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Students step up to address diabetes

November 11th, 2010 at Thu, 11th, 2010 at 3:25 pm by markklaas

Students, resourceful students, are stepping up in the fight against diabetes and obesity.

November is National Diabetes Awareness Month, and the Auburn Mountainview DECA class has organized an awareness campaign, involving 15 Auburn restaurants. Next month, DECA students from Auburn High are putting on a ‘Commit to Fit’ day of activities.

It’s refreshing to see how youth are leading the way to bring more attention to a terrible disease and help others prevent and manage it.

For more on Mountainview’s campaign, check out http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/south_king/aub/community/107070333.html.

Mark Klaas, editor of the Auburn Reporter, is an award-winning journalist who has worked in the newspaper industry for more than 25 years. He previously worked as a reporter and editor in Idaho, Oregon and California before moving to the Puget Sound in 1993. He lives in King County with his wife, Sara, and children, Derek and Elizabeth.

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