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wrote a book “A Cure for Emma” to raise awareness and money for a cure to type 1 diabetes. www.acureforemma.com Julie tirelessly works to raise awareness of Type 1 Diabetes, which I know needs to be done because my 11 year old daughter has had Type 1 since she was 4. Thank you!

This woman is an incredible mother, caregiver, advocate. Not only does she take care of her own child with diabetes, she advocates and educates and provides so much emotional support for those of us with children with diabetes. She is truly an inspiration and all together wonderful person.

Leighann is what we’d call a “super-mom” when it comes to taking care of her daughter, Quinn, who lives with Type 1 diabetes. Not only does Leighann do everything she can to learn about and manager her daughter’s diabetes, but she also helps Quinn express, share, and teach the world around her about life with this disease. The results? Leighann and Quinn have helped hundreds of mothers and daughters living the non-stop life of managing Type 1 diabetes. When a mother feels alone, confused, frustrated and scared, all they have to do is turn to Leighann, the D-Mom.

Takes care of her Type 1 diabetic son and blogs about it to help others in the same circumstances: http://bridgetwrites.blogspot.com/

Both during the course of his daughter’s illness he participated in a pioneering effort to look for a cure and after her passing has dedicated his efforts to raising awareness of his daughter’s illness

Meri is the caregiver to not one, but THREE sons with diabetes. She is warm and caring, she shares the truth about life with diabetes, and she gives of herself to her family and to the diabetes community.

Trying to inspire parents and caregivers of very disabled children and shake up the conscience of others to the stigmatization of disabled. Also to expose the fraud in serving the disabled community.

The Mindstorm is a beautiful and honest look into the world of a parent of two children with mental illness. Sometimes I laugh; sometimes I cry; I always come away with more awareness of the challenges facing those who are living with mental illness and the people who love them.

Jenn is my wife. Charley is our little girl. Charley had a bad midwife. She went without enough oxygen at her birth because the midwife forgot to clear her throat. Jenn researched Charley’s own case, fought to get answers and assistance, and now helps others do the same thing. She created AIM – self funded at first but recently made into a registered charitable trust – and helps literally hundreds of families like ours. Jenn has also researched our NZ maternity system and tirelessly works at a public and government level to achieve changes to ensure the quality and safety of the service for others. Now she has added fundraiser to her list of work, but does it mainly for the awareness raising it provides. Jenn is also an inventor nowadays – and she provides these fabulous items to families around the world, barely covering her costs. All whilst taking care of Charley and our little boy – and me. She’s Charley’s Angel, and that for many others too, even if they never get to know it.

She is a huge researcher for Down Syndrome nutritional and natural therapies. Her younger brother has DS and has benefitted greatly from the therapies.

health but for my all around well-being. I would not be here without his care. Helps to get me through every minute, of every day, and I know would do so even if I wasn’t so ill. Helps keep me be true to myself and not defined by my disease.

Her unwavering support, not just for my health but also to make sure that I am more than my illness, and stay true to who I still am. She is the kindest, most thoughtful and supportive person that has had to step in to do everything for me when I couldn’t. I am far from okay but she makes it a little easier.

Laura Houston has become not only a strong advocate for type 1 Diabetes, the illness that her 3 year old son, Nate Houston, has, but also is now an advocate for Crohns/Colitis, which was recently diagnosed in her little girl, Sophie, age 5. Laura blogs often about their family’s life with these diseases but does so much more. She has served as guest speaker for women’s groups to educate about Diabetes, the difference between type 1 and type 2, discusses the possibility of an artificial pancreas for those with diabetes, raised over $12,000 in the walk for the cure for diabetes and also raised over $2000 in the walk for crohn’s, and most recently supported her Mom and aunts as they wrote and published a cookbook to raise $$ for both diseases. She is relentless in educating and supporting these causes while somehow keeping everything at home appearing to r un seamlessly/smoothly . . .which often is not the case. She is up checking Nate’s blood sugar at least 3 times per night and has learned to get by on very little sleep. Laura Houston is an amazing Mom aka Caregiver for these two children, as well as her third child, Emma , , ,No one deserves this award more.

Bennet is a father of two type 1 diabetics and has been an exceptionally active member of the DOC since he started blogging back in 2007. He’s got advocacy credentials – fundraising for the ADA and JDRF, attending social media summits for Roche and Medtronic, meeting with politicians on a state and federal level – but more than that he offers the perspective of a dad trying to help his kids become well rounded people for whom diabetes is only a small part of their lives. Despite all his work, he consistently flies under the radar – which I’m sure is by design. He never conflates his experience as a caregiver with that of his Type 1 children. His humor, passion and intelligence as – for both his family and the DOC at large – part of the invisible support structure that provides individuals with a safe space to learn and grow.

Alexis is such an inspiration to me and to so many others. She is passionate about educating and advocating for her son and for type 1 diabetes. I’ve never met a stronger, more passionate and beautiful woman. She blogs open and honestly about raising a son with type 1 and alopecia and educates every step of the way.

Arden’s Day is an amazing blog written by my brother Scott. Though I only know about the world of type I diabetes because of my niece Arden’s diagnosis, I can say without hesitation that the work Scott does on behalf of Arden and the other children with diabetes is nothing short of inspirational. I hope that you consider his website for your contest.

He is an awesome health advocate and works closely with children. He volunteers much of his time teaching kids how to eat healthy and exercise, he also advocates for healthy food and more physical fitness in the schools. He is a tireless leader in the fitness community and gives everything that he has to further the cause of improved health and fitness inside and out.

She is fiercely dedicated to see that the elderly are treated with respect, and for caregivers, nursing homes, hospitals, etc., to see them as people who had/have interesting lives and not just an old face.

Lexi is a wonderful individual who is alway at the center of raising awareness about diabetes. She advocates beautifully, not only for her son (who lives with T1), but also her other so who has recently been diagnosed with another auto-immune disease. She is co-founder of the Blue Heel Society.