A big thank you Elsa Mejia and The Madera Tribune for the great article and pictures of the First Annual Homeless Awareness Day at Courthouse Park.

However, a bigger debt of gratitude goes to the planners of the event as they bring awareness and attention to the issue of homelessness in Madera.

As the chair of the Madera County Diabetes Coalition, I’d like to invite agencies, churches, and social groups to email the Coalition with community events that they would like us to come to. The mission of the coalition is to raise awareness about diabetes, especially pre-diabetes, a symptom-less condition, and to identify those who may have undiagnosed diabetes through community blood sugar screening.

We also have a need for community volunteers, should anyone wish to become involved with trying to stop the epidemic of diabetes in our community.

Again, thank you so much for the wonderful article.

Julie Barker, chair, Madera County Diabetes Coalition

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