function sendData() {
  var validate = contactFormValidation();
  if (validate)
  {
	  var ajax = false;
	  var email = document.getElementById('email').value;
	  var name = document.getElementById('name').value;
	  var phone = document.getElementById('phone').value;
	  var address = document.getElementById('address').value;
	  var city = document.getElementById('city').value;
	  var state = document.getElementById('state').value;
	  var zip = document.getElementById('zip').value;
	  var dob = document.getElementById('dob').value;
	  var params = "email="+email+"&name="+name+"&phone="+phone+"&address="+address+"&city="+city+"&state="+state+"&zip="+zip+"&dob="+dob;
	  try {
		ajax = new XMLHttpRequest();
	  } catch(e) {
		ajax = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
	  }
	  if(!ajax) {
		alert('ajax unsupported!');
		return false;
	  }
	  ajax.onreadystatechange = function() {
		if(ajax.readyState == 4) {
		  if(ajax.status == 200) {
			receiveData(ajax.responseText);
		  } else {
			alert('ajax returned bad status: '+ajax.status);
			return false;
		  }
		 }
	  }
	  // assumes you're not passing params -- ask again if you need to know how to do this
	  ajax.open('GET','joySubmit.cfm'+"?"+params,true);
	  ajax.send(null);
	  return false;
  }
  else
  {
  	return false;
  }
}