Defeat Diabetes Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated, first, to the prevention of diabetes.  When it's too late for prevention, our attention turns to the needs of the diabetic, pre-diabetics and the families of diabetics, with an emphasis on
self-management.

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Mr. Diabetes® Reaches Mile 6,000 of 10,000+ Mile Walk to Raise

Awareness about Diabetes

November 8, 2004 – Milwaukee, WI – Today Andy Mandell – Mr. Diabetes®, Executive Director of the Defeat Diabetes Foundation, completed mile 6,000 of his 10,000+ mile walk of the perimeter of the United States to raise awareness about the disease that nearly took his life.

Mr. Diabetes® hitting the 6,000 miles.

It’s been a journey of numbers for him – 3 years on the road, 15 states, 50 major rivers crossed, 14 pairs of walking shoes, three tour managers, 30,000 one-on-one contacts and hundreds of media interviews all to create awareness about an insidious epidemic: diabetes. “This marks a special time for me because November is Diabetes Awareness Month. This month, we’re going to help a lot more people learn about a disease that has reached epidemic proportions in the United States” said Mandell. “The key to breaking this disease cycle is awareness, prevention and early detection. That’s what the Wake Up and Walk® Tour is all about and why I’ve been out here walking and talking with the average guy on the street,” added Mr. Diabetes®. read more

Life With Diabetes - Then and Now! By Usha Dhiman
Usha Dhiman was diagnosed with diabetes when she was 7 years old and has been on insulin injections ever since. She had the disease long before, but she was living in a small town in Kenya and it was not until she went into a coma did anyone know she had diabetes. We are very pleased to bring you Usha's very poignant story about her Life With Diabetes - Then and Now!

Diabetes Educator of the Year Travels
By Theresa Garnero, APRN, BC-ADM, MSN, CDE
In August 2004, at the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) conference, Theresa Garnero was selected as the National Diabetes Educator of the Year. Part of the reason Theresa was selected over several qualified candidates is due to her use of humor. Theresa is sharing  anecdotes of her travels across the United States in her national tour, lecturing on humor as a technique for setting goals, and humor and leadership.  Read about Theresa's Travels

Mr. Diabetes^® Wake Up and Walk^® Tour Reaches Mile 5,000 of  10,000+ Mile

21 July 2004, Somewhere in Montana -- In between Terry and Glendive, Montana today, Andy Mandell -- Mr. Diabetes^®, Executive Director of the Defeat Diabetes Foundation, completed mile 5,000 of his 10,000+ mile walk of the perimeter of the United States to raise awareness about the disease that nearly took his life.

Mr. Diabetes^® Wake Up and Walk^® Tour Reaches Mile 5,000 of 10,000+ Miles

Mandell began with a 450 mile "trial walk" from Madeira Beach, FL in December, 2000. He resumed his journey from Pensacola, FL in January, 2002 after surgery for diabetic retinopathy, a disease that threatened his vision. Since that time he has traveled through 12 states and completed a total of 5,000 miles to date. He's walked through wind, rain, blistering heat, sleet and snow. read more

The Mr. Diabetes^® Wake Up and Walk^® Tour is a 10,000 mile - 6+ year walk for diabetes awareness by Mr. Diabetes^® - Andrew P. Mandell, Executive Director of Defeat Diabetes Foundation. You can keep up to date with his experiences (he and his Tour Manager Steve Hopf write a Journal update) by clicking on the map .  For daily updates.

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For a list of some of the important programs the Defeat Diabetes Foundation is involved in/with - programs such as our "Schools Program" which has distributed over 2,242,692 Defeat Diabetes^® Screening Tests (Now available in Spanish) to over 4612 schools, thus far and other programs which directly impact the lives of all Americans, or more accurately, the lives of everyone in the world (diabetes knows no boundaries), please click here .

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The Internet's Most Unique Radio Show for Today's Healthcare Consumer spoke with Mr. Diabetes^® about how to Take your kids off the diabetes hit list! 
            
SPECIAL PRESENTATION            
We have a special slideshow presentation of Mr. Diabetes^® and some of the sights he has encountered thus far in the Mr. Diabetes^® Wake Up and Walk^® Tour.  A special bonus when you visit this page is the song ONE STEP AT A TIME, inspired by and composed for Mr. Diabetes^® and his epic walk for diabetes awareness by Lee and Pami Durley.  To watch the slideshow presentation and listen to this great song, just click here.