Mike - Her mother is Bambi Heckerman, a long time Enron employee from the 
Omaha area. Bambi is currently second in command in Northern Border's Rate 
Dept. She also has a daughter with spina bifida so she has had to be a very 
strong person.

   Bill




Mike McConnell@ECT
07/23/2000 08:34 AM
To: Bill Cordes/ET&S/Enron@ENRON
cc:  

Subject: Re: Megan Heckerman's Letter on Juvenile Diabetes  

Bill,

Thanks for sharing this letter.  I am always moved when I read things like 
this and unfortunately I see a lot of them. Who is her mom, someone that 
works for us in Omaha?  Would you please let me know via email.

Thanks for supporting her in her cause and efforts.

Mike


   
	Enron North America Corp.
	
	From:  Bill Cordes @ ENRON                           07/20/2000 10:58 AM
	

To: Mike McConnell/HOU/ECT@ECT
cc:  
Subject: Megan Heckerman's Letter on Juvenile Diabetes

Mike I thought you might be interested in seeing this letter. I bet we will 
have the biggest turnout ever from Enron in Omaha.

   Bill
---------------------- Forwarded by Bill Cordes/ET&S/Enron on 07/20/2000 
10:52 AM ---------------------------
   
	
	
	From:  Martha Sumner-Kenney                           07/20/2000 09:24 AM
	

To: NPNG Omaha Office, NPNG Field, ET&S Omaha EDS, ET&S Omaha Office
cc:  

Subject: Megan Heckerman's Letter on Juvenile Diabetes

Megan Heckerman (Bambi's daughter) who was diagnosed with Juvenile Diabetes 
has agreed to be this year's honorary Enron Team Captain for the Juvenile 
Diabetes Foundation walk (see Megan's letter below).  She is anxious for this 
walk to be successful and has asked if she could help kick-off the campaign 
by selling "Casual Shorts Week" buttons and signing up walkers and pledges.  
Please stop Megan's table in the lobby and say "hi" tomorrow (Friday, July 
21) from 11:30 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.

Casual Shorts Week buttons cost $5 and will allow the purchaser to wear 
shorts the entire week prior to the walk (August 7-11) - won't that be nice 
considering how HOT August usually is!

Hi,
My name is Megan Heckerman. I am 11 years old.  On August 3, 1999, I was 
diagnosed with Type 1 Juvenile Diabetes.  For several weeks before that day, 
I slowly became sicker every day and finally got really scared because I didn,
t know what was wrong with me and my Mom was scared too.  I was thirsty, went 
to the bathroom a lot, started not feeling well and then finally I lost a ton 
of weight real fast. When I went to the Doctor my blood sugar was nearly five 
times normal. 

Since August 3rd, my life has changed a lot.  I was told when to eat, what to 
eat, what NOT to eat and how much to eat. Which is pretty tough to do 
especially at Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentines Day and Easter.  
Mom paid me for my Halloween candy and took it to work, so that was a good 
deal.  I was told that my genes contained a code for killing the insulin 
making cells in my pancreas and that all that code needed was probably a 
virus that I had had last spring to turn it on. My insulin making cells are 
gone forever but they tell me that someday they hope there will be a cure. 

Since I was diagnosed, every day I test my blood at least four times for 
sugar and take insulin shots three times a day. I have given myself nearly 
1,000 shots and have poked my fingertips for blood nearly 1,400 times and it 
hasn,t been even a year!  I would love to be normal again and there are a lot 
of other people that have diabetes that I,m sure you know feel the same way.  

So, I am writing to tell you about a project I am working on this year called 
&Walk to Cure Diabetes8. The Walk for Diabetes helps to raise money to find a 
cure for juvenile diabetes. On August 12, 2000 in Elmwood Park, I will be 
walking with my team from Enron called Megan's Marchers.  I hope that you 
will join my team or sponsor someone on the team.  I am hoping we can raise 
over $3,000.00 and have at least 20 walkers participate. Please consider 
signing up to walk, or if you can,t then please sponsor the Enron team. 

Thank you,

Megan Heckerman