Kyle's Photo Site

Kyle Hughes, age 4½.
Whale watching in Maui,
February 2007.
Three years after diagnosis.

Join Microsoft - Team Kyle!



$13,810 of $18,000
Current progress toward our goal.
Last updated: 5/21/07

For the third year in a row, Kurt and I are Team Captains for the Nordstrom Beat the Bridge fundraising event on May 20th. Our team is titled Microsoft - Team Kyle and we are committed this year to raise $18,000 with proceeds going to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) and its mission to find a cure for diabetes.

Kyle was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at 18 months old and we are committed to find him a cure soon, and a cure for diabetes is very close. Your support for the JDRF makes that day come sooner. We are very hopeful that through our efforts, someday Kyle will be able to live a life without shots and blood sugar checks.

We’d love your support again through a donation or joining us on race day May 20th. To make it easy for you, below you’ll find step by step instructions on how to donate, register, and how to Match through Microsoft if you’re an employee.

Donating is easy!

  1. Go to Team Kyle's donation page.

    1. Choose "Donate Directly" to simply make a cash donation.
    2. Or choose "Join My Team" to donate by registering for the event.
    3. Follow the simple steps on the site.
  2. Microsoft Employees: Then be sure to have your donation matched.


    1. Go to http://give/ on corpnet, and click the button on the right that says "Match Now".
    2. This takes you to easymatch.com. You may have to create a "Giving Profile".
    3. Select "Submit a new request".   
    4. Select the first radio button labeled "Paid via Cash ...", and click "Next".
    5. Click "Search for a Charity".
    6. IMPORTANT: Copy "Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation" into the Organization Name field.
      Set the "State" dropdown to "WA".
    7. Choose the "Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation - Beat the Bridge" link for Seattle, WA.
    8. Put in your $$ amount in the "Gift Amount" and the "Match" fields, and you're done!

Thanks for being a part of Microsoft - Team Kyle!