[nagdu] URGENT: IAADP needs your vote!

[Toni Eames]

>Dear All,
>
>IAADP  needs your immediate suppport to help us 
>get needed funds (read below).  Please spread the word and vote for us daily.
>
>Many thanks.
>
>>INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ASSISTANCE DOG PARTNERS
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>>3376 N. Wishon
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>>*  Fresno, CA 93704  *  <mailto:eeames at csufresno.edu>www.iaadp.org
>>Nov. 1, 2010
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>>  Dear Members and friends of IAADP:
>>
>>  IAADP has exciting news.  We have received
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>>  word from the Pepsi Refresh Project that our
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>>  grant application made it through their careful
>>
>>  screening process and we now have the
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>>  month of November to campaign for the
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>>  funding we are seeking. Why is this such a
>>
>>  big deal?
>>
>>Regrettably IAADP has been hard hit 
>>by  cutbacks in corporate giving due to the 
>>serious economic downturn.  We lost two major 
>>sponsors in 2009. Determined to persevere, 
>>IAADP has tackled the challenge of obtaining a 
>>grant of $50,000 through the Pepsi Refresh Project.
>>
>>A major portion of the grant would go to fund 
>>our Veterinary Care Partnership Program which 
>>provides financial aid when an assistance dog 
>>develops a major medical problem and a disabled 
>>person who lives on a very low income can’t 
>>afford the surgery or other recommended 
>>treatment that could enable the dog to 
>>recover.  This kind of crisis is devastating to 
>>the spirit of the disabled owner.  We hope you 
>>and others will agree IAADP’s VCP program to 
>>“save a partnership” is very worthy of 
>>Pepsi’s support.  We also are seeking funding 
>>to bring our existing website and database into 
>>the 21st century, and to enhance our networking 
>>newsletter, Partners Forum, which enables 
>>disabled persons to share news, ideas, learning 
>>experiences and to work together on important 
>>advocacy and education initiatives for the assistance dog movement.
>>
>>You can help IAADP by hitting the link 
>><http://www.refresheverything.com/helpthedisabledandtheirdogs>http://www.refresheverything.com/helpthedisabledandtheirdogs 
>>to vote for our project.  First, click on 
>>Register to Vote, .... register ..... (it’s 
>>easy!), then, vote for our project.  Each 
>>registered person on the Pepsi Refresh website 
>>can return to vote for us once per day for the 
>>entire month of November 2010.  So, please save 
>>this link and vote for us daily!  If you help 
>>IAADP win these funds, it not only benefits 
>>disabled persons with guide, hearing and 
>>service dogs, it would also enable IAADP to 
>>significantly improve our educational outreach 
>>to the larger disabled community and to parents 
>>with disabled children and health care 
>>professionals, teaching them about training 
>>standards, civil rights laws and other 
>>important aspects of assistance dogs 
>>partnership through a powerfully enhanced website.
>>
>>We would greatly appreciate your support for 
>>this fundraising endeavor.  Please remember to 
>>vote for us each and every day throughout the 
>>month of November. I hope you will ask your 
>>family, friends, colleagues and acquaintances 
>>to support your efforts to garner the votes we 
>>need. This grant program is very competitive 
>>and only the projects with the most votes will 
>>win grants at the end of the month.
>>
>>Sincerely,
>>
>>Toni Eames, M.S.,
>>
>>IAADP President
>>
>>
>>IAADP is a non profit organization that was 
>>launched in 1993 at the joint Delta Society and 
>>Assistance Dogs International Conference. A 
>>historic meeting took place between consumer 
>>representatives from many states partnered with 
>>guide dogs, hearing dogs and service dogs. The 
>>outcome was an unanimous vote to establish an 
>>independent cross disability consumer 
>>organization that could represent all 
>>Assistance Dog Partners (not just one faction) 
>>and advance consumer interests in the assistance dog field.
>>
>>IAADP's mission is to (1) provide assistance 
>>dog partners with a voicein the assistance dog 
>>field; (2) enable those partnered with guide 
>>dogs,hearing dogs and service dogs to work 
>>together on issues of mutual concern;(3) to 
>>foster the disabled person / assistance dog partnership.
>>
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