BD Initiatives in Canada

• Affects 2 million* people

BD's Diabetes Collaborations and Partnerships

• Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF)
  
  BD has a long corporate relationship which includes multi-year grants to support research to find a cure. BD is also a committed partner for other fund raising initiatives on a national and regional basis. BD’s financial contributions and participation in the JDRF Walk have helped advance the JDRF’s mission of finding a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research.
  
  JDRF Canada was founded in 1974 by the parents of children with type 1 diabetes. As a result, JDRF volunteers have a personal connection to type 1 diabetes, which translates into an unrelenting commitment to finding a cure. These volunteers are the driving force behind more than 100 locations worldwide that raise money and advocate for government spending for type 1 diabetes research.*
  
  As a result of BD's commitment to the JDRF, a research project at the Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute in Toronto was named in honor of BD.
  
  
• Diabetes Camp Program in Canada
  
  BD in Canada supports more than 2,000 children who attend diabetes camps across Canada each summer with much-needed injection and testing supplies. In 2007, BD in Canada also gave all campers a Jot Your Thoughts journal so that they could record their camp experiences.
  
  
Camp Locations


• Camp Discovery (London, Ontario)
• Camp Briandale (Manitoba / Nunavut Region / Canadian Diabetes Association)
• Camp Easter Seal (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan / Canadian Diabetes Association)
• Camp Maxwell & Morton (Nova Scotia / Canadian Diabetes Association)
• Camp Dia Best (New Brunswick / Canadian Diabetes Association)
• Camp Carowanis (Mont-Royal, Québec)
• Camp Jean Nelson (Southern Alberta Regional Leadership Center/ Canadian Diabetes Association)

• Camp Huronda (Huntsville, Ontario)
• Camp Douwanna (Bishop Falls, Newfoundland)
• Camp Kakhamela (Langdale, British Columbia)
• Camp Banting (Perth, Ontario)

• http://www.bddiabetes.com/ca/english/

• On November 14, 2007, a "healthy lunch" event at the BD office in Oakville, Ontario, promoted World Diabetes Day by raising awareness of the importance of combating the diabetes epidemic on a global level.
  
  
• Associates in blue shirts took a 246-step walk, each step representing one of the 246 million people with diabetes worldwide.  Associates then formed a blue circle, the global symbol for diabetes.
  
  
• World Diabetes Day 2007 Photos

  
  BD associates in Oakville, Ontario, Canada show their support of World Diabetes Day.
  

  
  BD’s Oakville, Ontario, Canada office building illuminated in blue.
  

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*The diabetes statistics contained in these materials have been compiled from the following organizations: International Diabetes Federation, World Health Organization, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For additional information, please contact WorldDiabetesDay@bd.com.