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.

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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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