46: I'm not so Sweet on Diabetes, but I like the American Diabetes Association

Today was my 500th Donate a Photo on the Donate a Photo app where Johnson & Johnson donates one dollar to a cause for every picture uploaded. It's one of my favorite apps, and I love that it makes it easy and free for anyone to make a difference toward some of the causes. I chose to send my dollar to help a child go to Diabetes Camp through the American Diabetes Association (ADA) today, so it seemed fitting to have our daily donation go to them as well. In my experience, the ADA website is one of the most comprehensive and helpful websites for an illness or condition. It helps whether someone is newly diagnosed, wants to keep current, wants ideas to make changes, or needs to be reinvigorates or assisted in living with diabetes. They also have a yummy looking, healthy scallop dish on the front page, so that's a plus.
Managing diabetes can be exhausting and time-consuming and leave a person feeling discouraged, whether it is the diabetic or the family. The ADA and their great website helps with resources and encouragement. My current focus of research involves various complications, so I know I will be referring to the site frequently and even calling to ask some questions. If you or someone you know has diabetes, maybe take a look and see if you find something interesting today. Here are some highlight of what the ADA accomplished in 2016: http://www.diabetes.org/assets/pdfs/advocacy/hometown-advocacy/2016-advocacy-accomplishments.pdf. I think the video above illustrates the importance of how philanthropy,  research, grants, and science can accomplish more in better ways by encouraging and rewarding scientists to transition and accomplish things through vision and means.
Thanks ADA for your help and for fighting the good fight against diabetes.

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