Spare a Rose, Save a Child

I wouldn't describe myself as a particularly sentimental guy.  However, there's an awesome initiative now underway that benefits the International Diabetes Federation's "Life for a Child" program and its nonprofit partner "Insulin for Life" (I covered both back in 2008, catch my post HERE for details) which I would encourage my readers to support this Valentines Day.  The idea is to take the typical "dozen roses," which are so popular on Valentine's Day, and save just one rose to spare the life of a child. "Spare a Rose, Save a Child" is simple:  Buy 1 less rose this Valentine's Day and share the value of that flower with a child with diabetes in the developing world.  Your loved one at home still gets flowers and you both show some love to someone across the world who needs it.All you need to do is make a donation by visiting the IDF's Life for a Child website.  We've created a short link you can visit at http://bit.ly/SpareRoseSaveChild.The reason this is such a huge issue is because if you live in North America, Europe, Japan, Australia/New Zealand or even most South American countries like Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Chile, and you have type 1 diabetes, you're alive because you were lucky enough to have been born in the right location where you have ready access to life-saving insulin and you can probably afford it, too.  But many children born in other parts of the world aren't as fortunate.  While some parts of the world (notably su...
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