Diabetes educators needed to promote wellness at the “Be Well” event in Seattle on August 7th at Qwest field. The American Diabetes Association has invited WADE members to join them at their booth.
Please e mail Mark Johnson if interested. 

President’s Message
Jennifer Beach, WADE President 2010
Hello everyone,
Thanks to all of you who were able to attend and support the 2010 WADE conference. We had an overwhelming response to this years’ conference, with unexpected record attendance. There were some bright spots (great speakers!) and some challenges (what do you mean we only have one coffee line, Hyatt?!). Going green was painful in some areas but appreciated in most respects overall. I want to thank my committee chair, Mary Janci, and planning committee again (Kathy Magee, Chris Pelto, Randy Elde, Kathy Fitzpatrick, Mindy Nichols, Alison Evert, and Eileen Paul) for their generous time commitment and wonderful contribution to the conference. It takes SUCH hard work to put on an event like this, I really had no idea all that was involved beforehand and could never have pulled this off without their help. The silent auction and raffle was also a success, thanks to the hard work from Chris, Pat Haldi, and Lynn Sadowsky. We managed to raise over $2000 for the Karen Goldstein Memorial Speaker fund, which sponsored the keynote speaker this year, Dr Irl Hirsch. 
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