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Home & LifestyleDiane Reeder
Kingston, New York |
Her Irish and Italian roots gave Diane a lifelong passion for cooking. Her love of the kitchen and desire to help others help themselves led Diane to found a non-profit called The Queens Galley, which offers workshops to teach disadvantaged seniors and families how to stretch the food they already have without sacrificing nutrition.
Windows-based technology helped Diane get The Queens Galley up and running, from everything from finding volunteer chefs on the Internet to creating a Web site using Microsoft Office FrontPage and developing a newsletter using Microsoft Office Publisher. When she became gravely ill last year, Diane depended even more on her Windows-based PC to operate The Queens Galley from her home, communicating with volunteers through Microsoft Office Outlook, mapping destinations with Microsoft Streets & Trips, using Microsoft Office Excel to organize and track fundraising, or creatively using Publisher to design images for edible icing on cookies and cakes.
Through the power of her Windows-based PC, Diane has formed a network of volunteers spanning several states, taking The Queens Galley far beyond its roots as a small local charity.
"I know that when I sit down at my PC I can open a world of opportunity, knowledge and creative inspiration with just one click. So, has technology made what we do easier? No. It has made what we do possible."
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Honorable Mentions |  | CEO of the Klein family
Nancy Klein
Santa Monica, CA
Driven by her passion for motherhood and equipped with a hearty sense of humor, Nancy Klein started Momics.com, a Web site that takes a light-hearted approach to parenting duties. Klein’s site is a community for “Gals in the Mom Biz,” and it’s her goal to instill pride in mothers for their daily achievements. Klein taught herself how to use Microsoft FrontPage and Adobe PhotoShop, and uses these programs to create and post her signature comic strips and maintain her Web site. |
 | Walking as a lifestyle
Joe Titone
Vancouver, WA
Passionate about fitness and organizing community walks, Titone uses Microsoft Streets & Trips to make route maps, Microsoft Picture It! to edit digital photos from group walks and several Microsoft Office programs to organize walk details and create promotional brochures. Titone also creates Web pages and sites for the local clubs using Microsoft Office FrontPage. |
 | Teen publisher Leah Larson finds her niche
Leah-Emily Larson
Sharon, MA
Windows technology enabled 14-year-old Leah-Emily Larson to pursue her passion to connect with other Jewish girls. She is the founder, editor, and publisher of YALDAH, a national magazine for Jewish girls, by Jewish girls. The publication celebrates Jewish life and values, and encourages girls to express themselves and dream. Check out the YALDAH magazine Web site Larson created. |
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Adam Young
Alpine, UT
As the head of photography and technology for his high school yearbook committee, Windows-based technology makes Young's job easier. He uses the Windows XP photo viewer to quickly organize photos for the yearbook. Microsoft Photo Story 3 for Windows allows Young to effortlessly build impressive slideshows for different organizations at the school. |
 | Technology solves a mother’s need
Edward Ricci
Deposit, NY
Edward Ricci’s mother has a serious heart condition and takes dozens of prescribed medications each day. Ricci worried that something might happen while his mother was outside the home, so he compiled all of her contact information in a Word document and placed it on a USB drive on her keychain. Now, all of her information is easily accessible in case of an emergency. Ricci realized that other people could also benefit from the convenience of this technology, so he launched a business selling MedicTags. |
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