Media Alert
May 11, 2005

DIABETES HOPE FOUNDATION TO HAND OUT SCHOLARSHIPS
TO YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS ONTARIO
“Living with diabetes only makes them more perseverant…” says Founder
“I feel I’ve tamed the monster within…now I know I can do anything I want…” says Recipient

The media is invited to join the Diabetes Hope Foundation and Alumni as they honour the 2005 Diabetes Hope Scholarship Award recipients at the Seventh Annual Diabetes Hope Scholarship Awards Ceremony presented by LifeScan Canada Ltd. Thirty-one deserving young adults living with diabetes from across Ontario will receive scholarships to pursue post-secondary education. “These determined young people have shown that nothing can stand in their way,” says Foundation Founder and Board Chair Barbara Pasternak. “Living with diabetes only makes them more perseverant…”

What Reception & Scholarship Awards
When Monday May 16, 2005
5:00pm to 7:30pm
Where The Great Hall, Hart House
University of Toronto

Photo Opportunity: Thirty-one deserving young adults from across Ontario will be personally presented with Diabetes Hope Foundation Scholarships by their donors. Both recipients and previous alumni will be in attendance. These include:

Ali Bagg (recipient), 18, from Kingston, Captain of the Women’s Midget ‘AA’ Hockey Club and Tsunami Relief Co-organizer, who feels she has tamed the self-described “monster” within, “I look forward to playing hockey for a university in Canada…I still dream of representing my country because I know now I can do anything I want and that diabetes will not slow me down…”

Matt Palmer (alumni), 22, from Toronto, “I have always had a learning disability in addition to my diabetes. I had been told to expect that I wouldn’t be able to go to college. This scholarship gave me the extra motivation to go out and achieve all of my goals. Once again this year I made the Dean’s list at Ryerson in finance. Everything that stops me only encourages me to go further.”

To RSVP or to arrange an interview please contact Judy Litwack-Goldman at the Diabetes Hope Foundation - 905-670-0557.

Diabetes Hope Foundation is a non-profit charity dedicated to enhancing the lives of children living with diabetes helping them achieve their full potential in education, self-management and future independence.

Contact Information
Quinn Nicole Graungaard
Diabetes Hope Foundation

Phone: 905-670-0557 Ext. 256
Fax: 905-565-7296,
E-Mail: quinn@diabeteshopefoundation.com

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