World Diabetes Day is celebrated every year on November 14 (that’s today). The date was chosen because it marks the birthday of Canadian Sir Frederick G. Banting, who, along with Charles Best, is credited with the discovery of insulin in 1921.
World Diabetes Day is a global event. It brings together millions of people in more than 160 countries to raise awareness of diabetes, including children and adults living with and affected by diabetes, healthcare professionals, healthcare decision-makers and the media. World Diabetes Day unites the global diabetes community to produce a powerful voice for diabetes awareness.
Buzz Bishop is celebrating World Diabetes Day by helping to build a Diabetes Community online. In addition, his employer, 95Crave, is auctioning off some items on eBay to help raise money for Team Diabetes Canada. I think I’ll make a bid on the movies for a year package.
I’ll be celebrating World Diabetes day at the National Philanthropy Day Luncheon. Yes, it’s also National Philanthropy Day as well. Today is not a day to think about us. It’s a day to think about them and what you can do to make this world a better place. What are you doing to celebrate World Diabetes and National Philanthropy Day?
Did you enjoy this post? Get John Chow Dot Com updates via email...
Stay up to date with all of John Chow’s tips for making money online and blog posts by subscribing via email. Your email will be kept private and never shared with anyone.
One of the most common complaint (or excuse) I hear from potential new bloggers is they don’t know how to install WordPress. Terms like FTP and CPanel are like a foreign language and setting up a database might as well be setting up the space shuttle for a launch. Because of the technology barrier, many would-be bloggers never start their blogs...