I have to ask just how anyone will know that the massage was received in order to donate the 3 cents? It is my belife that this is a hoax designed to clog up the internet with e-mail messages. At 08:06 AM 9/19/97 -0400, you wrote: > My fellow designers, > > Please READ and FORWARD ON > >---------- >From: [log in to unmask][SMTP:[log in to unmask]] >Sent: Thursday, September 18, 1997 11:58 AM >To: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask] >Subject: Fw: FW: cancer letter -Forwarded > >Subject: Fw: FW: cancer letter -Forwarded >Author: Dawn Paxson-Sowders <[log in to unmask]> at Internet-gateway >Date: 9/18/97 9:57 AM > > >I have contacted them before, and this is true. ACS is commited to this, >so please pass it on if you can. > >Keep Jessica in your thoughts and prayers and help her out a little. And >remember, love life. . .it is the only one we've got! > > > >Subject: American Cancer Soc. - a final wish > >No comedy here. It's about a seven year old girl with cancer. >Read it and pass it on to as many people that you can. > >Occasionally we get to use this medium for some actual good, >rather than trading barbs across the waves. And once in a while >things like this bring us back to reality, allowing us to count >ourselves lucky in life. Let's put our network to work here! > >It will only take you a second to send this message. > >*************************************************************** >JESSICA MYDEK IS SEVEN YEARS OLD AND IS SUFFERING FROM AN ACUTE AND VERY >RARE CASE OF CEREBRAL CARCINOMA. THIS CONDITION CAUSES SEVERE MALIGNANT >BRAIN TUMORS AND IS A TERMINAL ILLNESS. THE DOCTORS HAVE GIVEN HER SIX >MONTHS TO LIVE. > >AS PART OF HER DYING WISH, SHE WANTED TO START A CHAIN LETTER TO INFORM >PEOPLE OF THIS CONDITION AND TO SEND PEOPLE THE MESSAGE TO LIVE LIFE TO THE >FULLEST AND ENJOY EVERY MOMENT, A CHANCE THAT SHE WILL NEVER HAVE. > >FURTHERMORE, THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY AND SEVERAL CORPORATE SPONSORS >HAVE AGREED TO DONATE THREE CENTS TOWARD CONTINUING CANCER RESEARCH FOR >EVERY NEW PERSON THAT GETS FORWARDED THIS MESSAGE. > > >PLEASE GIVE JESSICA AND ALL CANCER VICTIMS A CHANCE. ADD [log in to unmask] TO THE >LIST OF PEOPLE THAT YOU SEND THIS TO SO THAT THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY WILL >BE ABLE TO CALCULATE HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN THIS. IF THERE ARE ANY >QUESTIONS, SEND THEM TO THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY AT [log in to unmask] > >Three cents for every person that receives this letter turns out to >be a lot of money considering how many people will get this letter >and how many people they, in turn, pass it on to. Please go ahead >and forward it to whoever you know -- it really doesn't take much to >help out. > >******************************************** > Jean Ann Linney, Ph.D. > Professor and Department Chair > Department of Psychology > University of South Carolina > Columbia, SC 29208 > PHONE: 803-777-4301 > FAX: 803-777-9558 > >############################################################## >IPC Designers Council Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c >############################################################## >To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: >To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE DESIGNERCOUNCIL <your full name> >To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF DESIGNERCOUNCIL >############################################################## >Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. >For the technical support contact Dmitriy Sklyar at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.311 >############################################################## > > Rick Wilson Senior Designer HES Houston, TX ############################################################## IPC Designers Council Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ############################################################## To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE DESIGNERCOUNCIL <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF DESIGNERCOUNCIL ############################################################## Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. For the technical support contact Dmitriy Sklyar at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.311 ##############################################################