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Do the BiG Blue Test, on World Diabetes Day
http://BigBlueTest.org is a program of the Diabetes Hands Foundation (DHF). It takes place every November 14 (World Diabetes Day. People with diabetes are invited to test their blood sugar at 2 pm (local time), do 14 minutes of activity, test again and share the results. Nov. 14, 2010, DHF is aiming for a minimum of 100,000 views of its Big Blue Test promotional video. To help the foundation reach this goal, Roche Diabetes Care (makers of ACCU-CHEK® diabetes products and services), has underwritten the production of this video and will make a donation for every view the video receives up to $75,000. DHF will use the donation to help the Life for a Child program, run by the International Diabetes Federation, and Insulin For Life. These two global, humanitarian organizations provide diabetes medication and supplies to children in the world's poorest countries. In order of appearance: * Children from Diabetes Squared @ http://www.diabetessquared.com * George Simmons (a.k.a. NinjaBetic) and son @ http://www.ninjabetic.com * Manny Hernandez, Andreina Davila and Santiago Hernandez * Zippora Karz, author of The Sugarless Plum @ http://zipporakarz.com and Samantha * Sebastian * Bill Carlson - www.tudiabetes.org/profile/BillCarlson Closing photo: Samantha at a camp in Ecuador, holding a vial of insulin donated and sent by Insulin For Life. Photo credit: AYUDA, Inc. a non-profit that helps children with diabetes and promotes youth as agents of change within diabetes communities: http://ayudainc.net Music: "Rich Doors" by New Villager http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/rich-doors-single/id303931826 Big Blue Test Team: The 2010 Big Blue Test is organized by the Diabetes Hands Foundation @ http://diabeteshf.org , a 501(c)3 non-profit, in conjunction with David Edelman of Diabetes Daily @ http://diabetesdaily.com and Riva Greenberg of Diabetes Stories @ http://diabetesstories.com . The video was directed, shot, edited, and motion designed by Sean Ross @ http://ethosphane.com , an LA-based documentary and commercial filmmaker. Within Diabetes Hands Foundation, Andreina Davila served as Art Director and Manny Hernandez was Producer of the video.
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