{"id":36801,"date":"2014-10-06T05:29:13","date_gmt":"2014-10-06T09:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?post_type=tips&#038;p=36801"},"modified":"2015-12-29T02:46:52","modified_gmt":"2015-12-29T07:46:52","slug":"a-dog-with-a-blue-collar-get-your-marjorie-shirt-and-support-asweetlife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=36801","title":{"rendered":"A Dog With a Blue Collar: Get Your Marjorie Shirt and Support ASweetLife"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Marjorie1.jpeg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36803 lazyload\" title=\"Marjorie1\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Marjorie1.jpeg\" alt=\"Marjorie\" width=\"589\" height=\"519\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Marjorie1.jpeg 589w, https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Marjorie1-300x264.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 589px) 100vw, 589px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">We are very excited to announce that the <a href=\"  https:\/\/www.habitbrands.com\/Causes\/c1888_a-sweet-life\" target=\"_blank\">Marjorie t-shirt fundraiser sale<\/a> kicks off today.\u00a0 Shirts will be available to purchase until October 17th.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Marjorie-side-bar-ad.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-36804 lazyload\" title=\"Marjorie side bar ad\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Marjorie-side-bar-ad.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"550\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Marjorie-side-bar-ad.jpg 200w, https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Marjorie-side-bar-ad-109x300.jpg 109w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>The goal of our <a href=\"  https:\/\/www.habitbrands.com\/Causes\/c1888_a-sweet-life\" target=\"_blank\">fundraiser<\/a> (in addition to raising the funds that will enable us to continue serving and supporting our 250,000 monthly readers with great content) is to honor Marjorie the dog.\u00a0 Marjorie was the first to survive on injected insulin. \u00a0(Until then, Type 1 diabetes was a death sentence.) \u00a0Artist Jen Jacobs&#8217; sketch of Marjorie is based on a photograph of the real Marjorie.\u00a0 And we&#8217;ve added a blue collar (blue diabetes circle) and a little vial of insulin where her tag would be!<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With this shirt, we&#8217;re not just honoring Marjorie.\u00a0 We&#8217;re expressing our gratitude to her (and the other dogs), and we&#8217;re saying how grateful we are for the diabetes treatments and tools we have today. \u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The shirt is available in two styles (long sleeve with a small Marjorie on the bottom and short sleeve with Marjorie in the center).\u00a0 Adult and kid sizes are available.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">For every shirt sold, Diabetes Media Foundation, publisher of ASweetLife.org, will receive $10.\u00a0 <a href=\"  https:\/\/www.habitbrands.com\/Causes\/c1888_a-sweet-life\" target=\"_blank\">With your help we can sell 1,000 shirts<\/a>, and raise the money we need to continue another year of supporting people with diabetes, and helping them live a sweet life.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.habitbrands.com\/Causes\/c1888_a-sweet-life\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.habitbrands.<wbr>com\/Causes\/c1888_a-sweet-life<\/wbr><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Remember, heroes don&#8217;t always wear capes.\u00a0 Sometimes they wear shaggy coats.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Marjorie-Shirt-Blue.jpeg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36805 lazyload\" title=\"Marjorie Shirt - Blue\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Marjorie-Shirt-Blue.jpeg\" alt=\"Marjorie Shirt\" width=\"600\" height=\"451\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Marjorie-Shirt-Blue.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Marjorie-Shirt-Blue-300x226.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are very excited to announce that the Marjorie t-shirt fundraiser sale kicks off today.  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