Diabetic Youth Foundation

Hello Everyone,

For those of you who don't know, I have lived with Type 1 Diabetes for 20+ years. Type 1 diabetes only makes up 10% of the diabetic population. As a child I attended the Diabetic Youth Foundations summer camps and learned that Diabetes was not going to stop me from living my life. At this camp I fell in love with the outdoors. This is where I first went camping, first slept under the stars, and went on my first 5 day backpacking trip.

Without the Diabetic Youth Foundation I don't think I would be finding myself on a kayak. They have given me the courage to live life to its fullest. To this day I am always volunteering for the DYF and last summer I was their camp nurse for their summer day camp. I am planning on doing the same again this summer.

I know times are hard and money is tight, but any amount helps. Even a dollar goes a long way. This site has over 3,000 members, if each one donated a dollar the Diabetic Youth Foundation would be able to help so many children and families living with Type 1 Diabetes.

Please click on the following link to make a donation and help the DYF reach their goal by April 29th and thank you so much!

www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/victor-woolworth/day2012

I was laid off and inbetween jobs, but I still wanted to donate. In November I found out I joined the high blood sugar club.

Not much, but I sent $10 to your account.

I was laid off and inbetween jobs, but I still wanted to donate. In November I found out I joined the high blood sugar club.

Not much, but I sent $10 to your account.

Thank you! Every little bit counts. I will send positive job vibes your way.

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Thanks Sonny!

After a trip to Iraq, I got the word from my VA Doc on post deployment health screening that I was type II. 

Having spent several summers at Boy Scouts Camps back east I can appreciate what these camps can do for a lot of younger people who have littel to no expierence in the outdoors.  We used to have a troop from NYC show about the same time we would.  They were clueless, but by the end of their week, they knew  a lot about the stuff we kids took for granted.  Be glad to help!

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Thanks so much Squidder K and Morgan, thanks for paying it forward.

If anybody gets a chance to watch the video they have on the link, you will see what it really means to help the DYF out.

DONE!!! 

Done.  Stay Involved.   

Thanks Dilbeck and Desertdiver! You guys rock!

f'ing hate diabetes

hope it helps out.....thank you for reminding us whats important= KIDS!

hope it helps out.....thank you for reminding us whats important= KIDS!

Thanks FisHunter, your donation will make a change.

Vwool, what does it take to send a kid to camp?  I think sometimes it is harder for some of us to fathom how much it costs.  I know when I went to scout camp in 1977 I think the cost was $50.00 for the week, but minimum wage back then was $1.90 or $2 an hour.  I had to sll a but load of boxes of candy, christmas wreathes and what ever else they had us sell.  It would not surprise me if it well over a few hundred dollars for a week of camping, not including travel.  Should we make it a goal to sponsor a kid?