Radio stars nationwide urge shoppers to donate to insulin pump campaign

In a campaign to raise money for insulin pumps for children, presenters from local radio stations will be camped out in front of supermarkets and hypermarkets in cities across Poland. The presenters plan to stay put until they have sold 319,500 bottles of Multivita mineral water, at zl.1 each. The money they raise will go to the Jerzy Owsiak fund, which provides diabetic children with pumps supplying the proper insulin doses through a needle stuck into an arm, thigh or abdomen. An insulin pump is priced at around zl.6,000, and the monthly maintenance costs between zl.400 and zl.600. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 5) K.K.