I just got the word about this from the JDRF folks in the UK:
This year in the run-up to World Diabetes Day (14th November), leading type 1 diabetes charity JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) in the UK is urging anyone affected by type 1 to get involved with the host of activities they've got planned to mark the occasion.
To see how you can get involved, visit
www.JDRFaware.com - here you'll find how to:
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Leave a message for Gordon - JDRF is collecting messages for Gordon Brown to ask for increased Government type 1 research funding. Leave your message and JDRF will deliver these messages to Downing Street in a rather memorable way.
Launching soon (start of November), you’ll also be able to:
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Go Blue for World Diabetes Day - find the tools to turn your Facebook and MySpace profiles blue in support of World Diabetes Day (14th November 2009)
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The World's Longest Viral - get involved with an ongoing viral animation that anyone can add to, to highlight the life long nature of type 1 diabetes
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Big Blue Fundraising Ideas - download JDRF's free fundraising kit and support the search for the cure on World Diabetes Day