:: 5th Annual Dodging Diabetes™ Charity Dodgeball Tournament :: http://www.dodgingdiabetes.org Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:13:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.009 en hourly 1 Who’s your daddy? http://www.dodgingdiabetes.org/2010/03/09/whos-your-daddy/ http://www.dodgingdiabetes.org/2010/03/09/whos-your-daddy/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:13:02 +0000 admin http://www.dodgingdiabetes.org/?p=347 Urban Daddy, of course!!  Thanks for the shout out about dodgeball.  Hope to see some urban daddies out on the dodgeball court on March 20!  We can only imagine the team names will be fabulous.

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]]> http://www.dodgingdiabetes.org/2010/03/09/we-love-dc/feed/ 0 Georgetown Hoyas Freeman diagnosed with diabetes http://www.dodgingdiabetes.org/2010/03/04/georgetown-hoyas-freeman-diagnosed-with-diabetes/ http://www.dodgingdiabetes.org/2010/03/04/georgetown-hoyas-freeman-diagnosed-with-diabetes/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:39:32 +0000 admin http://www.dodgingdiabetes.org/?p=340 Georgetown’s University basketball team’s leading scorer, junior guard Austin Freeman, has developed diabetes.

“It’s just something I’m going to have to deal with,” said Freeman, 20, who received the diagnosis soon after he was taken to the hospital’s emergency room Monday. “It’s going to be a certain change in my diet and my life. But I know I can deal with it. I’ll be fine….Having the success they [high level athletes with diabetes] have had just shows that diabetics can still do what they have to do,” said Freeman, a McDonald’s all-American and All-Met Player of the Year at DeMatha. — Washington Post, Thursday, March 4, 2010

For more, please see the Washingtonpost.com website: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/03/AR2010030304438.html?sub=AR

]]> http://www.dodgingdiabetes.org/2010/03/04/georgetown-hoyas-freeman-diagnosed-with-diabetes/feed/ 0 Support Dorgan/Collins Type 1 research bill http://www.dodgingdiabetes.org/2010/03/04/support-dorgancollins-type-1-research-bill/ http://www.dodgingdiabetes.org/2010/03/04/support-dorgancollins-type-1-research-bill/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:21:15 +0000 admin http://www.dodgingdiabetes.org/?p=336 Thank you Senators Collins and Dorgan for introducing the Special Diabetes Program (SDP) (S. 3058) bill which would provide $200 million each year for the next 5 years for research, development of therapies, and treatment methods to help type 1 diabetics treat the disease in the long term.

Sen. Dorgan, founder of the Senate Diabetes Caucus, and Sen. Collins made us proud today. Urge your Senator to support the Special Diabetes Program. The bill would also provide $200 million a year for  treatment initiatives targeted to American Indian and Alaska Native populations, groups that are particularly hard hit by diabetes.

]]> http://www.dodgingdiabetes.org/2010/03/04/support-dorgancollins-type-1-research-bill/feed/ 0 Fundraising Happy Hour 3/4/10 http://www.dodgingdiabetes.org/2010/02/24/313/ http://www.dodgingdiabetes.org/2010/02/24/313/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:41:24 +0000 admin http://www.dodgingdiabetes.org/?p=313 Please join us on Thursday, March 4th for a charity happy hour at Blackfinn Bethesda between 5:30pm and 8pm to raise money for Dodging Diabetes.  There will be free pints, drink specials, and raffle prizes.  Additionally, registration for the March 20 Dodging Diabetes tournament on March 20 is only $300 in person. Please come with a check made out to Dodging Diabetes if you wish to register at the reduced rate at Happy Hour.   The event is sponsored by Chase Kickball and Newcastle beer.
Be there.

4901 Fairmont Ave. Bethesda, MD 20814
Tel: 301.951.5681

]]> http://www.dodgingdiabetes.org/2010/02/24/313/feed/ 0 Trend spotting: type 1 extreme sportabetics http://www.dodgingdiabetes.org/2010/02/23/trend-spotting-type-1-extreme-sportabetics/ http://www.dodgingdiabetes.org/2010/02/23/trend-spotting-type-1-extreme-sportabetics/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:04:19 +0000 admin http://www.dodgingdiabetes.org/?p=311 Today’s WSJ article about olympic skiier Kris Freeman shines light on what we know is already happening – people living with type 1 diabetes pushing the limits of physical sports.  “Even as rates of Type 2, or “adult onset,” diabetes skyrocket in the U.S. because of obesity and physical sluggishness, a culture of extreme exercise is taking hold among Type 1 diabetics, replete with specialized coaches and training camps”… AND DODGEBALL TOURNAMENTS. 

We know this through our friends at triabetes, insulindependence and Clara Barton wilderness adventure camps and marathoners like Melissa White and Missy Foy not to mention the huge number of type 1 athletes that participate in our annual dodgeball tournament.  Thank you Kris for bringing global attention to the trememdous accomplishments people with type 1 are making in endurance sports every day.

]]> http://www.dodgingdiabetes.org/2010/02/23/trend-spotting-type-1-extreme-sportabetics/feed/ 0 Skier with Type 1 Diabetes Competing for U.S. Olympic Team http://www.dodgingdiabetes.org/2010/02/22/skier-with-type-1-diabetes-competing-for-u-s-olympic-team/ http://www.dodgingdiabetes.org/2010/02/22/skier-with-type-1-diabetes-competing-for-u-s-olympic-team/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:53:25 +0000 admin http://www.dodgingdiabetes.org/?p=306 Kris Freeman isn’t letting type 1 diabetes keep him from the Olympics. This amazing, talented and determined cross country skiier has our full support – we’ll be cheering for him on the 28th! Go Kris!

]]> http://www.dodgingdiabetes.org/2010/02/22/skier-with-type-1-diabetes-competing-for-u-s-olympic-team/feed/ 0 Dodging Diabetes – Andy’s story http://www.dodgingdiabetes.org/2010/02/16/298/ http://www.dodgingdiabetes.org/2010/02/16/298/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:46:24 +0000 admin http://www.dodgingdiabetes.org/?p=298 How a guy named Andy found the Yellow Brick Road http://tinyurl.com/yzw7l4z  Read about some of the inspiration behind Dodging Diabetes on the Diabetes Mine Blog!

]]> http://www.dodgingdiabetes.org/2010/02/16/298/feed/ 0 Just 6 days until registration fees increase! http://www.dodgingdiabetes.org/2010/02/09/just-6-days-until-registration-fees-increase/ http://www.dodgingdiabetes.org/2010/02/09/just-6-days-until-registration-fees-increase/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:41:14 +0000 admin http://www.dodgingdiabetes.org/?p=293 Just a reminder, register now to lock in your rate of $300/team. On February 15th, rates will go up to $350/team (6-10 players). Click “Register” on our home page to get to Active.com! Hope to see you in March, and let’s hope the snowstorms have stopped by then!

]]> http://www.dodgingdiabetes.org/2010/02/09/just-6-days-until-registration-fees-increase/feed/ 0 Registration Fees to Increase on February 15th! http://www.dodgingdiabetes.org/2010/02/01/registration-fees-to-increase-on-february-15th-2/ http://www.dodgingdiabetes.org/2010/02/01/registration-fees-to-increase-on-february-15th-2/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:22:53 +0000 admin http://www.dodgingdiabetes.org/2010/02/01/registration-fees-to-increase-on-february-15th-2/ Register NOW before February 15th when registration will go up to $350
per team for the 5th Annual Dodging DiabetesTM Charity Dodgeball
Tournament. Registration is still $300 per team through February 15th.
Please register early!

http://www.active.com/more-sports/rockville-md/5th-annual-dodging-diabetes-dodgeball-tournament-2010

Hope to see you next month!

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