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This Valentine’s Day, Spare A Rose And Save A Child

Posted by Naomi Kingery On February 12, 2013 In Lifestyle
This Valentine's Day, Spare A Rose And Save A Child | The LOOP Blog

At Medtronic, we love seeing when the diabetes community gets involved with a campaign that can help people with diabetes and “Spare a Rose, Save a Child” is no exception to this. This community initiative was created by Kelly Close, Manny Hernandez, Bennet Dunlap, Kerri Sparling, and Jeff Hitchcock, with the following premise: “Spare a Rose, Save a Child” is simple: buy one 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.Here is what our Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Francine Kaufman, has to say about this initiative: “If roses are a sign of love, donating to Life for a Child is a sign of hope. Hope that together we can make a difference in the life of a child with diabetes, in a place on this earth where that diagnosis might likely be a death sentence without our help.”

All proceeds go to Life for a Child, a program of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) Program through February 16th. So join us, our friends in the diabetes community, and IDF to spread awareness of this effort. Blog, tweet, post and spread the word then make a donation by visiting the IDF website today!

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Naomi Kingery
 Customer Experience Designer

Naomi Kingery Ruperto, also known as The Diabetic Diva®, was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of 12. Through the years she has used her voice in the diabetes community as a blogger and the author of the Sugar Free Series, which includes Sugar Free Me, Sugar Free Teens, Sugar Free Support, and Sugar Free Journey. Her personal connection with Medtronic began in 2002 when she received her first MiniMed® insulin pump. And in 2009 she chose to build a career at Medtronic because of her passion towards the Medtronic Mission. Naomi works on the Customer Experience team representing the voice of the diabetes community every day. Outside of work, she loves her family, her church, her bulldog, and the color pink!

Latest Comments
  1. Kimmy

    Spare a rose save a child is one of the best things I have read about in a while

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  2. Bennet

    Yay Naomi and the Loop!

    Thanks for being part of this DOC fun silliness for a real good cause.

    Bennet

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  3. Mike Hoskins

    Thanks so much for helping get the word out about this great DOC initiative! Such a brilliant idea to help such a great cause!

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  4. Amanda Sheldon

    Thank you DOC for this amazing initiative for a wonderful organization. It’s amazing what we can do when we ban together. #sparearose

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  5. Kim Vlasnik

    Thank you for helping to spread the word about #sparearose! 🙂

    Reply
  6. Scott K. Johnson

    Thanks for helping to spread the word!

    Reply
  7. Karen

    This is such a great idea!! My husband and I each spared a rose or two,

    Reply

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