Diamond Jubilee Medal For Ken Wade

A major honour for a long-time volunteer with the Canadian Diabetes Association.
Ken Wade of Dryden was presented with a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal at a special ceremony yesterday.
For more than 60-years, Wade has dedicated his life to helping people living with diabetes.
Wade called the awards presentation “very humbling”.
Wade says it all started back in the late 1940’s at a Diabetic Association of Ontario meeting in Toronto.
He says his wife was a type 1 diabetic and she volunteered for the organization.
Wade notes “whatever she did, I followed.”
Supporting the D-Camps program for children with type 1 diabetes has been a key area of support for Wade.
Wade says it was gratifying to help the kids and help them live a better life.
He adds the Association has come a long way to educate the public about the social impact of the disease.
Wade says diabetes used to be “the closet disease” and those who had it were “shunned”.
Wade continues to volunteer and donate.
In 2011, he was honoured with the Canadian Diabetes Association’s Sir Frederick G. Banting Award.