Re: help a dying child

In article <3uc7r9$jm...@park.interport.net> Smegma Sam <spr...@interport.net> writes:
>From: Smegma Sam <spr...@interport.net>
>Subject: help a dying child
>Date: 16 Jul 1995 23:37:13 GMT
>People I received this message today and decided to pass it on to you 
>all. Please pass it on to everyone you know on and off the net. I am 
>printing it out and making copies and distributing it to businesses, the 
>neighborhood and work. It breaks my heart that a child has to make a 
>dying wish so let's all help him achieve it. 
>if you have a heart, (and i know you guys do.....) read on and act on it, 
>please..
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>>        ***This is very serious***
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>>Craig Shirgold is a 7 year old boy who lives in Keen, N.H. He is
>>dying from an inoperable brain tumor.  He made a wish to Children's Wish
>>Foundation, that he wants one million get well cards sent to him by
>>August 15 so he can make the world book of records before he dies, cards
>>can be made or bought, PLEASE send the cards to the following address:
>>
>>                Craig Shirgold
>>                c/o Children Wish Foundation
>>                32 Perimeter Center East
>>                Atlanta, Georga 30346
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>>PLEASE pass on to churches, schools, girl scouts, boy scouts, your
>>centers...
>>etc.
>>                                         -- thank you
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Everyone -

A faculty member at the university that I work for (the University of 
North Texas in Denton, just north of Dallas-Fort Worth) also heard about 
Craig Shirgood's request and asked my office, the public affairs office, 
to print something in our faculty/staff newspaper.

We called the Children's Wish Foundation and learned that Craig Shirgood 
made this request more than 10 years ago! He is no longer a 7-year-old boy 
with a life-threatening disease; he is a teenager and is in perfect health, 
as his medical condition was never incurable.

Yet the Children's Wish Foundation says that Craig has continued to receive 
thousands of get-well cards over the years because of the rumor that he is 
still ill. Members of the media have attempted to educate the public to 
stop sending cards; in fact, Dear Abby and Ann Landers both wrote about it 
in their columns.

So, please, everyone - do not send cards to Craig.

Nancy Andersen
University of North Texas  

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