It’s that time of year again, and we are inviting Canadian Diabetes Association members to attend their upcoming Regional Annual Meeting. It’s a great time to collaborate with other members, learn more about our past year’s results, and help to identify Association priorities for the coming year!

On behalf of the Canadian Diabetes Association, we want to inform or remind you about the opportunity for you and your caregivers to influence the BC PharmaCare drug review process.

On Wednesday, March 14th, the Association received generous support from the IceCaps Care and Williams Family Foundation. The $5,000 cheque presentation supports the annual Camp Douwanna where children and youth living with type 1 diabetes experience educational and fun camping experience each summer.

The Canadian Diabetes Association is honoured to be the recipient charity of Sudbury ROCKS!!! Race Run or Walk for Diabetes, which has raised close to $300,000 since 2006. Rae King shares her motivation for participating this year.

Looking for a great Mother’s Day gift idea and live in the Fredericton area? Check out this year’s Wine & Food Fest on Saturday, May 12th at the Delta Fredericton. This year will feature an afternoon reception (2 p.m. – 4 p.m.) and an evening Gala Tasting (7 p.m. – 10 p.m.).

Based on the success of the Fredericton Market Corner last year, the gourmet food prepared by the Delta will be complimented with offerings from some of our city’s favorites!

Don’t miss out. Tickets are now on sale at the Association’s office (61 Carleton Street), Reads Newsstand, and the Delta Fredericton. Check us out on Facebook and twitter for updates and news about exciting silent auction items and vendor lists.

The Canadian Diabetes Association has partnered with PotashCorp – the world’s largest fertilizer company by capacity – as a sponsor to invest funds into the local community, focusing on building partnerships through diabetes risk assessments and programming within the diverse high risk communities.

Ernie Whelan, the man behind the foundation Gliding Thru Barriers, and four others took their warmest gear to brave the winter conditions and ski across Lake Winnipeg to raise awareness of, and raise funds for diabetes. They completed a trek of 100 kilometres that started out at Hecla Island, Manitoba on Feb. 23 and finished at Victoria Beach on Feb. 27.

THANK YOU to each and every person who posted their stories, and voted in our What would a cure mean to you? campaign. Together, we’ve raised awareness about diabetes and how it affects our lives. By uniting your voices across Canada you have helped in the fight against diabetes, and told the world just how much we need a cure.

The winner of the iPad2 with the most popular post was David Clarke, from Carbonear, Newfoundland, with 4,884 votes! The second place winner of an iPad2 is Gayle Dodgson Curtis with 4,843 votes. Over 350 stories were posted, more than 49,000 votes cast, and our message of hope for a cure was shared with more than 250,000 people! To read the stories, click here

Your support makes such a difference in the lives of people living with diabetes. We hope you’ll take a moment to read our latest issue of our Diabetes discovery newsletter. This newsletter delivers news, information, and stories that show how your support is making such an impact in the lives of Canadian families – families like the Goodeys for whom every member faces the daily challenges of managing their diabetes.

Here is a quick and easy supper with the fresh taste of lemon, earthiness of tarragon and zing of mustard. Canola oil blends all of the flavours together beautifully.