Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
This summer it will be the sailors? life for a group of children who will be swabbing the deck of the Spirit of Bermuda, hoisting the main sail and checking their blood sugar often.
The Bermuda Diabetes Association is currently fundraising to send 15 young people ages 11 to 20 with type one diabetes on a five day life-changing voyage called Sailing on Insulin.
Debbie Jones of the BDA said the idea for Sailing on Insulin was inspired by a similar voyage they did with type two diabetic boys who were extremely overweight. The programme was so successful many of the boys from that programme are now running marathons or have become interested in sailing as a career.
?Because of that we thought it would be a remarkable opportunity to take our young people with type one diabetes and expose them to the same type of idea,? said Mrs Jones. ?Kids with type one diabetes are already self disciplined. They have to be to live with type one diabetes every day. They still need some education, but in a fun way. They are young. They don?t want to be lectured to. They may need a little bit of revision on living in a healthy, positive way. They will be manning the ship, and working as a team.?
http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20130509/ISLAND/705099971
The Bermuda Diabetes Association is currently fundraising to send 15 young people ages 11 to 20 with type one diabetes on a five day life-changing voyage called Sailing on Insulin.
Debbie Jones of the BDA said the idea for Sailing on Insulin was inspired by a similar voyage they did with type two diabetic boys who were extremely overweight. The programme was so successful many of the boys from that programme are now running marathons or have become interested in sailing as a career.
?Because of that we thought it would be a remarkable opportunity to take our young people with type one diabetes and expose them to the same type of idea,? said Mrs Jones. ?Kids with type one diabetes are already self disciplined. They have to be to live with type one diabetes every day. They still need some education, but in a fun way. They are young. They don?t want to be lectured to. They may need a little bit of revision on living in a healthy, positive way. They will be manning the ship, and working as a team.?
http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20130509/ISLAND/705099971