{"id":717,"date":"2011-01-25T13:35:42","date_gmt":"2011-01-25T17:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/?p=717"},"modified":"2011-01-25T13:35:42","modified_gmt":"2011-01-25T17:35:42","slug":"twisting-for-a-good-cause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/2011\/01\/25\/twisting-for-a-good-cause\/","title":{"rendered":"Twisting for a Good Cause"},"content":{"rendered":"

I haven\u2019t danced the twist in at least 30 years, but Monday night I happily joined nearly 2,000 other hearty souls in an attempt to break a Guinness World Record for twisting. The \u201cPeppermint Twist-off\u201d took place at our ASI Show in Orlando and it was a hoot.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The twist-off was for a good cause \u2013\u00a0and made for great TV. The NBC affiliate in Orlando, WESH, ran a segment on our efforts and WKMG, the CBS affiliate, promoted it on their broadcast Monday morning.<\/p>\n

Joey Dee<\/a> \u2013 nattily decked out in a brilliant red suit and shoes \u2013 led the crowd in twisting to his No. 1 hit, \u201cPeppermint Twist<\/a>.\u201d Dressed adorably in classic \u201960s \u201cpoodle\u201d garb were Sydney and Mackenzie Cohn<\/a>, the daughters of ASI Vice-Chairman Matthew Cohn. The girls, who were diagnosed with juvenile diabetes at age 7, co-chaired the twist-off to help raise money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International<\/a>.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

So far, Sydney and Mackenzie, now 11 and 9, have raised over a million dollars for the foundation. Monday, they helped raised a few thousand more. It\u2019s remarkable how much they\u2019ve accomplished at such a young age, especially in the face of such a sobering disease.<\/p>\n

No one knows why their immune systems went haywire and started attacking their pancreases, keeping their bodies from making insulin. Now, they live each day trying to balance their blood sugars with small machines attached to their bodies, constant blood tests, counting carbs, and insulin injections or infusions, all while trying to be regular kids.<\/p>\n

Monday, they were exactly that. Click here<\/a> to watch a video of the girls discussing the twist-off and if you can, please make a donation to the\u00a0Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International<\/a>. Click here<\/a> to watch a video of the twist-off.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

We won\u2019t know if we broke the record until Guinness officials get back to us. But that\u2019s really not as important as the effort everyone made to come together for a good cause \u2013 while having an awful lot of crazy fun.<\/p>\n

If you were at the twist-off, please let me know how you did by posting a comment or emailing me here<\/a>. I\u2019m also on Twitter<\/a>, LinkedIn<\/a> and YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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