By Russ George
Members of the Diabetes Club of Fox Valley are looking forward to our 3rd Annual “Tee Off to Defeat Diabetes” Golf Outing and Banquet, being held Friday, June 20, at Bliss Creek Golf Course, 1 Golf View Road, in Sugar Grove, with a 1 p.m. shotgun start.
Adam Broholm, golf committee chairperson, said, “Join the eight foursomes already signed up! We’re only eight weeks away from, teeing off to defeat diabetes. Use our website: diabeteshelp
nearme.com or mail your check to: DCFV, P.O. Box 88, North Aurora, IL 60542”.
Matt McCain, golf Committee co-chairperson, said, “We’ve put together a bigger and more rewarding event than last year. Only $150 per golfer, which includes a hot dog lunch, golf cart, goody bag, and a great steak dinner! Join all the individuals and businesses that have already agreed to put their name or business on our Friends of DCFV Sponsorship Banner for $100, and/or becoming a hole sponsor: Bronze $200, Silver $300, or Gold for $400. Hole sponsors will be listed in our annual program and on the Friends of DCFV Banner, which will be displayed at the golf outing, and all of our Club’s events, throughout the summer”. Want a Golf Outing Sponsorship Form, which gives detailed information about our golf packages, banquet dinner, sponsorship banner, hole sponsorships, and donations for our huge raffle. Please E-mail Jenny McCain at: jennymccain@sbcglobal.net”.
Jenny McCain, fundraising chairperson, said, “I’m currently securing donations for our huge raffle, which follows a delicious steak dinner. All individuals and businesses making a donation, will be listed in our annual golf outing program. Please contact me if you wish to donate something for the raffle, or have any questions regarding our golf outing at: 630-204-1197 or E-mail: jennymccain@sbcglobal.net”.
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) states that more than 38 million Americans, approximately 12% of our population, have diabetes, including children.
What is Diabetes? Diabetes is a problem with your body that causes blood sugar (glucose) levels to rise higher than normal, called hyperglycemia.
When you eat, your body breaks food down into glucose and sends it into the blood. Insulin then helps move the glucose from blood into your cells. When glucose enters your cells, it is either used as fuel for energy right away or stored for later use. In a person with diabetes, there is a problem with insulin. But, not everyone with diabetes has the same problem.
There are different types of diabetes—type 1, type 2, and a condition called gestational diabetes.If you have diabetes, your body either doesn’t make insulin, can’t use insulin it does make well, or both.
Diabetes may be treated with insulin, oral medications, exercise, and meal planning. If left untreated, diabetes can lead to several complications, such as nerve damage, kidney or eye problems, heart disease, and stroke. But, if managed well, you can live a long, healthy, life with diabetes.
Warning signs of diabetes: The following symptoms are typical, however, some of those with type 2 diabetes have symptoms so mild that they go unnoticed.
Common symptoms of diabetes include: Urinating often, feeling very thirsty, feeling very hungry even though you are eating more, extreme fatigue, blurry vision, cuts and bruises that are slow to heal, weight loss, even though you are eating more (type 1), and tingling, pain, or numbness in your hands or feet (type 2).
Want information on diabetes, prediabetes and healthy eating? We can mail you this valuable information, just E-mail us at: Diabetesclubfv@gmail.com. Information is available in English, or Spanish, please specify. Please give us your name and mailing address and if you’d like to receive our monthly newsletter, please include your E-mail address. You can also text your request to: Russ George, at: 630-205-9065.
The Diabetes Club of Fox Valley thanks the American Diabetes Association’s Chicagoland office, for allowing DCFV to distribute ADA’s information on prediabetes, and diabetes.
Members of the Diabetes Club of Fox Valley work together, to raise an awareness of diabetes and prediabetes in the Fox Valley area. Club members also raise funds to provide aid, education and research to find a cure for diabetes.
Our Club’s “Jerry Youngren Diabetic and Therapy Animal Support Fund” helps individuals and/or families, in obtaining and/or supporting their diabetic alert dog or therapy animal.
Jerry Youngren was diagnosed with Juvenile Type 1 Diabetes at the age of eleven, lived with diabetes for almost seventy years. Jerry managed his diabetes with true dedication to diet and exercise, a daily approach never compromised. He was presented with the Eli Lilly Award for his length of years, living with Type 1 diabetes.
Thanks to Barb Youngren and family, for establishing the “Jerry Youngren Diabetic and Therapy Animal Support Fund”, through the Diabetes Club of Fox Valley.
The Diabetes Club of Fox Valley currently meets monthly, on the second Wednesday of each month, January through November, at Oak Street Restaurant, 945 Oak Street, in North Aurora. Social/Optional Dinner at 5:30 p.m. and meetings begin at 6:30 p.m.. Guests are always welcome!
The Diabetes Club of Fox Valley is a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Organization, a true grassroots organization, where all money raised through dues, donations and fundraising is used locally for the club’s fight against diabetes. Tax deductible donations can be made on our website: diabeteshelpnearme.com or mail your tax deductible donation to: Diabetes Club of Fox Valley, P.O. Box 88, North Aurora, Illinois 60542.
Why not join our fight against diabetes? You don’t need to be diabetic, to be a member of our club! Plan on attending one of our membership meetings or events, guests are always welcome! Yearly individual membership dues are $50. Corporate dues are $150 per year, which includes a sponsorship listing on our website: www.diabeteshelpnearme.com.
Have questions about the Diabetes Club of Fox Valley, please call, text or send an E-mail with your name and address to president Russ George, 630-205-9065 or send Email: Diabetesclubfv@gmail.com.
Please continue to keep informed about our club’s upcoming events, by following us in The Voice, on Facebook, and on our website: diabeteshelpnearme.com.