Annette Gordon

The Down and Up Sides of Diabetes

Saturday, April 4th, 2009

Annette Gordon says that for nearly twenty years, she ignored her diabetes. Neglecting her diabetes cost Annette her vision and her teeth. Now 61, she wants to make sure that others do not make the same mistake. "The doctors kept trying to talk to me about the diabetes, but I felt fine," she says. "I thought there could not be anything really wrong with me." Annette says. "I'm going to shout it from the housetop," she adds, "what a fool I was!"

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Did You Know?

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

Diabetes accounts for 35% of all deaths in the 45 to 65 age group in Trinidad and Tobago. The available data suggest that in Trinidad and Tobago, one in 8 adults are living with diabetes. Diabetes is more prevalent among Indo-Trinidadians than Afro-Trinidadians.

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Fliers

Our Official Launch

Sunday, January 25th, 2009

Belle Garden, Tobago, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, 28th December, 2008. Bovell Cancer Diabetes Foundation (BCDF) was officially launched at the Belle Garden Community Centre.

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BCDF Adds RSS Feed

Sunday, January 25th, 2009

To add to the user-friendliness of the website we have added an RSS feed for our recent news. Using this syndication strategy we hope to be able to reach out to more people by giving you easier and greater access to the content we have available. If you subscribe to our feed using your favorite feedreader, updates made to the website will be delivered to you as they are published. We hope that with this new connectedness we can keep you involved in the operations of the BCDF.

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Hibiscus

Foundation Launch

Sunday, December 28th, 2008

The Bovell Cancer Diabetes Foundation (BCDF) will be formally launched on Sunday 28th December, 2008 at 3:00 p.m. at the Belle Garden Community Centre, Belle Garden, Tobago. We are expecting more than 300 individuals to attend this event. The BCDF Launch will include many cancer and diabetes preventive and management activities. Please join us in the cause to support the fight against cancer and diabetes.

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Tobago View

BCDF Website Goes Live!

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

Today is a big day for the Bovell Cancer-Diabetes Foundation. Our site is going live! In keeping with the tenets of the BCDF, this site was created using free and open-source software and templates. Please be sure to leave feedback on the site design, usability, and any problems you may have. We look forward to hearing from you.

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Bluebird

Bovell Cancer-Diabetes Foundation

Monday, December 1st, 2008

The Bovell Cancer-Diabetes Foundation is a charity organization designed to give back to the community. We in the Bovell family strive to do our part in alleviating the burden of people suffering from cancer or diabetes. We urge you to do the same.

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