Category: Tudiabetes

Last fall, prior to the Baja 1000, we took the car to Holly Oak Elementary School in San Jose where Ms. Battistella’s students painted their palms in red, blue or gold paint and pressed them on the fenders, decorating the car with their handprints. It was absolutely beautiful.

Those of you touched by diabetes know the significance of the hand.

This video, produced by TuDiabetes in 2007, puts the focus on hands and hearts. Members of TuDiabetes were invited to “Write a word in your hand describing how you feel about diabetes, take a photo showing the hand with the word, and share it with others.”

Manny Hernandez says, “We wanted to empower people touched by diabetes to express themselves and let the world know what it is like to have diabetes. The result of the project was this video including some of the 120+ photos submitted with music by one of the members too.”

Please, don’t wait until World Diabetes Day to learn more and help teach others about diabetes.

Update: TuDiabetes members share how they feel about life with diabetes in the new “Word In Your Hand” video: