Below is an email that WEGOhealth circulated announcing that nominations are now being excepted for their 2012 awards. I was honored to be nominated last year and was surprised when I received the first ever 'Advocating for Another' Award. I want to urge you to take a look at their categories and nominate your favorite writers from the diabetes online community. WEGO is a great way to make our DOC voices heard around the Internet.

As a result of my win last year WEGO has invited me to the e-Patient Connections 2012 conference in Philadelphia next week. There I will be recognized as the 2011 winner and get to speak about what my advocacy means to me. So again, please nominate your favorite diabetes blogger so that perhaps another of us can have this and many other great experiences, next year and beyond.

WEGOhealth is covering my lodging expensise and travel for the conference.

Announcing the 2012 Health Activist Awards!

We're excited to announce the start of the WEGO Health Activist Awards Nominations.

This year, we're extending the nomination period and we've added some exciting new award categories. Now's your chance to recognize someone who has inspired you, helped you, or even changed your life this year - nominate them for a WEGO Health Activist Award!

Click to Nominate a Health Activist

Questions? Get all the details on our WEGO Health Activist Awards FAQ page.

We also need your help to share the WEGO Health Activist Awards with everyone in the online health community. Please take a moment to tweet, blog, e-mail, or facebook to let your friends, fans, and followers know how they can get involved. Here's a sample tweet or post to help get you started: WEGO Health just announced their 2012 Health Activist Awards. Nominate someone: http://bit.ly/haawards12

Thanks for participating in the WEGO Health Activist Awards - and for helping us to empower those who make a difference every day.

The WEGO Health Team