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Giving, Getting & Beingness Grateful: People Alongside Diabetes & Their Job Solid Unit Of Measurement Members Slammed Yesteryear Sandy Necessitate Our Help!

Originally, today's post was going to live on all nearly giveaways - Until I read too became role of a facebook conversation concluding night. So later reaching out to a few the people involved, I've changed the gist of this post ... for the most role ;) 

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People affected past times Hurricane Sandy tally a particular identify inwards my pump for obvious reasons - As create people amongst diabetes - And for obvious reasons - Which is why I'm posting nearly several members of the Diabetes On-line community who were, or whose identify unit of measurement members were hitting difficult past times Sandy.

Basically, the bulk of this post is re: a tale of 2 Staceys - Stacey Hodes Nagel & Stacey Divone - And it's all nearly giving too a footling fleck nearly getting some expert karma going.
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FIRST UP: Stacey Hodes Nagel
Stacey Hodes Nagel is a mom to a t1 boy named Jessie, too is active diabetes warrior too a familiar appear upwards to both the DOC too http://childrenwithdiabetes.com/
I commencement met Stacey Hodes Nagel on-line too she ever made me laugh!
 I met her inwards IRL (in existent life) at The CWD Focus on Technology Conference exterior of Philadelphia concluding Feb - She ran upwards to me too gave me a huge hug - too she ROCKS!
Stacey's a Rockaway daughter too that surface area  were devastated past times Sandy. 
But fifty-fifty later existence displaced for weeks, too currently only having electricity for 75% of her house, Stacey & her tenacious self is working tirelessly to tending other families & individuals living amongst diabetes who are inwards dire demand of diabetes supplies post Sandy!
According to Stacey: It's even too thus so horrible here... And the volunteers are dwindling.. And the city/state /fema /red cross receive got been not existent for over a week... There are even too thus people without heat, hot water... We exclusively receive got electrical inwards 75% of our house.... I experience similar nosotros are the forgotten solid set down here.

People amongst diabetes demand infusion sets, pump reservoirs too examination strips  freestyle lite, 1 touch, accu-Chek .., pen needles too.

Stacey the 24-hour interval later Sandy amongst members of the National Guard
Pump batteries (both double too triple AAA) equally good equally flashlight batteries & meter batteries.
The people I've been collecting pump supplies for utilization animas, medtronic too 3 are using tSlim & too I only gave someone 90% Jessie's Cozmo stuff. Anything people tin can donate would live on greatly appreciated!"

DOC Diabetes Supply Hoarders, this is where you comes in! Put all those expert hoarded D supplies to expert use!

If you lot receive got supplies that you lot could donate,email me at: kellykunik@gmail.com & I volition frontward you lot Stacey's mailing address!
Also, I know that Stacey break a telephone phone for infinite heaters too actually warm sleeping bags concluding calendar week on facebook, too thus if you lot have, or know someone who does receive got those items, electronic mail me & I'll give you lot Stacey's address!


SECOND BUT JUST AS IMPORTANT: Stacey Divone & her Type 3 twin sister, Laurie.


Everyone inwards the DOC knows too loves Stacey Divone of http://portablepancreasgirl.com/ fame. 
Stacey D's a expert friend to everyone inwards the DOC too is a positive cheerleader for all of us!  
Most of you lot know that Stacey has an identical twin named Laurie Nunziato.  
Laurie has literally been Stacey D's other one-half since earlier they were born too has been an awesome type 3 for  Stacey's  since the 24-hour interval Stacey was diagnosed!  We can't forget nearly the type 3s who honey us! 

But did you lot also know that Laurie too her identify unit of measurement lost almost everything they ain due to Sandy flooding?? Below is a motion painting of Laurie's solid post Sandy  - They lost almost everything!
The Nunziato solid later Sandy
Stacey D has laid a fundraising page for her sister, brother-in-law too her awesome niece too nephew - And again, this is where the DOC comes in!
No total is likewise pocket-sized equally far equally donations become too a footling goes a hell of a long way! 
And did I cite that whatever too all donations are taxation deductible?  I didn't? Well, they certain are!
Click on the next link to honour out how you lot tin can tending the Nunziato's!

http://www.giveforward.com/nunziatoshope
Btw, click on Nunziato's link inwards a higher identify too receive got a await at the motion painting of the solid that's practically submerged underwater  - That's the exterior of their home!  Then marinate on that icon for a second.. 

Lastly, amongst all the giving - You volition larn a few things inwards return:
1. You volition experience actually good because you're helping others - And past times helping others, nosotros tending ourselves.
2. And you lot volition experience actually grateful because you lot volition live on reminded of how expert you lot receive got it.
3. Lastly, it's only expert karma too the universe is saltation to ship some expert things your way! 
Like what you lot ask?? 
Well, you lot could laissez passer spiritual nirvana, which tin can exclusively tending you lot laissez passer blood saccharide nirvana - So there's that! 

And that karma might fifty-fifty tending you lot win a vacation giveaway or 17! 

There are some really awesome holiday giveaways going on some the DOC  this flavour - And I similar to intend the vacation giveaways I've planned for adjacent calendar week are also inwards the awesome category.

 Yep, I'm having a serial of vacation giveaways adjacent calendar week to give thank you lot the DOC for existence so... (and, aye I'm existence redundant,) awesome - So a footling expert karma floating out inwards the universe never hurts anyone - At to the lowest degree that's how I meet it!  And later the past times year,I'll receive got all the expert karma I tin can get! 
Good Karma doesn't guarantee that you'll win prizes - online or off, but it does guarantee that you lot volition tending people who could actually utilization it! And that is a wonderful thing. #truth

Sidebar: If I forgot to add together your giveaway, electronic mail me &I'll ready it. FYI: I set the finishing touches on this post at run - you lot know how that goes ;)

So from the bottom of my busted pancreas, thank you lot inwards advance for helping PWDs (people amongst diabetes) too their identify unit of measurement members who were slammed past times Sandy!!

FYI: I've disabled comments for this item post too thus if you'd similar to donate diabetes supplies, electronic mail me straight at: kellykunik@gmail.com & I'll electronic mail you lot Stacey Hodes Nagel's mailing address. 
And to those that receive got already emailed me too dm'd me on the twitter & facebook,  THANK YOU!

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