EVENING EVENTS OVER 21? MEDTRONIC CGM TRIALS NOW AVAILABLE Welcome to the 8th Annual DANII Foundation Jelly Bean Ball! We have a fabulous evening planned for you with dinner, entertainment, dancing and celebration. Our Celebrity Emcee for our evening this year is Rod Kafer. Special guest hosts Vic Lorusso as our Auctioneer and Keynote Guest Speaker Penny Edney, with live performances from the Australian Girls Choir, The Aussie Boys and Lakehouse Lovers with Kerrie Garside. Tonight we are excited to live- If you have started on MiniMed 670G you can apply for a 12 month Subscription Grant stream our Event for the first time. Our Celebrity from the DANII Foundation. Interview Host is Scott Gibbons aka Mr SOLD. The MiniMed™ 670G system features SmartGuard™ Auto Mode, the world’s first self-adjusting During the course of the evening there will be insulin pump designed to maximise time in target glucose range. silent auctions and live auctions. OR This year as always we have some fantastic prizes. You can experience a two week ‘Predictive’ Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) trial, We hope you enjoy yourselves and together we powered by Guardian™ Sensor 3 our most accurate sensor to date. There are two trial options: hope to raise much needed funds to support the Australian type ONE community. MiniMed™ 640G’s SmartGuard™ feature suspends insulin 30 minutes before you are predicted to reach your low limit, helping you avoid lows. Happy Bidding! Guardian Connect™ our CGM designed for those choosing multiple daily injections sends data to your phone. It’s the first CGM with predictive alerts enabling you to take action to avoid highs and lows. #DANIIsGift #JBB2019 #Ty1DVoice #ThisIsME ACCESS MEDTRONIC CGM THROUGH THE DANII FOUNDATION Do you think your diabetes management could improve with Medtronic CGM? If so, email: [email protected] or call 0455 905 904 for an application. 3109-062016 Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to Dance in the Rain 03 Danii Foundation AD_R.indd 1 15/5/19 9:56 pm DANII FOUNDATION UPDATE #DANIISGIFT In just 7 years since our creation of the DANII Foundation, our vision remains focussed to support ALL Australians living with Type 1 Diabetes into a safer and better quality of life. To Quote J.K. Rowling — ‘We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better.’ In 2019 our DANII Foundation theme is “This is ME”. We Insulin Pumps with DANII investing over $353,500 towards this encourage all that have a connection with Type 1 across project. #DANIIsGift Australia to tell you’re stories! It’s the real story-telling that is Since conception of the DANII Foundation, whilst we are the key to changing hearts and minds. DANII believes we can proud of our many milestones achieved, we still have 93,000 bring our voices into rooms when doors are closed and we will Australian’s who are still not funded into CGM Technology continue to create opportunities where there are barriers. We see and thousands reaching out desperate for respite and education. opportunities for a better, safer world for all who live with Type #JoinDANIIsArmy 1 diabetics. Our team and our volunteers continue to engage in CGM is conducted by the wearing of a sensor that checks creating change, and we will continue to smooth the road for a the blood sugar level every few minutes, 24 hours a day. It change the way Type 1 diabetics live their lives. DANII remains allows for trend identification, prevention of high and low blood focussed on giving Type 1 diabetics the lives they deserve. sugar events, and is the best way to prevent hospitalisation So, what’s been happening at the DANII Foundation…. for common illnesses, as it allows for better management and Thousands of families rejoiced in April 2017 when Stage One control at home. of our dream was realised with Government funding every Better day to day management is the best prevention for long Australian Child living with Type 1 diabetes into life-saving and term complications. It also allows Type 1 diabetics (and their life-changing Continuous Glucose Monitor technology. families) to sleep at night, knowing they will be alerted by their Since our 2018 Jelly Bean Ball, this past year has been CGM if their blood sugar is dangerously low, a critical factor in another milestone of great achievements for our Australian Type saving lives. 1 Community. In September DANII convened our 5th Annual In addition to the financial and health implications, a diagnosis Jelly Bean Educational Cruise to the South Pacific, bringing of Type 1 diabetes also has a profound emotional impact on the together 180 new Type 1 diabetes friends and families. DANII entire family. Parents of children and carers of adults with Type proudly funded 26 Educational Scholarships and all our delegates 1 diabetes face grief, fear and desperation in coming to terms came home with a wider support network, much needed respite with the diagnosis of a chronic medical condition that has the and armed with a greater knowledge and understanding of how real possibility of shortening one’s lifespan by decades. to intensively manage their challenging Type 1 diabetes. We have proven that CGM technology provides Type 1 In October, we rounded up DANII’s Army and headed for diabetics and their family’s peace of mind. The ability to know Canberra. Together we pounded the doors of over 50 politicians at a glance of the CGM receiver that you or your loved one is articulating why CGM Life-saving and Life-changing technology not going dangerously low or high and that they will wake up should be made affordable for all Australians “no matter in the morning has obvious benefits that are not quantifiable. their age”. We were grateful to the many politicians who were It is essential that government fast-track the adoption of CGM receptive to our plea. Following our whirlwind visit to Parliament technology for all; first to improve the lives of all that live with House, we were delighted with the results, when just five weeks later, on Sunday 25 November, Stage Two of our dream was Type 1 diabetes and secondly to reduce precious health funding released when the Minister for Health, the Hon. Greg Hunt and divert it to those in need. MP announced further funding of $100 million over four years Our vision continues in supporting more people living with this to help more Australians over the age of 21 living with type 1 challenging life-long disease. Type 1 diabetes is a disease that diabetes access glucose monitoring technology. A stage closer requires 24/7 intensive and invasive management. It’s a disease to #CGM4ALL! that is not caused by poor diet or life-style and sadly Type 1 Late October DANII held its Annual Golf Day at St Michaels diabetes has No Cure in sight. in Sydney, with over 120 supporters and a successful fundraising Moving forward, the DANII Foundation will continue to strongly day for our great cause enjoyed by all. work towards our mission of “Making affordable, life-saving November 14th DANII held our World Diabetes Day Event alert technology a reality for ALL people living with Type 1 at Medtronic Head-office at Macquarie Park, hosting 200 Type diabetes, to educate, to advocate and to provide respite for 1 diabetes friends and supporters from across Australia who the Type 1 community.” came together in celebration, support and advocacy. What DANII has achieved to date is only because of the Our Travelling DANII Bears have been on many a great generous support contributed by you, our wonderful Supporters adventure both within Australia and across the globe, comforting and Sponsors. We thank you for believing in our Vision and Mission both children and adults, creating great conversation starters and we thank you for your contribution and for continuing this which ultimately continues to lead us collectively to a wider journey with us ˜ “together we have the power to imagine better.” public understanding of Type 1 diabetes. #Type1diabetesVoice #JoinDANIIsArmy #CGM4ALL #Type1diabetesVoice In twelve months, our funds raised have provided 68 #DANIIsGift Australian’s life-saving and life-changing Technology Scholarships including Continuous Glucose Monitors and Donna Meads-Barlow (Co-founder & Volunteer CEO) DANII Foundation Jelly Bean Ball 2019 #DANIIsGift #JBB2019 #Ty1DVoice #ThisIsME Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to Dance in the Rain 05 DIABETES – THE FACTS #DANIISGIFT “I work shift work, after a particularly hectic night last night I got home this morning and completely forgot to change DIABETES IN AUSTRALIA my basal over so I didn’t drop too low, well thanks to the CGM it wasn’t too much of an issue!” THE FACTS Naomi Pickett • Diabetes is the epidemic of the 21st century and the biggest challenge confronting Australia’s health system. • 280 Australians develop diabetes every day. That’s one person every five minutes. • Around 1.7 million Australians aged 2 years and over have diabetes. This includes all types of diagnosed diabetes (1.2 million known and registered – 5.1% of the population) as well as silent, undiagnosed type 2 diabetes (up to 500,000 estimated) (Source 1). • Estimated 140,000 are already living with life-long Type 1 diabetes for which “Got this started just in time there is NO CURE. to #savemylife thanks to @daniifoundation for continuing • More than 100,000 Australians have developed diabetes in the past year. to help those of us that don’t have • For every person diagnosed with diabetes there is usually a family member or access #cgm4all #nomorefear carer who also ‘lives with diabetes’ every day in a support role.