Tour de Cure 2010: Success
It’s 4:30 in the morning, a time when most people are still tucked in bed, but me and the volunteers and staff of Tour de Cure are already working up a sweat. Trucks are being unloaded, tents are popping up, and bagels are being sliced. In just 30 minutes, the Century riders will show up [...]
The Post the day before Tour…
Hey folks – its Friday, and in less than 24 hours, the Tour de Cure 2010 will be kicking off, and yours truly will be on site at 4:30am to make sure things are all set up for a successful event. Its been a whirlwind week – live news, board meetings, endless emails, and this [...]
More Tour de Cure News!
Tour de Cure is on Saturday, and we’ve been hitting the news circuit hard! Here’s two more clips of me and other Red Riders promoting the event. Again, you have to click on the link to watch, as WordPress doesn’t seem to want to let me embed these two…. San Diego Channel 6 – click [...]
So that’s how that feels.
The past few weeks, I’ve been asked by the Tour de Cure committee to reach out to our Red Riders (Tour riders with diabetes) and let them know we’re here to help with reaching their fundraising goals. Essentially, I need to light a fire under the folks who haven’t raised any of the $150 minimum. [...]
Mind the gap…
This past Saturday, I volunteered at two ADA events that reminded me just how sharp the disparity of healthcare is in this country. The juxtaposition of the two populations at these different events was stark and stirring – and made me remember that diabetes care is just as much about the luck of the draw [...]
Great Success!
Wow. That is the only word that comes to mind when I try to sum up the Tour de Cure experience this year. The whole event had an energy to it that I can’t explain. There was a sense of support, of community, of camaraderie that I can’t even put in to words. As a faithful [...]
Tour de Cure is TOMORROW!
Here we go everybody — after months of hard work, Tour is finally upon us. We have more riders registered and have raised more money so far than ever before — how’s that for a recession! This week has been totally nuts. Tuesday we filmed Fox 5 news live, and Thursday we did NBC and [...]
People with diabetes: we’re hooked up like a tow truck
With Tour de Cure coming up, we’ve been doing a blitz of media appearances. I love being a spokesperson for Tour, because talking about how cool this event is and diabetes is second nature to me. Its like someone asking a person without diabetes: “What’s it like to be you all day?” Easy peasy question! [...]
American Diabetes Association Tour de Cure! Coming Up! April 18th 2009
I am a volunteer member for Tour de Cure here in San Diego, and I love being part of such a supportive event. All of the planning and the meetings and the headaches are totally worth it on ride day. There are a ton of riders with diabetes, but there are even more riders who [...]
