Scenes from the 2010 Diabetes Walk
Over 200 people walked in the 2010 Diabetes Walk held on March 27 at the GVMH Medical Plaza. This year’s theme was “A Number Worth Knowing.” Over $14,000 was raised to help area diabetic patients pay for test strips, medication, education or other medically necessary items to help manage their diabetes.
Representatives from Kreisler’s Drug Store and Omnipod were two of the eight booths set up to provide information, giveaways and screenings at the Walk.
The “GVMH Business Office” Team was led by Jaimyn Chiles. Jaimyn’s mother, Michelle, works at the hospital in the business office.
The “Golden Valley Medical – Clinton” Team took home 1st place again this year in money raised! This team was led by Jequetta Murray. Congratulations!
The 2nd place plaque was awarded to the “Wagoner Family” Team. Pictured: Team Captain, Sarah Wagoner, and her family with Craig Thompson, Assistant Administrator, Professional Services at GVMH.
The “Hawthorne Bank Girls” took home 3rd place! Sara Heistand was the team captain. Good job ladies!
KDKD’s Ken Dillion stopped by to broadcast live from the Diabetes Walk. Jamie Ketterman, GVMH’s Certified Diabetes Educator, thanks everyone who came out to walk. For more information about Diabetes Management, call Jamie Ketterman at 660-885-5511 ext. 608.
The “Katy Trail Walkers” were awarded “Most Spirited Team!” This team was led by Virginia Gregory.
The Home Health Team was led by GVMH Home Health Director, Cheryl Foster.
GVMH Hosts Diabetes Walk on March 27
Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare Diabetes Services and the GVMH Foundation will hold their annual Diabetes Walk on Saturday, March 27, 2010. The walk will be held at the Medical Plaza. Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. and the walk will start at 9:00 a.m.
The money raised from the Diabetes Walk stays locally and helps members of the community pay for test strips, medication, education or other medically necessary items to help our patients manage their diabetes better. We have seen an influx of people needing help due to loss of jobs and loss of insurance. We provided over $10,000 in 2009 to help neighbors better care for their diabetes with the money raised at the walk last year, but our funds are nearly gone. Your participation is needed now so we can help even more GVMH patients next year.
This year the theme is “A Number Worth Knowing”. Everyone should know his or her glucose value. The following numbers are how the glucose values are interpreted.
A normal glucose is Fasting <100 mg/dl and Random <140 mg/dl
Pre-diabetes is Fasting 100 mg/dl – 125 mg/dl and Random 140 mg/dl – 199 mg/dl
Diabetes is Fasting >126 mg/dl and Random >200 mg/dl.
It is estimated that the average medical expenditures among people with diabetes is 2.3 times higher than expenditures among people without diabetes.
There are 23.6 million children and adults that have diabetes or 7.8% of the population.
GVMH would like to thank everyone for supporting the Diabetes walk. For more information about the Diabetes Walk or to have a team, call Jamie Ketterman at 660-885-5511 ext. 6081, or Kathy Hill at 660-890-7108.
Dining Out for Diabetes is a Success!
The GVMH Foundation's annual Walk for Diabetes is March 27, 2010. Many teams and individuals are working hard to make this event successful. For more information about the Diabetes Walk, visit www.gvmh.org.
Pictured here are Leland and Gayla Smith, owners of Smith's Restaurant Express, Clinton, with Sarah Wagoner and Lance Wagoner. The Wagoner Family has a team to raise funds for the Walk. One of their fundraising activities included Dining Out for Diabetes on March 9 at Smith's Restaurant Express. Smith's Restaurant donated a portion of their evening's proceeds to the Wagoner Team and offered a Diabetic friendly meal as their dinner special. Leland and Gayla are also medal sponsors for the upcoming Walk for Diabetes.
The restaurant was busy that evening with groups like this enjoying their meal while supporting the diabetes fundraiser. All funds from the Walk remain local, and are used to help area diabetic patients with supplies, medications, and education.
