FERIA DE SALUD: POR TU FAMILIA

Volunteer and Help Fight Diabetes Volunteer for a Health Fair on August 28, 2010

Every year the American Diabetes Association hosts an annual outdoor Health Fair in the South Bronx. The purpose of the ADA Health Fair is to provide awareness of diabetes and educate the community on healthy lifestyle choices. Residents from the Bronx and New York City as a whole will be provided free health screenings and information, healthy eating cooking demonstrations and more. Volunteers are needed to make this event a success.

If you are interested in volunteering please sign up by clicking the link below.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/7ZVJ3VT

If you would like more information, please contact Lisa Concepcion at lisa.concepcion@bnymellon.com or  212.237.0911

Event Information:

Event:         American Diabetes Association Feria de Salud: Por Tu Familia

Location:    St. Mary's Park 
                      145th St. at St. Ann's Ave
                      South Bronx, NY

Date:           Saturday, August 28, 2010

Time:           11:00am - 6:00pm

Background Information:
Diabetes is a disease associated with high levels of blood glucose resulting from defects in insulin production that causes sugar to build up in the body. It is the seventh leading cause of death in the country and can cause serious health complications including heart disease, blindness, kidney failure, and lower-extremity amputations.

Diabetes now affects nearly 24 million people in the United States, an increase of more than 3 million in approximately two years. In addition to the 24 million with diabetes, another 57 million people are estimated to have pre-diabetes, a condition that puts people at increased risk for diabetes. Minorities as a whole are disproportionately impacted by the disease. Of all children born in the year 2000, one in three will develop the disease at some point during their lifetime, but for minority children that statistic jumps dramatically to one in very two.