First Lady Tea is a Huge Success
Divabetic presented it’s First Lady Tea on April 3, 2010 in Central Philadelphia’s Mother Bethel AME Church. This was a kick off event and part of American Diabetes’ Association faith based initiatives to use congregations and ministers wives who are pillars of their communities to begin talking the talk about managing and controlling the epidemic of diabetes through church events. Project Power is the faith based initiative and it is the main initiative that ADA is getting behind this year. It makes a lot of sense when you see how elegant and educational the event was that day. Not only was the weather cooperative and spring glorious spring, the first ladies’ got the message loud and clear. First Lady Leslie Tyler herself, minister’s wife of the Mother Bethel congregation, and PR savvy to the max. It didn’t hurt that Ms. Angie (herself a recovering substance abuser) cooked up diabetes friendly food, that Tea Country was on hand to serve cups of Green, White, Black and Oolong favorites. A hat fashion show was sponsored by N Style Boutique out of New Jersey and the models were strutting their stuff with sophistication and inspiration. Yours truly was on hard to tell my stroke story and to inspire as best as I am able. Becky and Kevin Gouveia were providing the key media component on the shows and are on hand to chronicle a lot of events and to give Divabetic the optical/visual edge it needs to help promote its message of living well at any age with diabetes. Many CDE’s were on hand to share information and inspiration with those in attendance and it was easy to see why 16 churches signed up to have diva-style programming like this presented at their churches in the upcoming months. Looks like we’ll be back on the road before we know it. ADA is sponsoring these programs and we delivered our diva brand with diva style and ease. Max is a true joy to work with as always. He made the day a delight and we downloaded all the way home to NYC…[slides
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