Breast cancer stamp

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>BREAST CANCER STAMP
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>We need those of you who are great at forwarding on info with
>your e-mail network. Please read and pass on. Peace and good
>health.
>
>It would be wonderful if 2002 were the year a cure for breast
>cancer was found!!!!
>
>This is one note I'll gladly pass on. The notion that we could
>raise $16 million by buying a book of stamps is powerful! As
>you may be aware, the US Postal Service recently released
>its new "Fund the Cure" stamp to help fund breast cancer research.
>The stamp was designed by Ethel Kessler of Bethesda, Maryland.
>
>It is important that we take a stand against this disease that
>kills and maims so many of our mothers, sisters, friends. Instead
>of the normal $. 34 for a stamp, this one costs $. 40. The
>additional $. 06 will go to breast cancer research. A "normal" book
>costs
>$6.80. This one is only $8.00. It takes a few minutes in line at the
>Post Office and means so much.
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>If all stamps are sold, it will raise an additional $16,000,000
>for this vital research. Just as important as the money is our
>support. What a statement it would make if the stamp outsold the
>lottery this week. What a statement it would make that we care.
>
>I urge you to do two things TODAY:
>
> > 1. Go out and purchase some of these stamps.
> > 2. E-mail your friends to do the same.
> >
>Many of us know women and their families whose lives are
>turned upside-down by breast cancer. It takes so little to do so
>much
>in this drive.
> >
>We can all afford the $1.20. Please help & pass it on