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Help a Diabetes Charity – Simple Tweet Can Save Lives

admin — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:11:33 +0000

Nominate @ipumpcharity in #nonprofit for a Shorty Award.

If you have a Twitter account please nominate iPump for a Shorty Award to help us spread the word about how we help people with diabetes. Last year tens of thousands of people with diabetes lost their jobs and insurance. The need for assistance programs to help those struggling with the high cost of diabetes has never been greater.

Since 2006, iPump has shipped supplies to help more than 20,000 people – all with a full-time volunteer staff of one (we also have other volunteers kick in free labor from time to time and a dedicated volunteer Board of Directors.) To continue to grow, we need to raise awareness and funding to hire staff to meet the demands of our thriving organization.

You can start by nominating us for a Shorty Award directly at http://shortyawards.com/ipumpcharity or simply tweet the phrase: I nominate @ipumpcharity for a Shorty Award in #nonprofit because… (and tweet why you are nominating us.)

Please ask others to help as well.

Thank you for your time and kind support.

Lahle Wolfe
Volunteer CEO, iPump, Inc.
(and Founder, Islets of Hope and Pre-Diabetes.com)

Leave it to Beaver star takes his diabetes on the road

admin — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:04:35 +0000

The famous childhood actor, Jerry Mathers, who starred in the 1950s hit family show “Leave it to Beaver” has type 2 diabetes. Now an adult, he is using his celebrity to help other people battling diabetes.

To raise diabetes awareness, Mathers is traveling with the Partnership for Prescription Assistance bus, a mobile patient assistance advocacy initiative. Mathers and the Partnership for Prescription Assistance will in Cedar Rapids, Cedar Falls, Iowa City, and Burlington on October 13, 2009.

Pre-Diabetes and Diabetes Medication Help in Iowa

admin — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:45:41 +0000

DES MOINES, IOWA — Des Moines, Iowa, Sept. 22, 2009. A new Iowa Medication Voucher Program to help lower-income Iowans has been created with funds paid by two pharmaceutical benefit manager companies for alleged consumer fraud violations, Attorney General Tom Miller said Tuesday.

“This program will use $420,000 paid by the companies to provide thousands of lower-income Iowans with a 90-day supply of certain medications for an out-of-pocket cost of just $3 per prescription,” Miller said. “The program will pay the remaining cost of the drugs.”

To use the program, eligible Iowans will need to obtain a voucher, present it with a prescription to a participating Iowa pharmacy, and pay a $3 co-pay. Details are available below or at www.iowapdc.org on who is eligible, what drugs are covered by the program, where to obtain vouchers, and which pharmacies are participating.

You can read the entire article on HeartlandConnection.com