Bret Michaels Raises $100,000 for Diabetes

Let’s hear it for Bret Michaels! He is competing in the Celebrity Apprentice and last night was the project manager who happened to win the very first challenge. He’s been a Type 1 diabetic for 40 years, so he is playing for the American Diabetes Association as his charity. Naturally, I rooted for him the entire night, and really want him to win it all! But I couldn’t suppress my joy at last night’s result: he won $100,000 for us! Yay Bret!

In case you didn’t catch it, here’s what Bret has to say about competing on Celebrity Apprentice and on being a diabetic:

During the challenge, he admitted that he had only one hour of sleep. (Not good, Bret!) He also had a low blood sugar incident while running around during the challenge. Luckily, he had ready access to some sugar soda, but he had to stop what he was doing for a few minutes and get his blood sugar back into normal range. I hope this doesn’t hurt him going forward with the challenges, and I’ll really be pissed if his teammates (or anyone else) hold it against him.

But I can’t tell you how happy I am to have Bret doing this and bringing awareness to diabetes. He’s got my vote to win. How about you?