Did you know that today there are more than a half- million adults in the state of Washington living with diabetes? And that by 2025 experts say this number will grow to nearly 1 million? Neither did I.
To raise awareness around diabetes and celebrate the work that the American Diabetes Association, Benaroya Research Institute, Camp Leo, and several other organizations are doing in the Pacific NW, Novo Nordisk will hold an unprecedented event at the Pacific Science Center for World Diabetes Day (WDD) on Nov. 14, 2014.
WDD is a global campaign to spread awareness about the growing diabetes epidemic. Since 2007, iconic buildings and sites all over the world have been lit blue to unite for diabetes awareness on World Diabetes Day. In Seattle on this day, many building managers will be lighting their buildings blue.
The Seattle event at the Pacific Science Center will provide a profound opportunity to support those in our local community with diabetes and celebrate the astonishing research conducted locally that is making an immense difference worldwide. Here’s an overview of what to expect at WDD Seattle:
In addition to securing the Seahawks’ support, Communiqué PR is working to ensure there is broad community awareness for World Diabetes Day Seattle. We have secured calendar listings of the event on a variety of websites, including the following:
Stay tuned for more articles and broadcast coverage later this week or early next week.
Communiqué PR’s Christy Melby also created a Facebook page with complete event information about World Diabetes Day. If you have a minute, we hope you will visit our page and like us. You can RSVP your attendance here.
And finally there is Twitter, where we have been busy promoting WDD Seattle from our handle @WDDSeattle. We have had fun engaging with journalists and business leaders, including KING 5’s Dennis Bounds, Seattle Seahawk superstar Richard Sherman, and John Legere, CEO of T-Mobile, among many others.
We hope to see you on Nov. 14 at the Pacific Science Center, where showing up means showing support.
Tags: Community Awareness, WDD, World Diabetes Day Seattle Filed under: COMMUNIQUÉ PR, Our Results