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The Pump Girls released their debut album and kicked off their WHIRL TOUR in March 1999 with an event to entertain the kids at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Since that time, the group has been busy with performances and guest appearances around the country.

Industry insiders, media and fans have joined The Pump Girls' already considerable following for some serious pumping up of the beat, the volume and " the insulin? Whoa, wait a minute " insulin?" What does insulin have to do with music?

That’s right, that which brought these four girls, aged 12 to 15, together is their insulin pumps. They even sing about it on their CD. The girl rocksters all have juvenile diabetes (also known as Type I) and they all wear insulin pumps that eliminate the need for daily shots. Insulin pumps made national headlines last year when the former Miss America, Nicole Johnson, actually showed hers during the pageant.

For Sara, Colleen, Brittany and Sarah Ann, a.k.a. The Pump Girls, the last few years haven’t been easy. Living with juvenile diabetes, the Southern California teens coped with daily insulin injections, constant monitoring by their parents and doctors, and the depression of living with a chronic condition. But that was before February 1998 when the girls began to sing together at a camp for diabetic kids sponsored by PADRE, The Pediatric Adolescent Diabetes Research and Education Foundation.

What started as fun grew into philanthropy. The Pump Girls decided they wanted much more than to make music. They also wanted to make a difference and, to this end, they approached music producer H.B. Barnum of Little Star Records. Barnum, who works with such industry greats as Puff Daddy, Aretha Franklin and Barry White, loved the girls the first time he saw them perform. "I heard The Pump Girls singing an original song and that was enough for me," Barnum says. "I found these girls through my friend Jackie Teichmann, executive director at PADRE, who not only thought they had talent but also felt that they delivered an important message " and that is that kids with diabetes don’t have to be overcome by their disease. They can learn to manage it," said H.B. Barnum, noted Hollywood record producer and songwriter whose Little Star Records label has recorded The Pump Girls’ first tracks. "What we’ve done is give these girls their childhood back. That’s a major gift. Now we’re singing about it to the world," he added.

And sing to the world they have done. Since releasing their first CD in the spring or 1999, The Pump Girls have garnered worldwide media attention and have taken their WHIRL TOUR on the road with stops in New York, Los Angeles, San Diego, Portland, Orlando, Long Beach, and Indianapolis. The Pump Girls have been covered by every major US television network. They were recently featured on CNN, both nationally and overseas, and were also recently interviewed on World News Tonight with Peter Jennings. As part of their tour, the group also will make stops at children’s hospitals and schools, through which they hope to deliver both their music and their message. And that kind of inspiration has significance far beyond diabetes - these girls want to serve as positive teen role models for other kids passing through the turbulent time associated with adolescence.

In their tracks, The Pump Girls encourage other teens with diabetes to adopt a more positive outlook on life, motivating them to take charge of their condition and learn to manage it.

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