Tour de Cure

Saturday, May 22, 2010

The ADA Tour de Cure ride was on May 22, 2009 in Springfield, Tenn. with rides from 6 to 100 miles. Our team boasted 26 members. So far this year, the Tour has raised over $112,000 for the ADA. Our team raised over $12,500, making us the top fundraiser.

Walk to Raise Money for Diabetes Research

Two walks were held: to raise money for the American Diabetes Association and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Click here to read more.

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Diabetes Family Day

October 24, 2009

This was the 7^th year of the annual event for pediatric diabetes patients and their families. Joe Solowiejczyk and Team Type 1 were back this year to offer their unique perspectives and methods for living with diabetes. The kids program featured exercise with Hoop-O-Rama and a series of hands-on experiments and activities designed to help them understand how their bodies react to different situations.

Siloam Family Health Center

Siloam Family Health Center is a faith-based clinic in Nashville just off of 8th Avenue.  It provides low-cost health care to people of Nashville and Middle Tennessee, especially those without health insurance.  Several physicians and healthcare practitioners from the Vanderbilt-Eskind diabetes clinic work volunteer at Siloam to provide diabetes education, treatment and prevention. For more information on Vanderbilt Diabetes and Siloam, click here.

Working with the Hispanic Community

According to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Hispanics are nearly twice as likely to develop diabetes as white, non-Hispanics. About 2.5 million Hispanic Americans have been diagnosed with diabetes, and millions more may have the disease without knowing it. To combat this, Vanderbilt Diabetes is actively involved in educating and treating Nashville's Hispanic population. For more information on Vanderbilt Diabetes' work with the Hispanic community, click here.