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When and where is the Gingerbread Village being held?
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What is type 1 diabetes? |
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Why entrust funds to JDRF? |
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Where does the money go? |
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Does it cost money to visit the Gingerbread Village displays?
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What happens to the houses after the exhibit is over? |
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Why can't we vote for displays here at the Sheraton like we used to?
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What are the nutritional facts for the mini candy canes being distributed?
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Why would a diabetes organization promote and benefit from a sugar and carb loaded event like the Gingerbread Village?
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When and where is the Gingerbread Village being held?
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The Gingerbread Village will be on display at the Seattle Sheraton Hotel (1400 6th Avenue, Seattle, WA) as it has for the past 20 years! The exhibits will be open for viewing 24 hours a day, 7 days a week from November 20th, 2012 to January 1st, 2013. If you are unable to make it downtown, keep checking our website for the latest photos!
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What is type 1 diabetes? |
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Type 1 diabetes is a chronic, debilitating disease affecting every organ system. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which a person’s pancreas stops producing insulin, a hormone that enables people to get energy from food. Type 1 diabetes usually strikes in childhood, adolescence, or young adulthood, and lasts a lifetime. Just to survive, people with type 1 diabetes must take multiple injections of insulin daily or continually infuse insulin through a pump. Taking insulin does not cure any type of diabetes, nor does it prevent the possibility of the disease’s devastating effects: kidney failure, blindness, nerve damage, amputation, heart attack, stroke, and pregnancy complications. |
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Why entrust funds to JDRF? |
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More than 80% of JDRF's expenditures directly support research and education about research.%uFFFDJDRF is the leader in setting the agenda for diabetes research worldwide, and the largest charitable funder of type 1 diabetes research. For four decades, we have been renowned as a highly effective medical research organization with remarkable efficiency in directing donor dollars to our mission.
%uFFFDForbes : JDRF was awarded an efficiency rating of 92 out of 100 in Forbes Magazine’s most recent annual charity ranking. Forbes called JDRF “...a tightly run organization that puts almost every dollar spent to work curing disease....” |
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Where does the money go? |
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All donations directly benefit JDRF in support of our mission to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research. |
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Does it cost money to visit the Gingerbread Village displays?
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No, but the event is a benefit for the JDRF and a $5 donation per person is recommended (and greatly appreciated!). Starting this year, you can send a $10 text donation by texting "JDRF" to 20222 as well. Donations can also be made online at gingerbreadvillage.org.
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What happens to the houses after the exhibit is over? |
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Unfortunately, after six weeks of display, the gingerbread creations are no longer edible and most begin to crumble. Therefore, they are dismantled and disposed of. |
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Why can't we vote for displays here at the Sheraton like we used to?
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The voting booth has been replaced with online voting (see "Vote Now" tab) to keep the visitor lines from backing up due to onsite voting at the kiosk. Be sure to vote online at gingerbreadvillage.org.
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What are the nutritional facts for the mini candy canes being distributed?
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Nutritional information for mini candy cane: Carbs: 3 g Sugars: 3 g Calories: 12
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Why would a diabetes organization promote and benefit from a sugar and carb loaded event like the Gingerbread Village?
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Making Gingerbread houses has long been a tradition in Americans' holiday celebrations, and what better way to help draw attention to the fact that sugar is not all bad- that it does NOT cause diabetes- than by putting on the grandest holiday display in Seattle?
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