 


Also there is a petition asking GOOGLE to take a stand and spread diabetes awareness on November 14th.  They are asking Google for a World Diabetes Day doodle.  HERE is the link if you would like to sign the petition.
Last year we were denied maybe 2010 will be the year when the world starts to notice D!!

Lastly World Diabetes Day T-Shirts...

These were a huge hit last year and I really wanted to do them again.  On November 14th 2009 (click HERE to read that post and see pics) my family and many of the families in the blogging community were wearing a World Diabetes Day T-shirt.   They may have found a community event to attend, they may have met with other Type 1's to help spread awareness and some may have just went on with their normal every day life all with their World Diabetes Day T-Shirts on.

PEOPLE SAW US

PEOPLE ASKED QUESTIONS

and I hope that some people listened 

We had a wonderful day out with the whole family and tried to spread as much awareness as possible.

and this year we are doing it all again (I do hope that it is a little better this year)... and I would love to have you all participating. 
 

On the front of the T-shirts, the World Diabetes Day Logo:
   
HERE is the link to the logo and all the rules pertaining to it's use.







and on the back the words TYPE 1

So it would look like this:

If you are interested in having your very own World Diabetes Day T-shirt(s) all you need to do is contact your local T-shirt making company, send them all the info, the images with the sizes that you need and  
WHOA LA your ready for World Diabetes Day. 


At the end of your WDD I would love to see how you celebrated with your t-shirts on.  You can send me a picture and a small description (names and location) at wecaralot@gmail.com of you, your family, your T1 with the WDD t-shirt on and I will post them on my blog.


So go ahead:  

GET LOUD, GET SEEN, GET BLUE

Don't forget to take a few minutes and see whats going on in your area for world diabetes day and spread the word.