November is Diabetes Awareness Month. Celebrate with us!

During the month of November, people all over the country team up to spread awareness about diabetes for Diabetes Awareness Month. The need for awareness and education on type 1 diabetes (T1D) is more important than ever! This November, we challenge you to celebrate and raise awareness with us! Here are 3 Ways to Celebrate:

• Share Your “Why I Walk” Story
  • 2024 Breakthrough T1D One Walk Teams: We want to hear from you! Click here to submit your “Why I Walk” Story along with your favorite photos captured at our chapter Walks this year. You’ll be highlighted on our Instagram and Facebook pages in November.
• Light Up Blue for Breakthrough T1D and T1D Awareness
  • Light Up Your Town: Have a business that can turn their building or fountain lights blue? Ask them to LIGHT UP BLUE on the day or week of November 1st (Type One Diabetes Day), November 14th (World Diabetes Day), or the entire month of November!
  • Host A T1D Awareness Day: Pick a day or week in November to challenge your friends and colleagues at school or work to wear blue, turn your classroom blue, make awareness posters, or even dye your hair blue. Bonus points if you collect $1 from everyone who participates and make it a fundraiser.
  • Share Your T1D Stories: Throughout November, use the hashtags #BreakthroughT1D #ForwardAs1 and #BreakthroughT1DWestCentralPA to share your T1D stories on social media!
• Share Your Awareness Day Photos
  • Whether you are lighting up your town, business, neighborhood, or hosting a T1D Awareness Day event or fundraiser – we want to hear from you! Click here to upload your photos and share about your awareness day, and we’ll highlight you on our chapter social media channels all November long!

For more information or support for school fundraisers, awareness day events, and all things Diabetes Awareness Month contact Kristina at khowell@BreakthroughT1D.org