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Do the Harvest Hop and help fight diabetes
Ready to hop? Diane Darling, left, Sue Haskett and Susan Davies are hoping you'll hop to the Canadian
Diabetes Association fund-raiser the Harvest Hop on Oct. 22.The three are holding some donated items that
will be auctioned off at the Hop.
By Craig Bradford
TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF
LUCAN — If the leaves are falling
and the days are getting shorter,
you know it's time for the Harvest
Hop.
The third annual Harvest Hop will
get bouncing on Oct. 22 from 7:30
p.m. -1 a.m. at the Lucan
Community Memorial Centre. The
event is a Canadian Diabetes
Association fund-raiser that
has raised about $12,000 in
each of the last two
years.
The Harvest Hop is
a fun and casual
night of entertainment
that includes dancing to
the music of Grand Bend's
Rick Powell from 9 p.m. -1
a.m., a silent auction, a live
auction with auctioneer
Hugh Filson (to be held dur-
ing Powell's break)
prizes and a late night
buffet.
Auction items include everything
from a toilet seat lid alert to. hotel
packages. Featured items include a
hockey print by Herb Taylor that
has been endorsed by the NHL
which will be used as a CDA fund-
raiser across Canada. Other items
include a set of Beany Babies, at
least two sets of tickets to Toronto
Maple Leafs games (one set is an
entire weekend getaway including
VIA Rail transportation), restaurant
gift certificates, massage packages,
clothing, gift baskets, wine pack-
ages, London Knights tickets and
much more.
Those that decide to spend
the $12.50 on a ticket don't
even have to bid on an auc-
tion item to get into the
fun. Each ticket holder will
get a chance to win a
Niagara getaway
donated by
Exeter's
Ellison Travel
and Tours Carlson
Wagonlit Travel.
The Great
Pumpkin Prize is
back as well. For $20 each,
100 people will get a chance
to win a crisp $1,000 bill.
Event organizer Sue
Haskett said one of the major
reasons for the success of the
Harvest Hop is the continuing sup-
port from businesses and individu-
als who donate items for auction
and who sponsor the event. Almost
everything from the tickets and
advertising, the facilities and the
food has been donated.
"It really is a very important cause
and it is extremely hopeful to see
others respond," Haskett said. "You
feel pretty good when you are
approached by a business and they
ask why you did not solicit them for
a donation. For this event, everyone
wants to give something. Maybe it's
because everyone knows someone
with diabetes."-
Haskett said they hope to have
400 people attend this -year's
Harvest Hop.
"People tell us it's a really fun
evening," she said.
Tickets are available by dropping
by the CDA London office at 442
Adelaide St. or by calling the CDA
office at 673-1630, Haskett at 227-
4163 or Diane Darling at 235-1302.
Tickets can also be bought at Scott's
Elevators.
The annual CDA canvassing blitz
in the London area including Exeter
begins Oct. 18 and will continue for
about three weeks. November is
diabetes month.
(What is diabetes:
There are two types of diabetes: type 1 and type 2.
Type 1 diabetes occurs when the pancreas no
longer produces insulin or produces very little
insulin. Insulin is needed to help the body convert
the food we eat into energy. About 10 per cent of
people with diabetes have type 1 and must take
daily insulin injections.
The remaining 90 per cent of people with diabetes
have type 2 which occurs when the pancreas does-
n't produce enough insulin or when the body does
not effectively use the insulin it produces. Type 2 is
controlled through exercise and meal planning`
although some people may require medication to
assist the body in making or using insulin.
A third type of diabetes, gestational, is a tempo-
rary condition that occurs during pregnancy
although many women who develop gestational dia-
betes wind up with Type 2.
Symptoms of Type 1 include unusual thirst; fre-
quent urination; unusual weight loss; extreme
fatigue or lack of energy; blurred vision; nausea or
dizziness; irritability; sweet smelling breath.
Those with Type 2 may have no symptoms, how-
ever some of the following symptoms may be
apparent: any of the above Type 1 symptoms; fre-
quent infections; tingling or numbness in hands or
feet; recurring skin, gum or bladder infections;
stomach cramps; cuts and bruises that are slow to
heal.
If you have any of these symptoms, call your doc-
tor.
WI/at tan J do to
prevent diabetes?
•Maintain a healthy weight;
•Exercise regularly — 20 minutes three times
a week is suggested as a minimum;
•Learn to reduce or manage the stress in
your life;
Some facts
about diabetes:
•There is no cure for diabetes.
•Over 1.5 million Canadians have dia-
betes.
•Almost one million Canadians have dia-
betes and don't know it.
•Every eight minutes another Canadian is
diagnosed with diabetes.
•Diabetes is a leading cause of death in
Canada and is a leading cause of amputa-
tions, kidney disease, heart attacks, strokes
and blindness.
•Neuropathy, a complication of diabetes, is
a major cause of impotence.
•Greatest risk factors: over age 45; more
than 20 per cent overweight; inactivity.
Other risk factors: direct family history of
diabetes (parents, siblings); people of
Hispanic, African or Aboriginal descent;
have given birth to a large baby (over 9
lbs.); have already been diagnosed with
impaired glucose tolerance (high blood
sugar levels).
•3 million Canadians are expected to have
diabetes by 2010.
•The CDA has allocated" $5.3 million for
diabetes research in '99.
For more information on diabetes, call the
CDA London and District office at 673-
1630, the Toronto head office at 1-800-
BANTING (8464) or the website at
`www.diabetes.ca. J