Walgreens Strengthens Support for Children and Adults Living with Diabetes
July 02 2024 - 11:26AM
Business Wire
The retail pharmacy chain will highlight a
variety of offerings and healthcare solutions for managing diabetes
at Friends for Life Conference hosted by Children with Diabetes
Today, Walgreens announced its participation
for the second year as a sponsor of Children with Diabetes (CWD), a
nonprofit organization dedicated to providing education and support
to families living with type 1 diabetes, at their upcoming Friends
for Life (FFL) conference. Walgreens will showcase several
offerings and healthcare solutions for diabetes at the annual
event, hosted July 9-14 in Orlando, Fla. FFL gathers dedicated
experts, adults, children, and families with diabetes for a weekend
geared toward inspiring and connecting the community.
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Friends for Life Conference in Orlando,
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“Roughly half of the U.S. population is living with diabetes or
pre-diabetes. Having access to resources and a supportive community
pharmacist can have a great impact on managing their health,” said
Tracey D. Brown, executive vice president and president, Walgreens
Retail and chief customer officer. “Walgreens believes in CWD’s
mission to empower families and all people living with diabetes to
enjoy healthy, enriched lives. As a person living with diabetes for
20 years, I want to encourage others with this chronic condition
not to give up – keep thriving.”
Walgreens is proud to participate in an event focused on
children and adults living with diabetes and their caregivers. This
event underscores the importance of community and provides a
valuable opportunity to share educational resources and guidance on
establishing and maintaining a healthy and effective regimen.
Walgreens has an expansive assortment of diabetes products and
services like blood glucose meters and testing strips, at-home A1C
test kits, and highly trained pharmacists that specialize in
diabetes care.
As a part of the booth experience, Walgreens and Instacart are
offering a pop-up shop with Walgreens brand diabetes supplies,
first-aid essentials, sun care items, and more. The pop-up shop
will utilize Instacart’s Scan & Pay technology, where customers
may simply use their mobile device’s camera to scan product
barcodes in their cart, then check out quickly using digital
payment.
As part of its commitment to the event’s mission, Tracey D.
Brown, executive vice president and president, Walgreens Retail and
chief customer officer, and Shauna Markes-Wilson, Walgreens
director of pharmacy and retail operations for the Georgia/Florida
North region, will be speaking at the conference. Furthermore,
Walgreens will highlight how it is driving the next generation of
clinical trials by addressing historic barriers to participation to
help communities gain access in a more flexible and convenient
manner.
Walgreens talent acquisition team will also be on-site to speak
to fellows in endocrinology, recent Ph.D. graduates, and healthcare
professionals to continue its commitment to embed itself into the
diabetes community.
For more information on diabetes management and support services
at Walgreens, please visit www.Walgreens.com/Diabetes and
www.Walgreens.com/DiabetesESP for Spanish in-language support.
About Walgreens
Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) is included in the U.S. Retail
Pharmacy and U.S. Healthcare segments of Walgreens Boots Alliance,
Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA), an integrated healthcare, pharmacy and retail
leader. True to its purpose of “more joyful lives through better
health,” Walgreens has a more than 120-year heritage of caring for
communities and providing trusted pharmacy services, and today is
playing a greater role as an independent partner of choice offering
healthcare services that improve care, lower costs, and help
patients. Operating nearly 9,000 retail locations across the U.S.
and Puerto Rico, Walgreens is proud to serve nearly 9 million
customers and patients daily. The company’s pharmacists are playing
a more critical role in healthcare than ever before, providing a
wide range of pharmacy and healthcare services, including those
that drive equitable access to care for some of the nation’s most
underserved populations. Walgreens offers customers and patients a
true omnichannel experience, with fully integrated physical and
digital platforms designed to deliver high-quality products and
healthcare services. Within the U.S. Healthcare segment, Walgreens
portfolio also includes businesses in primary care,
multi-specialty, post-acute care, urgent care, specialty pharmacy
services, population health and provider enablement.
About Children with Diabetes
Children with Diabetes is an Ohio-based 501(c)(3) non-profit
organization dedicated to providing education and support to
families living with type 1 diabetes. Our official corporate name
is T-1 Today, Inc. (Ohio Charter 2231845) with a Trade Name Filing
for Children with Diabetes. Most people know us as Children with
Diabetes.
About Instacart
Instacart, the leading grocery technology company in North
America, works with grocers and retailers to transform how people
shop. The company partners with more than 1,500 national, regional,
and local retail banners to facilitate online shopping, delivery
and pickup services from more than 85,000 stores across North
America on the Instacart Marketplace. Instacart makes it possible
for millions of people to get the groceries they need from the
retailers they love, and for approximately 600,000 Instacart
shoppers to earn by picking, packing and delivering orders on their
own flexible schedule. The Instacart Platform offers retailers a
suite of enterprise-grade technology products and services to power
their e-commerce experiences, fulfill orders, digitize
brick-and-mortar stores, provide advertising services, and glean
insights. With Instacart Ads, thousands of CPG brands – from
category leaders to emerging brands – partner with the company to
connect directly with consumers online, right at the point of
purchase. With Instacart Health, the company is providing tools to
increase nutrition security, make healthy choices easier for
consumers, and expand the role that food can play in improving
health outcomes. For more information, visit
www.instacart.com/company, and to start shopping, visit
www.instacart.com.
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