unite for diabetes

In 2006 the success of the Unite for Diabetes Campaign, lead the General Assembly of the United Nations to pass a landmark Resolution in December recognizing diabetes as a chronic, debilitating and costly disease. The Unite for Diabetes Travel Bug played an integral part in spreading the message to make this happen.

What is a Unite for Diabetes Travel Bug?

The Travel Bug is comprised of the official Unite for Diabetes pin with a metal tag attached. The tag has a number that can be tracked online. The Travel Bug is a ‘geocaching hitchhiker.’ It travels from geocache to geocache.

Each Unite for Diabetes Travel Bug is dedicated to a specific city in the world and to the people with Diabetes who live there. The goal for each Travel Bug is to reach its city and circulate throughout the city’s geocaches, spreading diabetes awareness as it goes.

As an original recipient or finder of a Unite for Diabetes Travel Bug, it’s your responsibility to place the Bug in a geocache or help it move from cache to cache on its way to its destination.

Each Unite for Diabetes Travel Bug has a unique serial number. When you find one, visit the Unite for Diabetes geocaching site at http://unite.Geocaching.com and enter the number. Here you can also upload pictures, write logs and monitor the Bugs as they travel the world.

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