World Diabetes Day Photo & Interview Opportunity

Graham Daugherty • November 13, 2014

The Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes at CU Anschutz to receive celebrity signed teddy bears from the Children’s Diabetes Foundation TOMORROW!


Patients of the Barbara Davis Center will receive the bears, autographed by Josh Groban, Kathy Griffin, Clive Davis, Bellamy Young (Scandal), and more


(AURORA) November 13, 2014 – In recognition of World Diabetes Day, Children’s Diabetes Foundation Executive Director Bertha Lynn will deliver celebrity signed Jessica and Teddy bears to the courageous patients at the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes play room. Mercedes-Benz USA provided the teddy bears through its presenting sponsorship of the Carousel of Hope event held last month in Los Angeles.nnDoctors from the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes will be available speak about advancements in research, current clinical trials they are recruiting for, and more. Patients will be on-hand to receive the teddy bears.nnThe Children’s Diabetes Foundation at Denver was established by Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Davis in 1977 in Denver, Colorado as a non-profit organization dedicated solely to the support of research in childhood diabetes and to provide the best possible clinical and educational programs for children with this disease.nnThe Foundation’s mission is to raise funds to support the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, part of the University of Colorado School of Medicine at the Anschutz Medical Campus, where over 6,000 children and young adults from all over the world receive the finest diabetes care available.nnThe Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes is ranked #1 in the world for Type 1 Diabetes care by Expertscape; Type 1 Diabetes, once known as juvenile diabetes or insulin-dependent diabetes, is a chronic condition in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin, a hormone needed to allow sugar to enter cells to produce energy.

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WHAT: Celebrity signed teddy bears delivered to the Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes at CU Anschutz courtesy of the Children’s Diabetes FoundationnnWHO:

  • Dr. David Maahs, an up-and-coming endocrinologist specializing in research and clinical studies in diabetes and pediatrics
  • Dr. Andrea Gerard-Gonzales, Assistant Professor and Director of Latino educational and diabetes care program for Latinos
  • Bertha Lynn, Children’s Diabetes Foundation Executive Director
  • Patients of the Barbara Davis Center receiving the bears


WHEN: Friday, November 14, 2014, 12:00 – 2:00 pmnnWHERE: nnBarbara Davis Center at CU Anschutz in Aurora nPlayroom – 1st floorn1775 Aurora

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