[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 105 (Monday, July 29, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1454]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   TRIBUTE TO CHILDREN WITH DIABETES AND THE CHILDREN WITH DIABETES 
                               FOUNDATION

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                          HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 26, 2002

  Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Children with Diabetes 
and the Children with Diabetes Foundation. On July 18, 2002 the 
foundation will welcome hundreds of families, doctors and experts from 
around the nation and world to the 3rd Annual ``Friend for Life'' 
National Children with Diabetes Conference in Pasadena, California.
  Children with Diabetes, an online community for children, families, 
doctors and researchers, was founded by Mr. Jeff Hitchcock shortly 
after he learned that his young daughter had contracted Type I 
diabetes, often known as juvenile diabetes. At the time, Mr. Hitchcock, 
knowing little about diabetes, was ill prepared to help his daughter 
cope with its affects and demands. In order to help prevent this 
feeling of helplessness for himself and for other parents like him, Mr. 
Hitchcock launched the Children with Diabetes website.
  Since 1995 the Children with Diabetes website has become a 
clearinghouse of information for juvenile diabetes. Children and their 
parents have access to information from physicians, dietary 
suggestions, treatment suggestions and a myriad of other services that 
have proved helpful to those living with the daily affects of diabetes. 
The site has also become a useful tool for physicians and researchers 
who now have the ability to share information about new treatments and 
cutting edge research from across the globe.
  While Children with Diabetes continues to act as an informational 
resource for juvenile diabetes, the Children with Diabetes Foundation 
acts to assist people financially living with diabetes and supports 
physicians and researchers around the world who are working towards a 
cure. Each year, the Children with Diabetes Foundation raises and 
awards thousands of dollars in scholarships and grants to researchers 
who are moving closer to a cure each day and to families working hard 
to live with this disease.
  That is why this week's national conference is so important. It will 
bring together people from around the world who are working, in their 
own way, to eradicate this disease. The conference will include 
speeches by Dr. Francine Kaufman, President of the American Diabetes 
Association, small group workshops, community forums, and appearances 
by Olympian Gary Hall and Miss America 1999 Nicole Johnson. The 
conference will culminate in the display of a quilt assembled by 
children suffering from diabetes.
  I ask all Members to rise and join me in congratulating and thanking 
Children with Diabetes and the Children with Diabetes Foundation for 
all that they do to fight against the negative affects of diabetes, 
especially juvenile diabetes, throughout the world. I am sure that 
through their efforts, we will one day find a cure for this disease.

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