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Welcome to your home base for Sunday, July 19th! Virtual Friends for Life Orlando 2020 ends this morning, and we’re sending our new friends for life off in style with our Farewell Breakfast. The open-forum Hallway Zoom rooms are open to connect with your Fiffles until noon. Our team cannot thank you enough for joining […]
Read MoreWelcome to your home base for Saturday, July 18th! We’re excited to bring you some excellent sessions this weekend, including advocacy sessions, psychosocial discussion groups, and a Q&A with VIPWD, Mark Andrews. Our evening program celebrates Family Fun Night and our Prom-style Teen dance. Check out the links below, which are organized by time slots, […]
Read MoreWelcome to your home base for Friday, July 17th! Today, we have a full day of programming for parents and adults, some terrific youth sessions, exhibit hall hours to meet with our sponsors, and the Closing Keynote with George Canyon. Evening events include Posters with the Faculty, Family Movie Night, and a Virtual Mixology Session. […]
Read MoreSilver Sponsor of Virtual Friends for Life Orlando 2020 Friends for Life Orlando 2020 Virtual Exhibition Hall Live Exhibition Hall Hours (All Times Eastern US) Wednesday, July 15: 6:00 – 8:00 pm Thursday, July 16: 8:00 – 9:00 am, 12:30 – 1:30 pm, 4:00 – 5:00 pm Friday, July 17: 8:00 – 9:00 am and […]
Read MoreYouth Staff Our Youth Staff oversee the programming for our four youth groups: Kiddie Kove (0-5), Elementary (6-8), Tween (9-12), and Teen (13-17), as well as supporting our Siblings Program for our youth who have brothers or sisters (or parents) with T1D. Teen Program Staff Tween Program Staff Elementary Program Staff Kiddie Kove Program Staff […]
Read MoreVirtual Friends for Life Orlando Rules of the Road Code of Conduct Welcome to the Virtual Friends for Life Orlando 2020 conference! Thank you for joining us! We are excited to connect with community members and bring a little bit of that FFL magic to you at home! Although we are not meeting in person […]
Read MoreRegistration is now closed. download the conference schedule OUR DEEPEST THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS Lilly Diabetes Novo Nordisk Dexcom Omnipod Abbott Diabetes Care Medtronic Tandem Diabetes Care Roche Xeris Pharmaceuticals American Diabetes Association Beta Bionics CBDCE Companion Medical DRI JDRF – Beyond Type 1 Alliance T1D Exchange The conference is virtual, but the friends are […]
Read MoreAre People with Diabetes Immunocompromised? Are people with diabetes considered “immunocompromised?” This is a question that’s cropping up regularly in the diabetes community, especially as we’re dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic and people with compromised immune systems are cited as being in a “higher risk group.” The short answer? No, people with diabetes are not […]
Read MoreDo you write down your insulin ratios or insulin pump settings? February 19 – 26, 2020 Keeping track of all the numbers involved in diabetes management can be a full-time job! Our CWD family knows how important it is to stay on top of everything from blood sugars to carb ratios, and we make a […]
Read MoreDo you talk to your doctor if you’re struggling to pay for diabetes supplies? November 13 – 20, 2019 From insulin to glucose meter test strips to continuous glucose monitors to insulin pumps to doctor’s visits … the list of what it takes to manage diabetes is long, exhausting, and expensive. The diabetes community as […]
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