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Readlyn kids to fundraise at diabetes walk

The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s (JDRF) Walk to Cure will take place Feb. 19 at Crossroads Mall in Waterloo at 9 a.m.The JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes is one of the fastest growing fundraising events in the world.Each year over 500,000 people “Walk...

Raising money to fight diabetes

slideshow PUTNAM COUNTY — This Friday, those fighting to find a cure for diabetes will meet from 5-7 p.m. at the Darwin Place Mall on the WestSide to kick-off the year’s fundraising efforts for The American Diabetes Association.Lily Z Chaffin was diagnosed...

Smith honorary chair for diabetes event

Bears coach Lovie Smith, whose late mother suffered from the effects of diabetes, will be an honorary chair along with his wife MaryAnne for the American Diabetes Association annual “Care to Cure: A Sunday Brunch event” on March 6. Proceeds from the event...

Alzheimer education needed

Baby Boomers in Kitimat, like their counterparts around the rest of the country, have a troubling lack of awareness about Alzheimer disease, according to a new on-line survey. “The gap in awareness in BC is sounding alarm bells as to whether our largest population is...