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The following videos have been provided to Sugar Check Charity by High Point University.

 Mercella Fidells, a Third Year Pharmacy student from High Point University, speaks about Diabetes Education

Dimple Patel, a Thurd Year Phamace Student, explains the Types of Insuling used in the treatment of Diabetes

Jordan Kirby, a Third Year Pharmacy student from High Point University, explains some non--pharmacological options for Diabetes

Shane Garrettson, a Third Year Pharmacy student from High Point University, speaks about GLP-1 Agonists

Libby Bickenbach, Third Year Pharmacy Student, and Dr. Christy Sherrill, Assistant Professor of Clinical Sciences, discuss Metorformin, a medication used to treat Diabetes

Ali Goforth, a Third Year Pharmacy student from High Point University, speaks about DPP4-inhibitors to control Type 2 Diabetes

Lauren Harris, a Third Year Pharmacy student from High Point University, speaks about GLP-1 Agonists 

Brittany Weger, a Third Year Pharmacy student from High Point University, speaks about Sulfonylureas and TZDs

Tools for Healthy Living with Diabetes

• Regularly check your blood sugar with a testing strip and monitor. Checking your blood sugar can tell you the specifics foods, medicines, and activities on your blood sugar. By knowing what foods, medicines, and activities to to your blood sugar, you can better control your diabetes.

• Exercise every day! Exercise can burn calories and lower your blood sugar lever, along with many other positive effects, resulting a longer and healthier life.

• Eat healthy meals. Most people that have type two diabetes do not eat a healthy diet. Additional information about eating the right food can be found here.

• Receive the proper dosages of medicine. Medication to control your blood sugar, blood pressure, cholesterol, and more, may be prescribed to help with your diabetes and its effects. A more in-depth overview about medicine can be found here.
• Relieve some stress in your life. Stress causes hormones to be released that make your blood pressure increase, heart rate increase, and can even increase your blood sugar, in some cases.

Sugar Check Charity helps the diabetic community by donating diabetic supplies. We mainly donate testing strips and monitors, as they are in high demand, but we occasionally donate lancets and other supplies to help diabetics. SCC targets free clinics that are supported mainly by donations. We only donate to free clinics that provide diabetic classes, as we have found that a patient is most likely to succeed at managing their diabetes if they have the right information to gain the knowledge to do so, as well as the right supplies to manage their disease. SCC tries to assist in providing supplies while the clinic provides the education.

Through research and conversation with free clinics, we have found that medicines, such as insulin, are more often donated than the testing strips and monitors. Because more insulin is typically donated, we focus on donating testing strips and monitors but we also can adjust to the clinic's needs. Toward the beginning of the pandemic, we adapted to new guidelines and when face masks were in very high demand, we donated nearly $3000 worth of those to a free clinic so that they could continue proving their service to the diabetic community. Whenever we face a new challenge, we adapt to overcome it and continue serving our diabetic community.

Diabetes Risk Checklist for Type 2 Diabetes

• How old are you? If you are older, you are at more risk to acquire Type 2 Diabetes.

• Do you have abnormally high blood pressure? High blood pressure and diabetes can be linked and cause some of the same effects. Diabetes can also cause high blood pressure.

• What is your ethnicity? Many ethnicities, such as Native American, Hispanic/Latino, Asian-American, and African-Americans are more likely to have diabetes.

• What is your BMI (Body Mass Index)? People with over 25 BMI are overweight and are more likely to acquire diabetes.. BMI can be calculated by your weigh in kilograms divided by your height in meters.

• Do you exercise regularly? Exercising and/or being physically active can lower your risk of Type 2 Diabetes. Being inactive can greatly increase your chance of acquiring diabetes.

• Do any of your family members have diabetes? Diabetes can be genetically passed on and having multiple family members with diabetes might mean that you are prone to having diabetes.

• What is your biological gender? Depending on your gender, you may be prone to diabetes. Diabetes is also more severe in women.

• What is your sugar intake? The American Heart Association that women that intake over 25 grams of sugar a day and men take, at most, 36 grams of sugar a day.

•  What is your A1C. A normal A1C is below 5.7%. Prediabetic is 5.7%-6.4% and diabetic is 6.5% and above.

Explore our collection of links, ranging from diabetes information, blogs, and communities, to search engines for relevant diabetes information:

 "Carolina Checkup, November 2022 - A Shoutout to Our Allies in the Blood Sugar Battle" | North Carolina Association of Free & Charitable Clinics

“Diabetes Overview.” Diabetes Symptoms, Causes, & Treatment | ADA

“What Is Diabetes?” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 11 June 2020

Diabetes: Symptoms, Causes, Treatment - Healthline

“Diabetes.” Mayo Clinic, Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, 30 Oct. 2020

“Diabetes | Type 1 Diabetes | Type 2 Diabetes.” MedlinePlus, U.S. National Library of
Medicine, 19 Apr. 2021

Sugar Check Charity raises money by getting online donations, by sponsors, and by fundraising events. After raising a certain amount of money, we choose who we want to make the donation to by researching the free clinics. Our goal is to donate to clinics every two to three weeks and we are rapidly expanding the number of clinics that we work with. New, free clinics are chosen by how much education that the provide to the patient, the location, and whether they are funded by donations or get Federal funding. Once we have determined who we want to donate to, we determine what their needs are for their diabetic patients and then buy the supplies. We typically visit the clinic with our first donations in order to meet the staff and tour their facilities.