Walgreens serves as premier sponsor of Children with Diabetes annual event
Walgreens is serving as the premier sponsor of Children with Diabetes at the the non-profit's Friends for Life conference hosted July 4 – 9 in Orlando, Fla. The organization is dedicated to providing education and support to families living with Type 1 diabetes.
FFL gathers dedicated experts, adults, children and families with diabetes for a weekend geared toward inspiring and connecting the community.
“As a person thriving with diabetes, I’ve experienced first-hand the difference it makes having resources and a community pharmacist available when navigating my condition,” said Tracey Brown, executive vice president of retail and chief customer officer at Walgreens. “Walgreens is thrilled to be sponsoring Children with Diabetes’ FFL event as we work together to make a difference in the lives of the 122 million people living with diabetes and pre-diabetes so they can live a more joyful life through better health.”
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Walgreens said it is proud to help children living with diabetes and their caregivers learn how to maintain an optimal regimen and routine to live a healthy life. As a trusted member of their healthcare team, Walgreens offers specialized comprehensive pharmacy expertise, services and products. The retailer noted that it is the largest provider of continuous glucose monitors and has an expansive assortment of diabetes products including Walgreens brand health and wellness items like blood glucose meters and testing strips, at-home A1C test kits, vitamins and supplements.
“Friends for Life is about empowering families and people living with diabetes to live healthy, enriched lives, and with Walgreen’s support, we’re able to do just that,” said Jeff Hitchcock, founder, president and CEO of Children with Diabetes. “Every year, the conference serves as an opportunity to educate the community about the variety of cutting-edge diabetes management tools, including some of Walgreens’ very own offerings. It’ll be great for our attendees to be check out those products in-person in Orlando.”
As part of its commitment to the event’s mission, Brown and Shauna Markes-Wilson, Walgreens director of pharmacy and retail operations for the Georgia/Florida North region, will be speaking throughout the conference.
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In addition, Walgreens will be showcasing how it is driving the next generation of clinical trials during a session led by Kendal Whitlock, head of digital optimization for Real World Evidence Clinical Trials, and Ebony Scott, senior manager of patient and community engagement digital optimization for Real World Evidence Clinical Trials.
Walgreens also is collaborating with Instacart to stand up an in-conference pop-up shop for Walgreens brand diabetes supplies, first-aid essentials and sun care items and more at the retailer’s booth. The pop-up shop will be powered by Instacart’s Scan & Pay technology. To shop, customers may simply use their mobile device’s camera to scan product barcodes in their cart then check-out quickly using digital payment. This is the first time Instacart’s Scan & Pay technology will be used at an event.