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**UPDATE
& Action
Alert**
07/26/01
Current
Breast Cancer Research Stamp Statistics
As
of June 15, 2001, 305 million Breast
Cancer Research Stamps have been sold since July 29,
1998, raising $21 million for biomedical breast cancer
research at the National
Institutes of Health (NIH) and
the Department
of Defense (DoD) Breast Cancer Research Programs.
(Source: United States Postal Service Government Relations). The
awareness raised as a result of this historic stamp designed
to saves lives continues to be priceless.
Breast
Cancer Research Stamp Delivered Death Sentence
Deliver
Hope & Help Now to Save the Stamp Designed to
Save Lives
WIN
Against Breast Cancer is proud to continue leading the
efforts to ensure that the Breast Cancer Research Stamp is
not discontinued next year (July 2002), as planned by the
United States Postal Service.
Please stay “posted” for our calls to action and
continue to support this historic stamp that continues to
raise awareness and millions of dollars for vital research.
Time
is of the essence. What
you can do to help now:
Please
e-mail us at mail@winabc.org
to let us know why you feel that the Breast Cancer Research
Stamp needs to be continued beyond next year.
Please include your name, city and state.
We would like to include this information in a
proposal that we will be submitting next month (August
15, 2001 deadline) to the US Postal Service and to
advise Congress of your support.
The deadline is almost here.
Please act now.
Your e-mail addresses will remain confidential and
not be distributed.
We
need your continued support to
"Fund
the Fight to Find a Cure".
Together we can continue to make a real difference in
the fight against breast cancer.
Please check back with us soon for an updated action
alert and feel free to e-mail us (at address above) if you
would like to receive our action alerts via e-mail.
**UPDATE
& Action
Alert**
07/26/01 Related
Links
United
States Postal Service (USPS) Stamps Online
Purchase
the Breast Cancer Research Semipostal (Fundraising) Stamps
here:
http://shop.usps.com
(Scroll down left blue column on left side of page to Product
Search; Check
Name Box and use keywords: Breast Cancer Research)
Breast
Cancer Research Stamps can also be purchased by calling:
1-800-STAMP 24.
“We
Care: Show YOU
care by purchasing a Combo Pack of our social awareness
stamps”*: (Breast
Cancer Research Stamp, Diabetes Awareness Stamp &
Adoption Awareness Stamp Combo Pack)
http://shop.usps.com
(Scroll
down left blue column on left side of page to Product
Search; Check
Name Box and use key words: Combo Pack.
When you enter the new page, look for Item No:
407198/Combo Pack #14 We Care. (*Text
in quotations from USPS web site.)
National
Institutes of Health (NIH) Breast Cancer Research Program
“NCI Breast Cancer
Research Grants Derived from Postage Stamp Sales” http://newscenter.cancer.gov/pressreleases/stampawards.html
Department
of Defense (DoD) Breast Cancer Research Program
“Fact Sheet: The Breast Cancer Postage Stamp and the
Involvement of the Department of Defense Breast Cancer
Research Program” http://cdmrp.army.mil/pubs/factsheets/bcstampfactsheet.htm
Contact
WIN Against Breast Cancer: mail@winabc.org
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