Desert Dingo Racing

Tag: International Diabetes Federation

  • First day in Las Vegas for the Mint 400

    Carrie signs autographs for some of her biggest fans.

    Creech, Richard, Skid and I drove overnight from Felton to Vegas, pulling somewhere around 5 a.m. Got a couple hours of sleep, wrenched on the car for a bit and then piled into Creech’s 4WD truck to pre-run the Mint 400 course.

    We cried surrender after 15 miles of kidney-slapping driving over dirt roads, river beds, silt and other detritus.

    That evening we hauled the car into town and set up show with a good number of other teams on Fremont Street for the fan meet ‘n greet. We got Scott and Carrie suited up signing the last of our hero cards and handing out boxes of crayons given to us by the International Diabetes Federation that have the warning signs of diabetes printed on the back. (We are, as you recall, the official World Diabetes Day race car in the Baja 1000).

    Here’s a gallery of photos from the meet ‘n greet.

  • From Race Cars and Google Doodles to Day Spas and Night Lights: Groups Across the U.S. Prepare to Join World Diabetes Day Celebrations Worldwide on November 14

    BRUSSELS, Belgium, October 31, 2008/ — Whether your tastes tend toward bright lights and big cities, quiet contemplation or off-road racing, groups around the U.S. are gearing up to celebrate World Diabetes Day and raise awareness of the growing threat of diabetes.

    The International Diabetes Federation (IDF), which led the effort to get the United Nations to recognize the existing World Diabetes Day (November 14) as an official UN world day, announced that this year’s campaign theme is “Diabetes in Children and Adolescents.”

    Over 200 children a day are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and over 500,000 children under the age of 15 live with diabetes worldwide. In the U.S. 40 children a day develop type 1 diabetes, roughly 15,000 children each year.

    “People around the globe have embraced the effort to raise awareness of the growing threat of diabetes,” said World Diabetes Day Campaign Director Phil Riley. “All diabetes is increasing and children are not spared. The International Diabetes Federation estimates that 75,000 children with type 1 diabetes worldwide cannot access the medication, monitoring and education they need to survive. This story goes largely ignored and these children remain in the shadows to face an uncertain future. We aim to bring diabetes to light.”

    Read the entire press release here…

  • Ramping up for the 1000

    Spanish language version of our hero card

    The 1000 is staring at us and we’re ramping up. We’ll be working Saturday and Sunday on the car, taking care of details here so we can focus on pre-running and final tweaking in Mexico.

    I’ll have more info on this in a future post, but we’re working with the Federacion Mexicana de Diabetes to have a booth on Contingency Row on Thursday and Friday of Race Week distributing information on diabetes. One of the things we’re working on now, thanks to support from the International Diabetes Federation, is distributing hero cards in Spanish, that have the warning signs of diabetes printed on the back.

    Alex Nicholson, PR professional extraordinaire, has been working behind the scenes to help us. So has her mother, Carmen, who was kind enough to translate our hero cars into Spanish. We’ll be distributing Spanish and English versions of the cards down in Ensenada. Thank you, Carmen.

    Here’s the Spanish version of the text on the back of our hero cards, courtesy of Carmen:

    Desert Dingo Racing :: Día Mundial de la Diabetes
    www.desertdingo.comwww.worlddiabetesday.org

    El equipo: Desert Dingo Racing es un equipo conformado por profesionales del ámbito de la alta tecnología, radicados en Silicon Valley, California, que respaldan la participación de un VW Escarabajo Clase 11 en carreras por el desierto en México y en EE UU y que anualmente culminan con la carrera Baja 1000.

    El automóvil:
    La clase 11 está limitada a automóviles VW Escarabajo fabricados antes de 1983. Esta clase permite ciertas modificaciones menores del motor así como de la transmisión y de la suspensión. La velocidad promedio típica de la carrera es de aproximadamente 25 mph.

    La carrera
    : Baja 1000 es la carrera todo terreno, sin paradas, más larga en el mundo, que incluye a cuadrillas de más de doce países y en exceso de 300.000 espectadores. Coincide con el Día Mundial de la Diabetes, el 14 de noviembre de 2008.

    La meta: Nuestro compromiso con el servicio comunitario va de la mano con nuestro deseo de ganar la carrera Baja 1000. Nos asociamos con la Federación Internacional de la Diabetes (FID) para recaudar fondos y crear conciencia sobre la epidemia creciente de diabetes, que afecta particularmente a la población infantil. El lema de la campaña del Día Mundial de la Diabetes 2008 es “Ningún niño debería morir de diabetes”. Si desea hacer una donación para nuestra carrera de recaudación de fondos, sírvase visitar el sitio web de Desert Dingo. El 100% del dinero recaudado irá directamente a la FID y será utilizado en sus programas de educación y de concientización.

    Las Señales de Alarma de la Diabetes son: Micción frecuente. Sed excesiva. Aumento del apetito. Pérdida de peso. Cansancio. Pérdida del interés o de la concentración. Visión borrosa. Vómitos y dolores estomacales (confundidos frecuentemente con los síntomas gripales). Si usted o algún conocido padece de estos síntomas, sírvase consultar un doctor. Para mayor información sobre la diabetes, visite: www.worlddiabetesday.org.

    You can download a PDF version of our Spanish hero card here.

  • International Diabetes Federation cites Desert Dingo Racing in new press release On World Diabetes Day

    51 days until World Diabetes Day

    Bringing Diabetes to Light: International Diabetes Federation Encouraging Citizens to Raise Awareness and Protect Future Generations

    BRUSSELS, Belgium, September 24, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Theme for 2008 World Diabetes Day – November 14 – is “Diabetes in Children and Adolescents”

    The International Diabetes Federation announced today that it is calling on groups and individuals worldwide to get involved in activities to raise awareness of diabetes in the 50 days leading up to World Diabetes Day on November 14. The theme for this year’s campaign is “Diabetes in Children and Adolescents.”

    Read the entire press release here.

  • 1101 in new IDF booklet on World Diabetes Day

    World Diabetes Day booklet

    The International Diabetes Federation folks have included a shot of 1101 in their new 30-page booklet promoting the World Diabetes Day 2008 campaign. The booklet is available to download as a pdf file in English, French, and Spanish. Click on the image above to download the version of your choice.