The Third UN-Observed World Diabetes Day

November 14, 2009 was the Third United Nations Observed World Diabetes Day. For this special day, my husband, two daughters and I journeyed to the Joggins UNESCO World Heritage Site. I advocated for and was able to receive a World Diabetes Day Proclamation from the Joggins UNESCO World Heritage Site. In addition to the Proclamation, we also received artifacts from the Joggins Site for the Resolution Torch Living Time Capsule. This included a book about the fossil cliffs: "The Fossil Cliffs of Joggins" by Laing Ferguson as well as the official package for the Nomination of the Joggins Fossil Cliffs for Inscription on the World Heritage List.

You can find out more about the Joggins World Heritage site at:
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1285

To commemorate this day my family and I completed a Global Diabetes Walk along the beach of the Joggins UNESCO World Heritage Site - Find out more at: http://www.globaldiabeteswalk.net/

We also placed Resolution Torch Inuksuk Torch 04 at the Joggins UNESCO World Heritage Site. Included with the Inuksuk was a small, laminated cards explaining the story. Although we had planned to place two inuksuks, one for each daughter present, my youngest who is two decided that she did not want to leave her blue hoop at the site she wanted to keep it. Flexibility is the key - at least one of the inuksuks was able to be placed on the Joggins site.

Also a part of World Diabetes Day celebrations, monuments and buildings around the world are illuminated in blue. This year we made a valiant attempt to have some aspect of the Joggins UNESCO World Heritage Site lit in blue - See some related photos at: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=172906&id=695826141