Spring has been upon us for a whole month now. Yet mother nature isn’t quite on the same page as the rest of us. As the snow was falling on Saturday April 20 throughout Southern Ontario, the Connected in Motion community came together to forget about the sub-zero temperatures and…
Here is a slideshow of our tweets from the Annual Type 1 Diabetes Update that was held at Mount Sinai Hospital in, on November 17, 2012. If you prefer to see the tweets in a timeline you can click here. [View the story “Annual Type 1 Diabetes Update” on…
On September 21st, twenty-five Type 1s converged at Strathcona Park Lodge & Outdoor Centre on the shores of Upper Campbell Lake, Vancouver Island. Like tributaries of a river, we came together for a weekend to flow in the first Western Slipstream.
Ive been helping manage Connected in Motions social media profiles for the past little while. As we make our way to the month of November, and the organization heads into its major fundraising event Slipstream in the City, I have been thinking a lot about peoples diabetes stories I have heard over the years Ive been involved with Connected in Motion.
When I was asked to do a guest blog my response was a simple Sure, why not?
I thought it would be an easy task: recounting a five-day canoe trip in Algonquin Park with 10 other Type 1s (and one 5.5er).But when I sat down to write, I struggled where to even I begin.
This past weekend, Connected in Motion experienced another first – The very first event dedicated to our community of 5.5ers (friends, family members, loved ones of anyone with T1!) The three-day backcountry canoe trip, which took place in Algonquin Park, Ontario, invited 5.5ers out to meet other 5.5ers. We even invite them to bring their Type 1s along!
April 21 saw the Connected in Motion community come together in its largest gathering yet for a amazing afternoon of fun in the sand! A total of 16 teams entered the tournament – donned in matching team outfits (special shout out to the blindingly-bright ‘A Velociraptor ate my Pancreas’ Team;…
Monday June 11, 2012. Highlands Golf Club, Bradford, Ontario.
A fun new partnership with Riding on Insulin gives CIMers the chance to be inspired by youth with Type 1. And we hope the other way around too!
The Experiential Diabetes Education Group
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