By joining the 2005 Summits
For Survival team, your gift will go a long way toward helping us reach our
goal of a future where all babies survive and thrive. Pledges can be made in
honor of a special person, event or accomplishment or in memory of a loved
one. Ideas include:
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Celebrating your healthy
baby’s first birthday or other milestone;
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Commemorating a special
event in a family member’s life, such as graduation, marriage, first
baby or other significant accomplishment;
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Memorializing the life of
your precious baby or other beloved individual.
Your gift will help ensure the
availability of nationally funded research projects that will shed light on
causes and/or cures for SIDS, Stillbirth and other causes of infant death;
public and professional educational programs that deliver lifesaving
messages to parents and caregivers, and; compassionate bereavement support
services for those experiencing an infant death.
Second in a series of climbs
to conquer the
Seven Summits of the World, the
2005 climb of Mt. McKinley will be led by world-renowned mountain climber,
Vern Tejas and a team of international
climbers. Upon reaching the 20,300 foot summit, the team will celebrate by
displaying a First Candle banner and dedicating a memory book of names
submitted by surviving family members – in hopes that someday no family will
experience the death of a precious child much too soon.
We hope that everyone who
has been touched by the life of a child will make the Summits campaign a
part of their annual gift-giving efforts through the end of the campaign in
2010.
If you have friends or
family members that you would like to receive an email about Summits For
Survival, please email michelle.zareck@firstcandle.org.
The Honorable Lisa
Murkowski
State Senator Of Alaska
(Read
or print Senator Murkowski's press release.)
Adam Woodman, Vice-president
Highbury House Communications, Inc.
