Thank You's

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Thank You's

Thank you to Albert and Harriet Ullman for all their support.

Thanks to the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) for their dedication to finding a cure.

Thank you to the Children with Diabetes (CWD) web site. The CWD provides a wealth of high-quality, timely, and extremely useful information for parents and kids. Thank you to the Children with Diabetes (CWD) web site for being true advocates of kids with diabetes!

The American Diabetes Association 2004 Scientific Sessions were held in Orlando, Florida from June 4-8, 2004 and offered an opportunity to learn about the latest in diabetes research, meet with researchers and clinicians, and meet with industry representatives.

Children with Diabetes (CWD) had a small booth to show our web site to the 18,000 people who attended from all over the world. You can read more about the conference at CWD's Report from ADA 2004.

Here is a picture of Ellen who helped staff the CWD booth.

Ellen Ullman Staffing CWD Booth
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Thank you to the Children Have Rights In School web site. This web site is specifically targeted for children with Type 1 (Juvenile) Diabetes in school. Thank you for being true advocates of kids with diabetes!

Thank you to Floridians for Stem Cell Research and Cures for promoting stem cell research for find a cure for diabetes and other chronic diseases.

Thank you to Jeff Hitchcock and Castle Web. Without Jeff's technical and moral support the KidsRPumping web site would not be possible.

Thanks to IBM United States employees and retirees for donating approximately $354,000 to date to the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) via the IBM Employee Charitable Contributions Campaign (ECCC). For more info on the IBM Employee Charitable Contributions Campaign (ECCC) click here.

Thanks to IBM United States for donating the following via the IBM Fund for Community Service/IBM Community Grants based on Jeffry's volunteer work for the DRI. For more info on the IBM Community Grants click here.

Year	Donations and Support
1990	$1,800 cash grant for the publication of a brochure, "Important Facts for School Personnel about Diabetes" used for South Florida schools Miami Herald 1990 article on Jeffry and family, IBM, and the Diabetes Research Institute {NOTE, Jeffry had more hair and less weight! ;-)} DRI trifold "Important Facts for School Personnel about Diabetes" used for South Florida schools sponsored by IBM Fund for Community Service Jeffry and Zachary on cover of Diabetes Research Institute Pathways (1990 Annual issue)
1991	Jeffry and Zachary on cover of DRI overview trifold DRI newsletter article on IBM/Jeffry/Zachary IBM Fund for Community Service "Important Facts for School Personnel about Diabetes" grant
1992	Equipment grant for a desktop PC and laser printer to assist in Islet Transplantation research
1994	$1,000 cash grant for a Recirculating Cooler for Islet Transplantation research
1996	Equipment grant of a desktop PC and laser printer for the Fast Track Center for Translational Research Jeffry and Zachary in IBM "Southern Pride" Magazine February 1996. (NOTE: Please scroll down to second page in the PDF)
1998	Equipment grant of a Thinkpad to assist in worldwide diabetes education programs "What's Up Doc" Zack's "A kid's eye view of the Diabetes Research Institute"
2000	Equipment grant of a Thinkpad to assist in communicating with families affected by diabetes and enablement of parent support groups GREAT KIDS...Boy using Halloween to help others
2002	Equipment grant of a Thinkpad to assist in communicating with families affected by diabetes and enablement of parent support groups
2003	$1,000 cash grant to assist DRI sponsored parent support groups Zachary on IBM Employee Charitable Campaign Contribution (ECCC) intranet web site (NOTE: Please scroll down to second page in the PDF)
2004	Equipment grant for a desktop PC to assist in Islet Transplantation research Robert Pearlman, President of Diabetes Research Institute on IBM Intranet Here is PDF of IBM award Jeffry received for 50+ hours of community service to the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI)
2005	$1,000 cash grant to assist DRI sponsored parent support groups
2006	Equipment grant for a IBM Infoprint 1552 printer to assist in Islet Transplantation research
2007	$1,000 cash grant to assist DRI sponsored parent support groups
2008	$1,000 cash grant for the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation Parents Empowering Parents (PEP) Squad Ellen in DRI Focus Winter 2008 issue article on PEP squad ... (NOTE please scroll to page 10 in the PDF)

On October 16, 2006, IBM South Florida had its the 2006 IBM Employee Charitable Contributions Campaign (ECCC) kick off meeting. After the meeting several ECCC eligible organization had booths to discuss the organizations with South Florida IBM'ers. Here is image of Jeffry with Barbara Singer of the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation (DRIF).

Jeffry Ullman and Barbara Singer
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JUST FOR FUN #1 --> Thrasher's Wheat - A Neil Young Archives

JUST FOR FUN #2 --> IBM RAMAC "Random Access Method of Accounting and Control." You may not realize but IBM invented the hard disk drive in the late 1950's. It was called RAMAC. Here is actual IBM documentary movie on the invention of RAMAC (NOTE-please allow at least 45-60 seconds for the movie to buffer to 100% for first time viewing).

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Click here for Wkipedia entry on RAMAC
Click here for link to Magnetic Disk Heritage Center website
IBM 305 RAMAC
Computer Storage (1956)

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