Southeast Georgia DiabetesFest

date: Saturday, March 20, 2010
time: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
venue: Southside Baptist Church
address: 3439 Knight Avenue  Waycross, GA 31503

A group of caring people within the community thought that area residents affected by, or at risk for, diabetes would benefit from an opportunity to learn more about diabetes - its prevention and its management. To this end, we are bringing an event to the area and inviting the public from the surrounding counties to come and enjoy a day with us, learning about diabetes and enjoying fellowship with others who seek to do the same.

There will be a variety of presentations about diabetes - a humorous presentation on the seriousness of diabetes with emphasis on the need to manage it well, a presentation especially for young people done by a young person with diabetes, a motivational presentation by a person with diabetes encouraging others with diabetes to manage their condition, a presentation by a person with diabetes explaining the action of and need for insulin by everyone, and a budget-conscious food preparation presentation.

There will also be booths with information from national and local businesses supplying products or services related to diabetes, along with a few booths from businesses who just care about area residents with diabetes. Also invited and expected to have display space are national organizations specific to diabetes, such as the American Diabetes Association and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

Finally, there will be some health checks designed to identify risk factors which may indicate the existence of undiagnosed, or diagnosed but under-treated, diabetes.

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