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28th Annual Swim for Diabetes

Get active and make a difference in the life
of those living with diabetes!


Join the Swim for Diabetes April 26 - 28,
2013 at 37+ Pools throughout Northeast Ohio


Improve your health while improving someone’s life! Diabetes is serious. If poorly controlled it can lead
to heart disease, nerve damage, loss of limbs, blindness and even death.   Swimming offers great health
benefits to fight diabetes! Individuals of all ages and abilities can participate in the Swim for Diabetes and have the opportunity to earn great prizes. Just by having fun swimming, walking in the water, using a kickboard or
even doing water aerobics while fundraising, you are helping Diabetes Partnership of Cleveland offer important services to the growing number of adults,
children, and families in our community affected by diabetes. One in every eight adults in NE Ohio has diabetes;Proceeds will provide diabetes education and support programs and Camp Ho Mita Koda for
children with diabetes. 100% of every dollar you raise stays right here in Northeast Ohio so that those affected by diabetes receive the support they need
to live well with the disease. Check out the details of
this year’s fun event on www.DiabetesPartnership.org. From this secure web site you can view a complete list of pool locations and prizes, register with your
$15 donation, create your own personal fundraising page to email friends and family for donations, track your fundraising progress and compete for greatprizes!  You can even make a donation in honor of someone who had or has diabetes. You can also drop by any of the pool
sites on the designated days to sign up and participate! 

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Diabetes Partnership of Cleveland, founded in 1954, is a local and independent nonprofit organization
providing life-long programs and services to more than 8,000 children and adults with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes in Greater Cleveland each year. For more
information, please visit www.diabetespartnership.org or call 216-591-0800.

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