Official totals for the Spare a Rose, Save a Child campaign came in at $27,265.17, from 832 donations. Below is a second letter from Dr. Graham Ogle, thanking our community for our participation: [Link to full-size PDF file] I love how community efforts gave rise to a beautiful message from the DOC to our friends, globally. And I also…
Happy Flowerless Valentine’s Day: Spare a Rose.
Diabetes Advocacy, Diabetes Community, Diabetes Online CommunityToday is the last day of the Spare A Rose campaign, and as of this morning, the diabetes community has raised $19821.34 from 604 donations. Our original goal was to raise $10,000, and we’ve almost met that goal twice over in the course of two weeks. And it’s still early this Valentine’s Day – final totals will be compiled over…
The folks at the IDF reached out to let me know that, in a week’s time, the Spare a Rose, Save a Child campaign has raised $5,800 dollars. We are more than halfway to our goal of $10,000! There is still work to do. The goal of $10,000 can be reached, through large and small donations, through outreach, through our…
Spare a Rose.
Diabetes Advocacy, Diabetes Complications, Diabetes Online Community, Real Life DiabetesThey’re so often a symbol of love and romantic relationships, but lovely as they are, roses wilt within a week or two, and eventually end up discarded. Five dollars per rose, sixty dollars for a dozen. But the cost of those roses can provide life-sustaining insulin for a child with diabetes for an entire year. Through the Spare a Rose,…