AHIP, LULAC, and ADA to Release Bilingual Diabetes Education PSA Featuring Chicago Bears Football Star Roberto Garza

AHIP, LULAC, and ADA to Release Bilingual Diabetes Education PSA Featuring Chicago Bears Football Star Roberto Garza

Education campaign urges individuals with diabetes to take better care of
their feet to prevent unnecessary amputations

Press Conference for Members of the Media
July 12 at 2:00 p.m. (CDT)
Navy Pier Room Number 329
Chicago, Illinois

Chicago Bears' starting lineman Roberto Garza will be featured in a bilingual Public Service Announcement (PSA) to be unveiled at a press conference at 2:00 p.m. (CDT) on July 12 at the League of United Latin American Citizens' (LULAC) Annual Convention.

(Logo:

http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040830/AHIPLOGO)

The new PSA was created by America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) in partnership with LULAC and the American Diabetes Association (ADA) to urge individuals with diabetes to take better care of their feet in order to help prevent many of the 82,000 amputations that occur each year as a result of diabetes. The PSA is part of a national diabetes education campaign that is targeting the Hispanic community and other minority populations that face a particularly high risk of diabetes and its complications.

Television, radio, and print versions of the PSA will be released in both English and Spanish.

WHAT: Release of diabetes PSA featuring Chicago Bears' Roberto
Garza

WHEN: Thursday, July 12 at 2:00 p.m. (CDT)

WHERE: Navy Pier room #329

WHO: Roberto Garza, Chicago Bears' Starting Guard
Karen Ignagni, President and CEO of AHIP
Rosa Rosales, National President of LULAC
Edgardo R. Rodriguez, DPM, Co-Chairman of ADA Chicago
Latino Initiative Program

MEDIA
AVAILABILITY: Roberto Garza and other event participants will be
available for interviews after the press conference from
2:30 - 3:00 p.m. (CDT) followed by an appearance at the
AHIP booth (#812 & #814 in the Expo).

CONTACT: Robert Zirkelbach of AHIP, +1-202-778-8493, rzirkelbach@ahip.org; Jessica Kies of the Chicago Bears, +1-847-739-5308, jessica.kies@bears.nfl.net; Angela Russo of ADA, +1-800-676-4065 ext. 3425, arusso@diabetes.org; Lizette Jenness Olmos of LULAC, +1-202-365-4553, LJOlmos@LULAC.org

PRNewswire-USNewswire -- July 11

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Source: America's Health Insurance Plans

Web site:

http://www.ahip.org/

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