Tag: Go Blue

November 14th, 2011 - Group Blue

As part of company-wide events scheduled for World Diabetes Day, my coworkers and friends were encouraged to wear light blue clothing to work to help mark the official “Go Blue” day and take a team photo.

As part of company-wide events scheduled for World Diabetes Day, my coworkers and friends were encouraged to wear light blue clothing to work to help mark the official “Go Blue” day and take a team photo. Each team that submits a photo will have a chance to win a health-themed group lunch. The winning photo will be published on the company intranet.1

Some of my colleagues work remotely and are only in the office a few times a week so I felt honoured that my friend Chris took the effort to drive the almost two hours from his home, just for the group photo. As you can see, I used the opportunity to raise awareness of the Big Blue Test.

My friend Pamela Howell sent me an email reminding me that New Order has a song called, Blue Monday which reminded me of course of the Erasure song, Blue Savannah.

At 1 PM today, my employer hosted a World Diabetes Day "Lunch & Learn" which was broadcast live on our internal streaming video system. Speakers included John Tsai, Vice President and Head of U.S. Pharmaceuticals Medical and Patricia Doykos, Direct of the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation.2

  1. NOTE: This was cross-posted from my other blog. ↩
  2. Disclaimer: This is my blog. These words are mine. Not my employers. ↩

Blue Monday!

As part of company-wide events scheduled for World Diabetes Day, my coworkers and friends were encouraged to wear light blue clothing to work and take a team photo to help mark the official “Go Blue” day.

As part of company-wide events scheduled for World Diabetes Day, my coworkers and friends were encouraged to wear light blue clothing to work and take a team photo to help mark the official “Go Blue” day. Each team that submits a photo will have a chance to win a health-themed group lunch. The winning photo will be published on the company intranet.1

Some of my colleagues work remotely and are only in the office a few times a week so I felt honoured that my friend Chris took the effort to drive the almost two hours from his home, just for the group photo. As you can see, I used the opportunity to raise awareness of the Big Blue Test.

My friend Pamela Howell sent me an email reminding me that New Order has a song called, Blue Monday which reminded me of course of the Erasure song, Blue Savannah.

At 1 PM today, my employer hosted a World Diabetes Day "Lunch & Learn" which was broadcast live on our internal streaming video system. Speakers included John Tsai, Vice President and Head of U.S. Pharmaceuticals Medical and Patricia Doykos, Direct of the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation.

  1. Disclaimer: This is my blog. These words are mine. Not my employers. ↩

Go Blue! every Friday

I hope fans of the University of Michigan and fellow alums don't mind that I've borrowed the Michigan Wolverines fan cheer. It's diabetes awareness month and in the spirit of "blue" - a blue ring is a colour chosen to represent diabetes awareness - I'll be writing a series of blog posts about diabetes and diabetes-related projects.

"Go Blue!" is what the fans shout when they want to show their support and encouragement to the Wolverines. It says we are fighting with you. It's what I use internally when I feel down about how diabetes has affected my health and my life. Today, and every Friday until November 14th, "Go Blue!" with your outfit to show support for people living with diabetes.

I was honoured to have the privilege of contributing a few seconds of video for the Blue Friday video created by Cherise Shockley and Diabetes Social Media Advocacy.