SUGAR Helper Activities, Support

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SUGAR Helper Activities, Support Program

• Sharon A. Denham, DSN RN

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What SUGAR Helpers Do

• Care about healthy lifestyles, diabetes
  prevention, diabetes self-management.
• Share what they know with others.
• Involve family, friends, and others.
• Work alone
• Work together
• Have fun!

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Things SUGAR Helpers Do.

• Help others to better understand diabetes risks
  prevention.
• Provide local people with facts.
• Make the risks of diabetes visible.
• Talk about health.
• Talk about diabetes prevention.
• Tell about the Diabetes A Family Matter website.
• Talk about local diabetes resources.
• Refer people for care.

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Support Volunteers

• Monthly meetings
• Ongoing communication
• Public recognition
• Award celebration

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Work with SUGAR Helpers

• Be a positive role model.
• Build for the future.
• Ongoing annual training for volunteers.
• Make accomplishments visible.
• Broadly celebrate successes.
• Involve a local champion or hero.

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Involve Media

• Local newspapers
• Radio series
• Display posters
• Handouts and flyers
• Internet media
• Word of mouth

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Program Sustainability

• Be a positive role model for others.
• Build for the future.
• Ongoing annual training for volunteers.
• Make county accomplishments visible.
• Broadly celebrate successes.
• Involve a local champion or hero.

Chapter 8 Diabetes Educator Manual
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It Takes a Village

• Develop a theme for your county program and use
  it in your publicity
• Small steps
• Everyone counts
• Be fit

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Work with Local Groups

• Involve groups where you are already a member.
• Work as pairs of SUGAR Helpers.
• Identify repeated things you can do as
  individuals.
• Decide which toolkit materials activities to
  use.
• Plan follow-up activities.

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Community Events

• Plan at least one large community event to
  involve your county team.
• Review the toolkit activities for suggestions.
• Consider using community theatre and the plays.
• Think outside the health fair and hike.
• Create something continuous.

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Fund Raising Events

• Sustainability
• Toolkit activities
• Choose things to do as a team
• Big Truck Days!!!

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Keeping Track

• Setting Personal Goals

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Keeping Track

• Personal goals
• County goals
• Time management

Chapter 9 SUGAR Helper Manual
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Program Materials

• Order in plenty of time

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Plan for Visits

• SUGAR Helper Training
• Special event
• Need to schedule

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Visit Your County

• Schedule times for visits

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Material Orders

• Planned use for items
• Item planned to use
• Number of items
• Notify early of needs
• Identify drop-off points and persons