2010 BiG Blue Test: World Diabetes Day

http://BigBlueTest.org is a program of the Diabetes Hands Foundation (DHF). It takes place every November 14 (World Diabetes Day. People with diabetes are invited to test their blood sugar at 2 pm (local time), do 14 minutes of activity, test again and share the results.

Nov. 14, 2010, DHF is aiming for a minimum of 100,000 views of its Big Blue Test promotional video. To help the foundation reach this goal, Roche Diabetes Care (makers of ACCU-CHEK® diabetes products and services), has underwritten the production of this video and will make a donation for every view the video receives up to $75,000. DHF will use the donation to help the Life for a Child program, run by the International Diabetes Federation, and Insulin For Life. These two global, humanitarian organizations provide diabetes medication and supplies to children in the world's poorest countries.

In order of appearance:
* Children from Diabetes Squared @ http://www.diabetessquared.com
* George Simmons (a.k.a. NinjaBetic) and son @ http://www.ninjabetic.com
* Manny Hernandez, Andreina Davila and Santiago Hernandez
* Zippora Karz, author of The Sugarless Plum @ http://zipporakarz.com and Samantha
* Sebastian
* Bill Carlson - www.tudiabetes.org/profile/BillCarlson

Closing photo:
Samantha at a camp in Ecuador, holding a vial of insulin donated and sent by Insulin For Life.

Photo credit:
AYUDA, Inc. a non-profit that helps children with diabetes and promotes youth as agents of change within diabetes communities: http://ayudainc.net

Music:
"Rich Doors" by New Villager
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/rich-doors-single/id303931826

Caption translations:
* Portuguese: http://www.glicemiasonline.com.br
* German: http://www.worlddiabetesday.de
* French: Nathalie Lelorieux

Big Blue Test Team:
The 2010 Big Blue Test is organized by the Diabetes Hands Foundation @ http://diabeteshf.org , a 501(c)3 non-profit, in conjunction with David Edelman of Diabetes Daily @ http://diabetesdaily.com and Riva Greenberg of Diabetes Stories @ http://diabetesstories.com . The video was directed, shot, edited, and motion designed by Sean Ross @ http://ethosphane.com , an LA-based documentary and commercial filmmaker. 2nd Unit DP/Camera Todd Carlstrom. Within Diabetes Hands Foundation, Andreina Davila served as Art Director and Manny Hernandez was Producer of the video.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• diabetes
• World Diabetes Day
• type 1 diabetes
• type 2 diabetes
• LADA diabetes
• Diabetes Hands Foundation
• Big Blue Test
• Roche Diabetes Care
• Roche
• Insulin For Life
• Life For a Child

[DesireeandDiabetes]

I cry every time I see this :-) I hope the next video will be a little more diverse, I'm african american with type 1 diabetes and I've never met another african american person with type 1 diabetes, at times I feel like the only one when I know I'm not. It would have been so awesome to see that in this video :-) otherwise I love it! I watch it often :-)

[DiabetesHands]

@DesireeandDiabetes Thanks for your support and feedback! About your question, we actively looked for African Americans in the LA metro with diabetes area as part of our casting process. We didn't succeed in our efforts, given the time we had in our hands. This obviously means nothing, but in future endeavors we will do our very best to allocate more time for casting, so that we make the final product as inclusive as possible.

[DesireeandDiabetes]

@DiabetesHands Awe that sucks! well I live in northern california, I'm only a 6 hour drive, 1 hour flight away :-) lol, thanks for the response! I absolutely love the video, great shooters and editors.

[DiabetesHands]

@DesireeandDiabetes It's good to know. Please send us your contact info (email) in a private message so we can contact you in the event of another video taking place.

[tinky246]

yay! we got over 100,000 views! If you are diabetic, please remember to do the big blue test. Lets all take care of ourselves, as well as think about those who needs our help.

[SpaceWars2025]

hey hey! ... rated, thumbed and commented! hope this helps in even a small way!

[iampeeay01]

my blood sugar hits the boarder line... and now i am battling on decreasing it the fastest way possible before its too late... thanks for sharing this video... :)

[moscosourquiola]

@DesireeandDiabetes Me too!! I cry, my 12 year old daughter has diabetes type 1. We are from Argentina!

[THEPHONEch]

I shared this video 5months later i got diabetes :O

[biracunha]

vídeo muito bacana. Ótima campanha

[lovebat]

i dont understand. children in poor countries with type i diabetes turn into adults with type i diabetes that can still not afford the medication. why does this only support children in need. i was a cute little kid with t1dm also, and guess what, i still have it. my beta cells did not spontaneously regrow. it doesnt goooo away when you are an adult.

[LauriRichards286]

best movie..worth to watch it in webmovietube

[josieradomski81]

i want to see this movie!! going to check out in webmovietube

[legoman523]

my sister has it

13 people that don't like it are disresectful

[legoman523]

my sister has it

13 people that don't like it are disregardful