Sponsor a child or adolescent with diabetes

Campamento Diabetes Safari 2008

Sponsor a child or adolescent with diabetes at Campamento Diabetes Safari 2008

Did you know?

35 children in the U. S. and another 20 to 25 children in México are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes each day
the pancreas of a person with type 1 diabetes produces little or no insulin; as a result, the person becomes "insulin-dependent" for life.
type 1 diabetes is a condition that no one ever outgrows, not even if they exercise intensively or eat healthily...and there is no cure
to stay alive, children or adolescents with diabetes must take multiple insulin injections daily and test their blood sugar level 5 or more times each day in order to prevent life-threatening reactions due to low or high blood sugar levels

Campamento Diabetes Safari is a four-day educational and recreational camp for children and adolescents who are 7 to 18 years of age and who have insulin-dependent type 1 diabetes.

Campamento Diabetes Safari achieves excellent practical and educational results through a unique model of learning: personalized and individualized education and recreation in an international, bilingual environment. The professional Staff aims to prepare the children and adolescents with insulin-dependent type 1 diabetes to handle the constant and lifelong challenges of managing and self-managing the condition. Good education in the management and self-management of diabetes is essential in order to avoid the disabling long-term complications (blindness, kidney disease, nerve damage, amputation) that result from chronic hyperglycemia. Donations are used exclusively to provide this diabetic education to children and adolescents.

Organizing and operating Campamento Diabetes Safari is a costly endeavor. Without the generous donations of individuals, corporations, foundations, and the professional Staff members who receive only minimal travel assistance and salary, the Campamento could not continue the tradition of educating young children and adolescents about insulin-dependent type 1 diabetes in a caring, supportive, and fun environment.

Campamento Diabetes Safari Is Different From "Traditional" Camps

Campamento Diabetes Safari works to help children and adolescents overcome their fears and show them that they are not alone in their condition. The Campamento benefits each child and adolescent for many years to come by

providing the opportunity to meet other young people and Staff members who also have insulin-dependent type 1 diabetes
providing a 4-day break filled with activities, learning, and recreation
teaching children and teens how to manage insulin-dependent type 1 diabetes while maintaining an active lifestyle
building self-esteem, health maintenance skills, and independence
providing trained multidisciplinary health care professionals to ensure Campers receive appropriate medical attention and timely guidance
delivering expert education in the latest tools and techniques for managing insulin-dependent type 1 diabetes mellitus

Why Your Help Is Needed

Campamento Diabetes Safari invites donors to sponsor children and adolescents from 7 - 18 years of age, who have diabetes. Your donation makes possible the Campers' attendance at Campamento Diabetes Safari.

The burden of the cost for the Camp falls largely on the Camper's parents. Each family contributes what it can to cover the costs of attendance at Camp. Still, for many families, a small contribution can mean a great sacrifice. The parents' monthly cost of managing their child's insulin-dependent diabetes comes to over $250 (U. S. Dollars). Often, with the costs of routine medical care and supplies, there is nothing left over to pay for Camp tuition. This is where we need your financial help. By sponsoring a Camper's attendance, you ensure that they learn to manage their condition. This learning, in turn, will help them lead active, productive, and fulfilled lives. And there are few things more rewarding than enabling a child or adolescent to grow with confidence and excitement about the future.

All Campers receive a partial scholarship, in the form of the subsidized registration fees charged, to reduce their cost for attending Campamento Diabetes Safari. The donations received from individuals and businesses are used to provide this scholarship assistance. No Camper is turned away because of ethnic origin, religion, socioeconomic status, or nationality.

We invite you to support Campamento Diabetes Safari by sponsoring an insulin-dependent child or adolescent to attend Camp. The actual cost of the full four-day session is $450 U. S. Dollars or $4900 Mexican pesos. You can sponsor a child or adolescent for the 2008 season for:

$450 USD or $4900 Mexican pesos: your donation covers the full four days of Camp
$250 USD or $2700 Mexican pesos: your donation covers one full day of Camp
$150 USD or $1600 Mexican pesos will pay for one child's or adolescent's food during the 4 days of Camp

How to Help

Campamento Diabetes Safari is a non-profit event and can only achieve its goals of educating children and adolescents with insulin-dependent diabetes with the help of your generosity. For that reason, we ask for your financial support, in whatever amount you can contribute. All financial contributions made this year help to support Campamento Diabetes Safari 2008. All in-kind contributions will also be used for the children and adolescents at Campamento Diabetes Safari 2008.

There are two options for helping the Campers learn to live a happy, healthy lifestyle, free of the fears and limitations too often associated with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in childhood and adolescence:

Become a Corporate Sponsor: Organizations or companies can donate funds and in that way gain recognition for the company, foundation, or organization, and at the same time support the work of Campamento Diabetes Safari. Sponsorship provides the companies with the opportunity to participate in the community, construct a positive image, build their brand, and gain exposure to an international market. Some companies establish programs through which they match the charitable donations of their employees, thus doubling the impact of their contribution. Businesses or organizations can sponsor more than one child or adolescent. Thank you for your donation!
Become an Individual Donor: Your donation shows your personal support for this vital educational experience. Perhaps you are willing to organize an event to raise funds for Campamento Diabetes Safari? Do you have an idea of how we might ensure the existence of the Campamento, which is so useful to the children and adolescents with insulin-dependent diabetes? We would be happy to hear your ideas and proposals. Your support is essential. On their behalf, thank you.

As a Corporate Sponsor or an Individual Donor, you can make contributions in money or in kind. All donations are destined to cover the costs of providing education and recreation to children and adolescents with insulin-dependent diabetes through their attendance at Campamento Diabetes Safari 2008.

Donations of Money

You can help children and adolescents living with insulin-dependent diabetes through your financial gift. We appreciate and accept your donations by check or bank deposit. From within the U. S., donations by check can be sent to: Dr. Stan De Loach, 5721 Magazine Street, PMB 200, New Orleans, LA 70115. Deposits may be made to account # 06106282875 of Banco HSBC, in Mexico City, Mexico. Funds can be deposited into this account from any HSBC or other bank anywhere in the world.

Donations in Kind

Campamento Diabetes Safari also seeks "in-kind" donations of medical supplies, camp supplies, paper supplies, and frequent flyer miles.

An individual or company can donate products or services needed by the Campamento. To make an "in-kind" contribution, please contact the Campamento Diabetes Safari office. We can provide a list of specific items that are needed in order to offer the children and adolescents a productive and unforgettable experience. The articles needed range from school supplies, art materials (paints, markers, paper), t-shirts printed with the Campamento name and logo, to the essential supplies for treating insulin-dependent diabetes (insulin, syringes, blood glucose monitors, strips for measuring blood glucose).

A detailed list of the items most necessary and urgent includes:

New solid color t-shirts in children's and adult's sizes, without printing
New solid color t-shirts in children's and adult's sizes, printed with the Campamento Diabetes Safari name and logo
Transportation, one-way or round-trip by bus from Mexico City to the resort where the Camp is held (Centro Vacacional Oaxtepec)
Bottles of insulin: lispro/Humalog (Lilly) and glargine/Lantus (sanofi-aventis)
Be-Light or SunLight (sugar-free drinks) in plastic 1 1/2 liter bottles
Television, radio, or print publicity
Miles or kilometers from frequent-flyer programs (we use them for international Staff's travel to and from the Campamento)
Hotel nights earned with hotel frequent guest plans

If you will distribute this list of needed articles among your friends and co-workers, they too may be able to support Campamento Diabetes Safari 2008.

Public Recognition of Your Donation and Transparent Accounting

We acknowledge all financial or in-kind gifts promptly; if you wish, we acknowledge your contribution publicly on the Internet page for Campamento Diabetes Safari. Immediately after each Campamento, we also provide full, on-line, transparent accounting for each Campamento Diabetes Safari, so that our donors can know exactly how their gifts were utilized.

By providing us with the following information about your donation or gift, we can thank you properly.

Donor's name: ___________________
Address: ___________________
City: ___________________
State: ___________________
Postal Code: ___________________
E-mail: ___________________

This donation or gift is made:

In Memory of: ___________________
In Honor of: ___________________
On the occasion of (memorial, birthday, anniversary, holiday, birth, etc.): ___________________

If you wish, notification of your thoughtfulness will be sent to the following person. The amount of your gift will not be specified.
Please send notification of my gift to:

Name: ___________________
Address: ___________________
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Donation amount or description of in-kind donation: ___________________

On behalf of the children and adolescents living with insulin-dependent type 1 diabetes, thank you.

At Campamento Diabetes Safari, the children and adolescents begin to realize that they are not broken, just different from other classmates. They learn that with proper care and education, they can do anything any other young person their age can do.

Along the way, they meet specialized health care professionals who teach them how to responsibly take care of insulin-dependent diabetes. When they first arrive at Campamento Diabetes Safari, they think and feel that they are alone, but they quickly make many new friends who have the same condition that they do.

We Are Grateful for Your Support!

We would like to recognize the following individuals and corporate donors who gave to Campamento Diabetes Safari during the previous seasons. Without their generous support, Camp would simply not be possible!

Kathy Garrett, Houston, Texas, USA

Estela García, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA

Laboratorios Abbott de México, México, Distrito Federal, México

Eli Lilly de México, México, Distrito Federal, México

Barbara and Brian Splan, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

sanofi-aventis de México, México, Distrito Federal

Fundación Lilly, México, Distrito Federal, México

Ken and Nancy Marks, Chicago, Illinois, USA

John and Elizabeth Gilmore, Fenton, Missouri, USA

Metrika, Inc., Sunnyvale, California, USA

Becton Dickinson de México, Cuautitlán Izcalli, Estado de México, México

Can-Am Care, Alpharetta, Georgia, USA

Lisa M. Splan, Spring, Texas, USA

Teksalud, S. de R. L. de C.V., México, Distrito Federal, México

Owen Mumford Ltd., Marietta, Georgia, USA

PEER, México, Distrito Federal, México

Pepsi Bottling Group de México, México, Distrito Federal, México

Clínica de Diabetes de Puebla, Puebla, México

Soñar Despierto, A. C. [Filial México Norte], México, Distrito Federal, México

Janet McGill, MD, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Yoghurt Vitalínea de Danone, México, Distrito Federal, México

American Youth Understanding Diabetes Abroad, Inc. (AYUDA), Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA

Arthur Nielsen III, MD, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Kathy Garrett, Houston, Texas, USA, in memoriam Joan Williams

Canderel (Merisant México), México, Distrito Federal

Les Jernigan, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Metrika, Inc., Sunnyvale, California, USA

Kraft Foods de México, México, Distrito Federal, México

George and Cys Hay, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Camisería La Primavera, México, Distrito Federal, México

Clínica de Diabetes de Puebla, Puebla, México

Jane Loevinger, Ph.D., University City, Missouri, USA (RIP)

Grupo Gamesa, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, México

Delinutrición Gomitas, México, Distrito Federal, México

Juanita Pradel, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Dr. Margaret Porter and Mr. Paul Blount, Santa Monica, California, USA

Fidel Romero Ramírez, Chimalhuacán, Estado de México, México

Grupo Gamesa, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, México

USO, Houston, Texas, USA

Bridget Octave, Pharm.D., New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Tiendas Diabecare Shop, México, Distrito Federal, y Querétaro, Querétaro, México

Continental Airlines, Houston, Texas, USA

Laboratorios Merck, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

Gelatinas D'Gari, México, Distrito Federal, México

Dan Chapman, Houston, Texas, USA

Laboratorios Senosiain, Celaya, Guanajuato, México

Your Donation Is Wisely Used

For questions or to find out more about sponsoring a child's or adolescent's attendance this year, please contact Dr. Stan De Loach, Director of Campamento Diabetes Safari.

**How to contact Campamento Diabetes Safari**
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Web page	.	www.diabetes-safari.com
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E-mail	.	Dr. Stan De Loach saludo@usa.net
	.	Lic. Rosa Elena Yáñez rosyanez@hotmail.com
	.	Lic. Francisco Vargas fravacos@hotmail.com
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Telephones	.	+ (52 55) 5510 9830 Mexico City, Mexico
	.	+(503) 227 4581 San Salvador, El Salvador
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Mailing address	.	Dr. Stan De Loach Director, Campamento Diabetes Safari Apartado Postal 20 Bis Colonia Centro 06002 México 1, Distrito Federal México
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Donation by check, payable to	.	Dr. Stan De Loach
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Donation by bank deposit	.	Capital One Bank, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA: account 065000090:20380 17740 Swift Code: HIBKUS44

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