Join us as we fight for your lives PHOTO The Kiwanis Club of Hamilton donated a wheelchair to Wendell Outerbridge and funds to the study after money was
and chairman of the fund-raising committee, Debbie Jones, co-ordinator of the Diabetes Centre, George Smith, president of the Diabetes Association, Mr.
Outerbridge, Harold Smith, Kiwanis president and Raymond Tannock, immediate past president. Through their SightFirst campaign, Bermuda's Lions and Lionesses have contributed much to diabetes, a cause of blindness. National campaign co-ordinator, Otto Strobino, visited the Island to thank them for their efforts. The Hamilton Rotary also contributed to the study. Shown, president Jan Spiering presents $1,000 to Diabetes Centre co-ordinator, Debbie Jones. GOLFING FOR A GOOD CAUSE -- From left to right. President of Hillview Variety, Frank DaPonte, Lionel Paynter, Theresa Cabral and Charlie Whited, presented George Smith, president of the Bermuda Diabetes Association, with $1,750. Funds were raised from the Sixth Annual Hillview Variety Golf Tournament. ASSISTING DIABETICS -- Corange Ltd. is a major supporter of the Bermuda Diabetes Epidemiology Project. Shown, general manager Aolph Luttke presents a cheque of $60,000 to Bermuda Diabetes Association president George Smith and the Association's project co-ordinator, Dianne Vasic. The donation is to go towards the Epidemiology Project and is part of a longterm collaboration on diabetes research between Bermuda-based Corange Ltd's main subsidiary, Boehringe Mannheim and a leading diabetes Boston research centre, Joslin Diabetes Center. The research and development collaborators intend to combine their diabetes experience and technique in order to promote scientific and clinical understanding of the disease. HEALTH HTH
