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In 1817, American Bible Society gave sixty-five Bibles to the crew of the USS John Adams, thus beginning a program of contributing Scriptures to the Armed Forces, which continues to the present day. From 1817 to the present, and through nine wars, American Bible Society has provided over 100 million free Scriptures to the brave men and women in the United Stated Armed Forces. Our mission to the members of the Military has been to provide hope and comfort to our American heroes. We know that members of the Military face death every day. What they see, what they experience, impacts their lives forever. We believe the men and women who serve, need hope and encouragement as they face very real enemies. They need answers as they grapple with gutwrenching issues associated with combat. With the help of our ministry to the Armed Forces Chaplains, we help provide Scriptures directly to ser-
vicemen and women serving in the field. American Bible Society also partners with the National VA Chaplain Center - 900 chaplains working in 153 Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers – to personally distribute Scriptures among Veterans from current Middle East conflicts, as well as those who faithfully served in Korea and Vietnam. Since 1816, American Bible Society has pioneered ways to provide God’s Word for people in the United States and around the world, who need it most. Serving our Armed Forces through Scripture engagement, has been our highest honor. We also reach to churches with customized Bible resources and to new generations with a growing range of digital technology. We also work with other Bible Societies and ministering partners, in close to 200 counties to translate the Bible thus bringing a life changing message to people in China, the Middle East , India, Africa and around
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“I was born with a mother, a father, and epilepsy. I attended a local public grammar school until I had seizures a couple of times a week. The teacher did not understand how to work with me. Eventually my parents and the school recommended that I attend a special education school. I graduated from C. Melvin Sharpe Elementary School and Roosevelt High School.” “In August 2008, I came to Quality Trust to work with the Training Coordinator. I work with self-advocates like myself, the members and leadership of Project Action, the DC Developmental Council and the Human Right Council. Through this I have learned so much about contacting other self-advocates and people in the community. I’m better at speaking up and speaking out for people with developmental disabilities and our concerns. In June, I helped coordinate a conference and have learned how to use the computer better as well. Thelma was born in Charles Country, Maryland with one sister and one brother – and with cerebral palsy
which left a permanent effect on her mobility. After graduating from Sharpe Elementary, Thelma got office skills training and worked for several years through a contract with HUD. Learning that the Mayor was looking for good board members, Thelma’s Advocate recommended Thelma because she was a good speaker! Thelma was sworn in by Mayor Anthony Williams as a founding board member of Quality Trust for Individuals with Disabilities, and served until 2008. Thelma was an excellent board member, speaking up for the rights of people with developmental disabilities from her own experience. She gained so much experience that now Thelma serves on many boards and other commissions throughout the District. Through the years, Victor and Thelma were both active in Project Action! But in 2008 while attending a conference, they got reacquainted and
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All of the people from the Collaboration Council—staff, board members, supporters, and partners— are big dreamers. They believe that all children in our community should be safe, healthy, successful in school, and prepared for life, and they dream they can make it happen. That’s a pretty big dream. --Debbie Van Brunt, Mother of two boys with autism served through the Collaboration Council Did you know that Montgomery County is home to 230,000 children and youth? What will be the key to their success—Being born healthy? Growing up in a loving and economically secure family? Living in a caring community free from crime? Graduating prepared for college and a career? With your support, we hope it will be all of these things.
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Fortunately, it was just a metallic “clink”, the sound of the edge of a hoe hitting a buried landmine. Alfonso Jose, a farmer in rural Angola, was digging the ground near his home earlier this year when he hit the mine. It would have been a different story if the mine had exploded. The Soviet OZM-72 bounding fragmentation anti-personnel mine is designed to kill anyone within a 30 yard radius. The home of Alfonso’s neighbor, Generosa Chitula, is just 22 yards away, and her five children often play in front of the house where they would certainly have been killed, along with Alfonso, had the mine detonated. The deadly device had been hidden in the ground since 1999, put there during Angola’s long civil war. Alfonso was not aware that he had built his home on a minefield. The HALO Trust’s demining teams cleared this minefield, and continue to clear others around the world so that the local people in post-conflict areas can live
in safety as they begin to rebuild. The presence of mines and ordnance prevents farmers from planting their fields or grazing their livestock. Mined roads and paths block trade and access to water. Aid agencies are hesitant to visit mined areas to vital projects. Minefields leave rural populations mired in a continuous cycle of poverty but HALO’s work allows some of the world’s poorest communities to return to productive and dignified economic activity, which in turn brings stability to areas that have known only war and hardship. Made famous by Princess Diana’s minefield visit in Angola in 1997, The HALO Trust is a non-religious, non-political, non-profit organization specializing in the removal of the hazardous debris of war. Since pioneering the concept of humanitarian landmine clearance in 1988, HALO has continued to be the leading organization of its kind and currently employs 8,000 local staff in ten
countries. HALO’s mission statement is “getting mines out of the ground, now” – a practical focus reflected in our record of getting 93% of any donation directly to field operations. HALO’s oldest and largest program is located in Afghanistan where it provides gainful employment to over 3,700 Afghans. Since 1988, HALO has destroyed 800,000 stockpiled and emplaced landmines in Afghanistan and has also safely disposed of 23,000 tons of unsecured ammunition, reducing the supply of material that insurgents use to make improvised explosive devices (IEDs).
The results of HALO’s work are measurable and high-impact; they have destroyed over 1.3 million landmines, 11 million items of larger caliber ordnance, 50 million bullets and over 120,000 assault rifles. Over 6,900 minefields have been cleared and more than 370,000 acres of hazardous land have been made safe for local communities – an area almost nine times the size of Washington, DC. As a result of HALO's global work, thousands of minefields have become cornfields, homes have been rebuilt and children can now walk to school knowing their next step will be a safe one.
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Cancer Prevention is a notion that only recently has moved from concept to reality. The Prevent Cancer Foundation, (formerly the Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation), has been leading that message for 25 years. When the Foundation began in 1985 “cancer prevention” was almost non-existent, limited largely to smoking cessation efforts. Cancers were mostly killers; the research and funding were devoted to treatment and cure. The benefits of a healthy lifestyle, the idea that obesity, lack of exercise, and a diet high in saturated fat might have a direct link to certain cancers seemed far-fetched. Likewise, routine screenings were limited to mammograms and Pap smears, and a cancer diagnosis was something to be whispered about— even if one in three Americans would
Putting cancer prevention in the community have to face it. “Prevention was not in the mainstream,” recalls Carolyn Aldigé, president and founder of the Prevent Cancer Foundation. “I think the attitude of most people was that cancer was a disease you were either going to get or you weren’t. There wasn’t anything you could do to keep yourself from getting it.” The Foundation has worked to change that way of thinking with years of funding research, education and community outreach. Research is the corner stone of the Foundation’s mission, translating those findings to reach out into communities across the nation to educate the public on how they can reduce their cancer risk. Most recently in 2008 and 2009 the Foundation started a Community Grants program to support community
programs across the United States provide education and screening programs for all populations. Funded programs share the Foundation’s mission to prevent cancer or detect it in its earliest stages when it is most treatable. The grants are a part of the Foundation’s long history of putting cancer prevention first for everyone. Today, most experts agree that a third of cancer deaths can be prevented through lifestyle changes and through early detection and screening. We have a long way to go to reach that goal, but we can find inspiration in how far we’ve come. Some highlights from the past quarter century: 1980s -2008 Cancer Prevention Study II: The Lifestyle Link Following the success of the first study, which offered some of the first
evidence linking cigarette smoking to lung cancer, researchers gathered medical history, fitness, and nutrition data from 1.2 million men and women and tracked them over the years. By the mid-1990s, a strong link between lifestyle and cancer was apparent. To date, the data have yielded an unprecedented range of correlations, linking lung cancer to secondhand smoke; breast, colon, and kidney cancer to obesity; colon and prostate cancer to diets high in saturated fat; breast, colon, and prostate cancer to physical inactivity; and oral and esophageal cancer to alcohol. Other findings indicate that diet rich in fruits and vegetables— and, independently, a daily aspirin—can reduce colon cancer deaths.
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Club Beyond: Digging into the Trenches with Military Teens
Military teens know that freedom isn’t free. The silent casualties of combat are the wounded hearts of military families. As military activity in the Middle East continues, the social fabric of military families is wearing thin with each deployment. Of the 1.2 million children of military personnel, 25 percent (approximately 300,000) are teenagers between the ages of 12 and 18*. Many of these military teens cannot remember a time when overseas conflicts have not affected their lives. They deal with crippling uncertainty every time one or sometimes both of their parents are deployed to combat zones. They have friends whose parents have lost limbs or perished, and the fierce fear of similar perils in their own family is constant. For military teens, the war starts over with every deployment. These
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teens’ lives are riddled with insecurity, inconsistent peer and family structures, and frequent moves. All of these struggles—plus the classic difficulties of adolescence— create significant trenches that often keep a military teen from knowing true joy in his or her life. Military teens crave peace, stability, lasting relationships, and above all, unconditional love. Club Beyond/ Military Community Youth Ministries (MCYM) recognizes that although military kids may walk the same school hallways as other teens, they live in a very different reality. In 1980, Club Beyond/ MCYM was created as a separate 501(c)(3) to be an ecumenical partnership that serves the teens and families of the United States Armed Forces. Club Beyond staff members forge meaningful friendships with these teens to help them face the unique and challenging aspects of life as a military “brat,” which in many instances is a long way from the familiar surroundings of their American culture. Club Beyond/ MCYM serves in close partnership with Young Life, Youth for Christ and Life Teen, with a trained staff of over 90 adult leaders at over 40 worldwide locations who invest in teens’ lives, sharing Christ’s love and mentoring them. Consisting of weekly meetings during the school year and fun activities year-round, Club Beyond seeks to “Celebrate life with military teens, and introduce them to the Life Giver, and help them become more like Him.” Primarily, Club Beyond leaders provide a listening ear, a shoulder to cry on, and a friendly hug when they’re most needed. * (according to the Military Family Research Institute at Purdue University)
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rity and Medicare benefits, and the difficulty in finding a home that will accommodate their needs. With Quality Trust Advocates on their side, Thelma and Victor are examining the options, getting the paper work done and slowly passing one hurtle at a time – fighting for their rights. Please support leadership for people with developmental disabilities. “We just need opportunities to grow in our lives.”
The life expectancy of a middle class American is 78 years. The average homeless person will die between their 42nd and 52nd year, primarily because of the lack of access to routine medical care. Christ House is in its 25th year of providing health care to chronically sick homeless men and women in the District of Columbia. Our patients experience chronic diseases such as hypertension and stroke, HIV or AIDS, cancer, diabetes, amputations, and other life-threatening illnesses. In addition to the primary illness(es) for which they were admitted, 90.5 percent of our patients in 2009 acknowledged a history of alcohol or drug abuse, or had a diagnosed mental illness. Twenty-four percent had all three (alcohol, drug, and psychiatric concerns). We also witnessed growth in the number of newly-released prisoners who became homeless and sick. Seventy-
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five percent of our patients in 2009 were African American males over the age of 50, and 31 percent were veterans of the armed forces. Nearly a third had no income and 64 percent had monthly income under $1,000. The average charges for a hospital stay in the Northeast in 2008 was $6,252 per day. These costs and charges do not include the fees that individual doctors and other specialists charge. Christ House served 307 admissions in 2008 and provided 9,905 patient days of care at the cost of only $290 per patient day! Your support through the Combined Federal Campaign or United Way will enable Christ House to continue serving the poorest residents of our city, and will help ensure their ability to overcome homeless, addictions, and despair. Please see www.christhouse.org for more information about our programs, or call us at (202) 328-1100.
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1990s ASSIST: Smoking Law Reform Big Tobacco was hit hard in the 1990s. States were filing lawsuits to recover Medicaid costs for tobaccorelated illnesses. Activists were protesting the kidfriendly Joe Camel ads. And countless Anti-smoking campaigns were launched. The National Cancer Institute launched the largest-ever federally funded antismoking campaign, a $165 million, eight-year tobacco-control program in 17 states. 1994 BRCA1 The BRCA1 gene, implicated in breast and ovarian cancer for women and prostate cancer for men, is discovered. BRCA2 follows in 1995. To date, approximately 350 cancer-related genes have been identified. 1998 The Birth of a National Awareness Month March is declared National colorectal cancer Awareness month. Colorectal cancer was the second leading cause of cancer mortality, and one of the most preventable and treatable cancers 2000 Katie Couric’s On-Air Colonoscopy: Screening Promo The practice of screening to detect cancer or precancerous lesions revolutionized prevention. Mammograms for breast cancer, Pap smears for cervical cancer, and PSA tests for prostate cancer have become routine aspects of medical care, at least for those with insurance.
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2006 HPV Vaccine: The First FDA-Approved Cancer Vaccine Cancer prevention vaccines have proved elusive, primarily because cancer cells do not trigger an immune response. But because cervical cancer is caused by the infectious human papillomavirus (HPV), it could be targeted. (The hepatitis B vaccine similarly blocks HBV infection, reducing liver cancer risk.) Using HPV particles, first isolated by the National Cancer Institute, the vaccine provides antibody protection against the two most common high risk HPVs. Together these are responsible for 70 percent of all cervical cancers, the second leading cause of cancer deaths in women worldwide. To date, 16 million doses have been distributed. 2008 Stand up to Cancer The Foundation joined Stand Up to Cancer, a broad philanthropic initiative to accelerate cancer research. ABC, CBS, and NBC donate a commercial-free prime time hour to air a fundraiser for the cause.
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When U.S. Army Sergeant Neil Duncan’s vehicle ran over animprovised explosive device in Afghanistan in 2005, he was not picturing life without his legs. “When I woke up from the blast, I was laying in the hospital with my jaw broken and wired shut, no bottom teeth ,both my legs gone, my right arm bandage from my fingers to my underarm, and a medal bar screwed in to my jaw and I was breathing through a tube in my neck. At that time I had no idea what disability was and certainly no idea of what I could do.” Five years later, he is conquering mountains. Duncan, 26,and two other retired soldiers,Army Sergeants Dan Nevins (37, lost both legs in Iraq) and Kirk Bauer (62, lost one leg in Vietnam), three men with one leg between them, summited 19,340-foot Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa on August 8, 2010. Three soldiers.One leg. Mount Kilimanjaro! The triomade their six-day ascent as part of the Warfighter Sports Challenge, a series of extreme events for permanently disabled military service members. The Warfighter Sports Series includes events such as 26mile desert hike, a 100-mile bike ride, 197 mile relay race, and a 90mile team event that features downhill skiing, kayaking and mountain biking. It is run by Disabled Sports USA (DSUSA), a Rockville based nonprofit that offers sports rehabilitation programs to injured service members across America. The Warfighter Sports Series began this year as extension of DSUSA’s Wounded Warrior Disabled Sports Project (WWDSP). Since 2003, the WWDSP serves permanently disabled service members from Iraq and Afghanistan. Participation in the program, which uses donations to pay for all instruction, equipment, and travel, is limited to wounded warriors who have lost limbs or eyesight, or suffered serious brain and spinal cord injuries. More than 3,700 have taken part so far. "Sports is the tool to rebuild their confidence after they've been injured," says Bauer, executive director of Disabled Sports USA. "We put together this team with veterans from three different wars and two generations to show the potential of wounded warriors." With the assistance of experienced guides, the trio experienced Mount Kilimanjaro’s tropical rain forest to the barren, freezing, wind-sweeping crater at the rim of the mountain, where they camped at 19,000 feet, higher than Mt. Everest Base Camp. Eight of days negotiating loose rock called “scree”, boulders, a marathon trek down through the darkness of the rain forest, their
prosthetics underwent grueling conditions. But nothing stopped them. As Duncan said, “Thanks to Disabled Sports USA a whole new world has opened up to me. This Kilimanjaro Climb will hopefully inspire my fellow wounded warriors to realize that they can do anything they set their mind to. I am thankful for this life changing experience!” “We try to focus on the bigger message: Involvement in sports is possible and can lead to a
healthier lifestyle. I can’t tell you how many times I repeated ‘If three amputees from three wars and two generations with literally one good leg between them can successfully climb Mt. Kilimanjaro, then our wounded warriors and others with disabilities can walk bike, swim or crutch a mile each day for a healthier lifestyle!’” said Bauer. For more information or to support Disabled Sports USA and its programs, visit www.dsusa.org.
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It started when Fr. Horace McKenna began handing out sandwiches to the homeless individuals sleeping on the street in front of St. Aloysius Church in Washington, D.C. He was soon joined by a growing number of concerned individuals who banded together to found So Others Might Eat (SOME) and begin serving 50 meals per day from a nearby warehouse on North Capitol Street. Forty years later, SOME is providing more than 1,000 hot, daily meals to homeless and hungry men, women and children. SOME remains committed to offering a nourishing meal to anyone who needs one and to helping the community’s poor and homeless. The organization provides services that meet the immediate, daily needs of the homeless and empower them to break the cycle of poverty and live independently. Across the street from its Dining Room for the Homeless and Dining Room for Women and Children, SOME provides vital health services at its Medical Clinic and Dental Clinic. Together, the clinics dispense what is often life-saving care to nearly 50 sick, homeless men and women each day.
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After addressing pressing needs for food and medical attention, many men and women access SOME programs designed to help them rebuild their lives. SOME’s Center for Employment Training offers six months of intensive job training that prepares students for employment in one of three high-growth fields where they can earn a living wage and provide for themselves and their families. Mental health and addiction treatment services are also offered, and enable many men and women to reclaim their lives. SOME also provides safe, affordable, supportive-service housing for homeless families and single adults. A lack of affordable housing plays a significant role in making and keeping people homeless and SOME provides housing for nearly 300 single adults and more than 50 families. SOME’s four housing programs for families provide after-school tutoring and mentoring programs for the 150 children who live there. SOME is currently developing nearly 250 additional units to meet the District’s growing
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The phrase “palliative care” often carries a negative connotation, one mainly associated with defeat. What most people don’t know is that palliative care refers to any form of treatment that concentrates on reducing a patient’s symptoms, improving quality of life, and supporting patients and their families, regardless of disease stage. Dr. Jennifer Temel of Massachusetts General Hospital received a Career Development Award, funded by generous donors to The ASCO Cancer Foundation in 2005, to investigate the effects palliative care would have on cancer patients. The results from her landmark study released this August found that palliative care can improve not only quality of life, but also extend one’s life and improve survival. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that patients with non-small-cell lung cancer who began receiving palliative care immediately upon diagnosis were not only happier and in less pain – but they lived nearly three months longer. “The results of this study are great news for cancer patients,” says Dr. Temel. “I think
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the most important thing for patients to know is that it is ok for them to talk with their doctor about the physical and psychological symptoms they are having because we now know that if attention is paid to those symptoms, it could have a real impact on how well they do with their cancer treatment. If palliative care services are offered at their treatment center, I would encourage patients to seek out those services.” In the three-year study, 151 patients with non-small-cell lung cancer at Massachusetts General Hospital were randomly assigned to get either oncology treatment alone or oncology treatment with palliative care. Those getting palliative care from the start reported less depression and happier lives as measured on scales assessing quality of life and mood. The most surprising outcome, however, is that “patients lived longer with early palliative care” says Dr. Temel. “In some ways it is intuitive that the healthier you are, the better you feel and the more active you are, the better you do, but we now have the data to back that up.” “The results of this study have far-reaching implications on cancer and palliative
care worldwide and underscores the importance of continuing to fund promising clinical researchers at all stages in their careers,” says Nancy R. Daly, MS, MPH, Executive Director of The ASCO Cancer Foundation. “We are pleased that the Foundation was able to support this research given the important topic, one which affects many Americans today.” The unrestricted support of CFC donors has been essential to the ASCO Cancer Foundation in fulfilling its mission worldwide of advancing cancer research and education, and will continue to play an integral role in funding patient education, physician training and improving the quality of cancer care. Dr. Temel’s research is just one example of the powerful impact CFC donor support can have in the cancer community. In 2010, the Foundation provided more than $10 million to support cancer research. We can do more! Please help us to continue to shape the future of cancer care by donating to The ASCO Cancer Foundation, CFC#28783. It all starts with you.
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need for affordable housing. Demand for SOME’s affordable apartments has risen in the past two years, as has the number of meals that SOME serves each day and the number of clients who are coming to receive medical care in SOME’s clinics. The region’s annual report on homelessness found that homelessness among families has risen 10 percent in Washington, D.C., a statistic that is illustrated by a shortage of shelter space and SOME’s own capped waiting list for apartments for families. Throughout the recession, SOME has been sustained by the support of individuals who give what they can, often through their workplace CFC campaign. Thank you for helping SOME to continue to provide meals, services and hope to our community’s most vulnerable residents.
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Catholic Charities Helping a Navy vet overcome homelessness and get his life back – one of 105,000 stories of hope
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Anthony Cosby needed an opportunity. He always worked hard and held a job. He was a loving father. Yet, after more than two years staying in a homeless shelter, Anthony couldn’t get back on his feet. Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington gave him that opportunity. Overnight, Anthony received a furnished apartment through Catholic Charities’ Fortitude Housing program. “I knew it was over. I knew I was standing in my home,” Anthony said. Anthony is just one of many across the country caught in the hard-to-break cycle of homelessness that begins when a job or apartment is lost, and cannot be replaced due to monetary limitations, sudden or chronic disability, or family instability. The cycle of chronic homelessness affects individuals from all walks of life. A Navy veteran, Anthony never abused alcohol or drugs. He worked steadily at low-wage jobs and moved to a shelter only when he couldn’t make ends meet. Though optimistic, he needed help breaking the cycle. After nearly one year, Anthony is thriving. He has a job working with adults with disabilities. He is taking classes at Strayer University. His motivation is remembering the many nights when he had to wait in line for
Anthony is just one of many across the country caught in the hard-to-break cycle of homelessness that begins when a job or apartment is lost, and cannot be replaced due to monetary limitations, sudden or chronic disability, or family instability.
a shelter bed or when he slept in a doorway. He refuses to go back. Catholic Charities plays a central role in addressing poverty and isolation in the Washington-metropolitan region. Last year, more than 105,000 people received assistance from a Catholic Charities program. With the compassion of more than 800 dedicated staff in 80 diverse programs in DC and five Maryland counties, Catholic Charities provides a holistic approach to identifying and offering relief for family and individual crises, and assisting all who are in need regardless of their religious, social or economic background. Homelessness is just one of many crises Catholic Charities helps families and individuals overcome. The agency not only provides assistance to individuals in need through housing programs, but also offers services to help adults further their education, find employment or secure food. The agency serves chil-
dren and teen parents and helps keep households safe. Adults with mental illness find a kind and knowledgeable staff ready to help them manage their illness and live independently. Adults and children living with developmental disabilities are given an opportunity to grow and participate in their community. Catholic Charities works with immigrants and refugees seeking a new and safer life here in our region. And Catholic Charities provides a safe place to sleep to more than 1,500 men, women and children each night, including Anthony. His story is one of hope and success, but the numbers of men, women and children facing a crisis are still far too high. Help Catholic Charities help others find a home and find hope. With your support, Catholic Charities can help many more reach a stable life and begin to build a better tomorrow.
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Army kicks off National Capital Area CFC campaign By Alexandra Hemmerly-Brown
The Army is launching its Combined Federal Campaign drive for the National Capital Area Oct. 1 with a goal of raising $3 million for charities worldwide. The Army's campaign here for Soldiers and Department of the Army employees will run through Dec. 15. "You give when times are good, you give when no one could fault you for saying 'not this year,' and I hope you'll give even more now when you see so many of your neighbors are counting on you," said Joyce E. Morrow, administrative assistant to the Secretary of the Army during the kickoff ceremony at the Pentagon Wednesday. Since its inception in 1961, the CFC has raised more than $6 billion, for more than 2,000 charities. "Each year members of the
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Army Family have stepped forward and extended their commitment to public service by generously donating and in doing so, they have transformed the lives of countless individuals," Morrow said. President Barack Obama also gave a video address to federal employees during the ceremony. "In tough times our charities need all that you can give," the president urged. Eric Cole, the chief information officer for the Office of Research Services at the National Institutes of Health, gave a personal example of how CFC can change lives. In 2005, Cole's son Ryan was diagnosed with Dandy-Walker Syndrome, a congenital brain malformation, while still in the womb. Cole said doctors recommended terminating the pregnancy, but he and his wife declined. When born, Ryan needed costly medical treatment, and
ultimately spent his first 156 days of life in the hospital, undergoing two brain surgeries. "You pull up a chair when it's dark at night, and you're watching your child on a ventilator and with every breath, you are just hoping he'll be okay," recounted Cole about the wearisome period. Ryan, now 5 years old and in kindergarten, received treatment from the Children's National Medical Center, a hospital that accepts support from CFC. "I am very fortunate because you and the work that you've done have given me and my wife the beautiful son that we have today," Cole said. Cole and his wife Andrea are now advocates for the syndrome and started the DandyWalker Alliance to raise awareness. "What you can't do is put a price tag on a hug," Cole explained of giving. "Even small amounts make a difference."
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As a non-profit organization, the Montgomery County Collaboration Council is committed to ensuring that our children and families get the services and supports they need to lead successful lives. We bring interested residents, community agencies, businesses and departments of government together to determine community needs and to work in partnership to secure funding to create and deliver effective programs to children, young people and families in Montgomery County. These are examples of just some of our current work: • Excel Beyond the Bell. Our work with a variety of youth-serving agencies, including the schools and the recreation department, results in over 1,000 middle and high school students attending quality after-school programs that help them learn to make good decisions and succeed in the classroom. • Children with Intensive Needs. We help over 850 families of children with severe disabilities find therapists and other community resources like mentoring and tutoring.
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• Equal Justice for All Youth. We work with juvenile courts, attorneys, social services agencies and others to ensure equal treatment of juvenile offenders that focuses on providing the support they need to keep them from committing crimes in the future. For our work to be successful, we need you. Your Combined Federal Campaign contribution today will ensure that Montgomery County’s children and youth develop and grow into caring, confident and productive adults. To learn more about the Collaboration Council, please visit our website at www.collaborationcouncil.org. You can also explore our web-based directory of detailed information about health, education and human services resources available throughout Montgomery County at www.infoMONTGOMERY.org. It is our goal to link individuals and families with services that can help. Together, we can build better lives, where children are healthy, safe, ready to learn, successful in school and prepared for life. Please support your Montgomery County Collaboration Council for Children, Youth and Families by designating our CFC number 23410!
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Kodey Weir is your 17-year old kid-next-door. He’s polite, smart and has a vibrant personality. In his spare time he enjoys playing baseball, football, basketball, and spending time with friends and family. He loves spending time with his four dogs and four cats. He has dreams of becoming a pediatric psychologist because he likes talking with younger kids. That may sound like the life of many 17-year olds you know, but there’s much more to Kodey’s story. Kodey is among the 31 million Americans with kidney disease. According to the United States Renal Data System, about 2,200 children are living on dialysis and 5,300 are living with kidney transplants. Since undergoing a kidney transplant two years ago, Kodey has enjoyed a dialysis-free lifestyle. Prior to receiving a transplant, he was on dialysis - one of the few life-saving treatment options for people with kidney failure. Despite the numerous of challenges of living with kidney failure, Kodey holds an impressive list of accomplishments: He is a nationally published artist and was crowned a “Hero” by one of the nation’s leading non-profit health organizations for being an inspiration to other children and adults living with kidney disease. Kodey is a winner of the American Kidney Fund 2010 Calendar Kids Art Contest, an annual search for drawings to illustrate the organization’s wall
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calendar. The Maple Valley, WA native is one of 13 contest winners, all of whom are children living with kidney disease. His artwork, titled “Let’s Get Through This Together,” is published on the December page of the nationally distributed calendar. Kodey and the other winners of the 2010 Calendar Kids Art Contest and their families received an all-expensepaid trip to Washington, D.C. last September, including a tour the nation’s capital and an honorary awards dinner. “We look forward to the Calendar Kids Art Contest every year. We receive submissions from all over the United States from children who not only have extraordinary artistic ability, but inspiring stories of hope and determination,” said LaVarne A. Burton, President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Kidney Fund. Kodey’s story is one of those stories Burton describes – inspiring, and full of hope and determination. Earlier this summer, Kodey was featured in the premier installment of the American Kidney Fund’s Kidney Heroes Podcast Series. The Kidney Heroes podcast series honors people who are making a difference in the fight against kidney disease. Kodey was the youngest, and the first, to be named a Kidney Hero. Throughout the podcast, he offered words of inspiration about living with kidney disease: “Having kidney disease has made me grow as a person and has been life changing for better and for worse,” he said.
The American Kidney Fund is our nation's number one source of direct financial assistance to kidney patients, and a leader in providing education and outreach to those who are at risk for kidney disease. In 2009, the American Kidney Fund provided nearly $155 million in treatment-related financial assistance to more than 87,000 kidney patients nationwide. For more information about the American Kidney Fund and the Calendar Kids Art Contest, visit www.kidneyfund.org.
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Nelson and Mary James, owners of “Animal Welfare Approved” Dogwood Nursery Farms, are living the family farm dream. They successfully raise their own food and provide products from their farm in southeastern North Carolina to members of their community. They raise their livestock on pasture and grow organic vegetables, all in a pesticide-free environment. While these concepts are not prevalent in mainstream agriculture, Nelson and Mary have found their niche market in targeting consumers who want healthy, local products from farms that treat their animals humanely. Nelson and Mary are also giving back to the community. They helped launch NC Willing Workers, a cooperative of 12 African American farm families whose goal is to raise awareness of sustainable farming. The cooperative recently launched the NC Willing Workers Foundation, dedicated to sharing innovative ideas, growing tech-
Supporting Humane Treatment of Farm Animals niques and marketing strategies—helping to improve the economic viability of small farms and improve awareness of sustainable farming methods that reduce environmental degradation. At a time when our nation is losing an average of 300 farms per week, Nelson and Mary James are thriving. Dogwood Nursery Farms has received multiple awards for its innovative achievements, including the North Carolina Small Farmers of the Year award in 2006 and 2008 in recognition of its extensive outreach efforts and promotion of sustainable farming techniques. Participation in Animal Welfare Institute’s Animal Welfare Approved (AWA) certification program helps further the James’ sustainability vision and increase their market appeal. Free of charge to the farmer, the AWA pro-
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gram audits and certifies family farms that utilize high-welfare methods of farming. Farmers benefit from having a third-party affirmation of their practices and consumers benefit by knowing that the label means what it says.
An Alternative to Factory Farming Half a century ago, family farms like Dogwood Nursery Farms were prevalent. Animals grazed on pasture, breathing fresh air and feeling the sunshine on their backs. Today, over nine billion animals are raised and slaughtered for food annually in the U.S. The rearing of farm animals is now dominated by industrialized facilities that maximize profits by treating animals not as sentient creatures, but as production units. Raised by the thousands at a single site, animals are confined in such tight quarters that they can scarcely move, let alone behave normally. These housing conditions invite disease, aggressiveness, and crippling physical abnormalities. Animals are bred to become as large as possible, as quickly as possible, to the point that many can no longer stand or reproduce. Many factory
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farmed livestock live their entire lives without once stepping on natural ground. Small farmers suffer as well, as they are driven off the land and replaced by factory production. Those that work under contract to agribusiness companies have little control over what happens on their farms. The Animal Welfare Institute’s AWA certification program is trying to change this. AWA certification is an accreditation granted to farmers who raise their animals with compassion and adhere to the husbandry standards outlined by the nonprofit organization founded in 1951 and dedicated to alleviating suffering inflicted on animals by humans. The AWA program and food label promote the well-being of animals and the sustainability of humane family farms, uniting conscientious consumers with farmers who raise their animals with compassion. The program strives to revitalize a culture of independent family farms in which a humane ethic can be passed on to future generations. Robert. F. Kennedy, Jr. said that the Animal Welfare Institute is “setting the standard for how farm animals should be taken care of.” These standards seek to ensure that cattle graze on green pastures; sows can build nests before giving birth; ducks are always able to preen and bathe; and
chickens can forage, dust-bathe and spread their wings. But the Animal Welfare Institute’s AWA seal is not just a list of rules. It is a philosophy of respect that provides animals on the farm with the environment, housing and diet they need to engage in essential instinctive behaviors, thereby promoting physiological and psychological health and well-being. The program was endorsed by the World Society for the Protection of Animals as having the most stringent animal welfare standards of any third-party certifier. When Nelson and Mary heard about the Animal Welfare Institute’s AWA label, they were overjoyed to learn that a program existed to promote sustainable farming methods that let the animals be animals. They felt that adding the AWA label to their products would assure their customers that the animals were raised with the utmost care and respect. They also found that the program offers much more than just a label. The Animal Welfare Institute helps Animal Welfare Approved farms market their products. The program’s website hosts a searchable database where consumers can find approved products in their region. AWA program experts also provide advice for USDA food label applications, and are available for
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consulting on technical issues from predator management to documenting paperwork to slaughter techniques. The Animal Welfare Institute ensures all of AWAs services—including the application, audit, and certification—are free of charge, allowing farmers to put their resources toward the farm itself. Additionally, the program recently launched a Good Husbandry Grant initiative to provide grants of up to $5,000 to farmers to improve welfare on their farms. Nelson and Mary James have succeeded in turning their small, family farm into a sustainable livelihood that not only benefits their family, but also respects their community, the environment, and the animals they raise. The Animal Welfare Institute works for the James family and many other farmers, in the hopes of making the sustainable, high welfare family farm the norm, rather than the exception. “The reason we chose to be approved by the Animal Welfare Institute’s AWA program, is because our customers really want to know that the animals were raised humanely,” according to Mary James. “They are asking for it and it really makes a difference.” Family farmers across North America are finding the same.
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