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I “I was born with a mother, a father,and epilepsy. I attended a local publicgrammar school until I had seizures acouple of times a week. The teacherdid not understand how to work withme. Eventually my parents and theschool recommended that I attend aspecial education school. I graduatedfrom C. Melvin Sharpe ElementarySchool and Roosevelt High School.”

“In August 2008, I came to QualityTrust to work with the TrainingCoordinator. I work with self-advo-cates like myself, the members andleadership of Project Action, the DCDevelopmental Council and theHuman Right Council. Through this Ihave learned so much about contactingother self-advocates and people in thecommunity. I’m better at speaking upand speaking out for people withdevelopmental disabilities and ourconcerns. In June, I helped coordinate aconference and have learned how touse the computer better as well.

Thelma was born in CharlesCountry, Maryland with one sister andone brother – and with cerebral palsy

which left a permanent effect on hermobility. After graduating from SharpeElementary, Thelma got office skillstraining and worked for several yearsthrough a contract with HUD.

Learning that the Mayor was look-ing for good board members, Thelma’sAdvocate recommended Thelmabecause she was a good speaker!Thelma was sworn in by MayorAnthony Williams as a founding boardmember of Quality Trust forIndividuals with Disabilities, andserved until 2008. Thelma was anexcellent board member, speaking upfor the rights of people with develop-mental disabilities from her own expe-rience. She gained so much experiencethat now Thelma serves on manyboards and other commissionsthroughout the District.

Through the years, Victor andThelma were both active in ProjectAction! But in 2008 while attending aconference, they got reacquainted and

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I In 1817, American Bible Society gave sixty-fiveBibles to the crew of the USS John Adams, thus begin-ning a program of contributing Scriptures to theArmed Forces, which continues to the present day.From 1817 to the present, and through nine wars,American Bible Society has provided over 100 millionfree Scriptures to the brave men and women in theUnited Stated Armed Forces. Our mission to themembers of the Military has been to provide hopeand comfort to our American heroes. We know thatmembers of the Military face death every day. Whatthey see, what they experience, impacts their lives for-ever. We believe the men and women who serve, needhope and encouragement as they face very real ene-mies. They need answers as they grapple with gut-wrenching issues associated with combat.

With the help of our ministry to the Armed ForcesChaplains, we help provide Scriptures directly to ser-

vicemen and women serving in the field. AmericanBible Society also partners with the National VAChaplain Center - 900 chaplains working in 153Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers – topersonally distribute Scriptures among Veterans fromcurrent Middle East conflicts, as well as those whofaithfully served in Korea and Vietnam.

Since 1816, American Bible Society has pioneeredways to provide God’s Word for people in the UnitedStates and around the world, who need it most.Serving our Armed Forces through Scripture engage-ment, has been our highest honor. We also reach tochurches with customized Bible resources and to newgenerations with a growing range of digital technolo-gy. We also work with other Bible Societies and minis-tering partners, in close to 200 counties to translate theBible thus bringing a life changing message to peoplein China, the Middle East , India, Africa and around

the globe.In helping victims of catastrophic events like 9/11

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The life changing ministry of American BibleSociety is made possible by the generous giving ofdonors, and includes those who have participated inthe Combined Federal Campaigns. Every ministrybeing offered is thoroughly evaluated through exten-sive due diligence research provided by our GlobalScripture Impact group.

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Collaboration Council—staff, boardmembers, supporters, and partners—are big dreamers. They believe that allchildren in our community should besafe, healthy, successful in school, andprepared for life, and they dream theycan make it happen. That’s a prettybig dream.

--Debbie Van Brunt, Mother of twoboys with autism served through theCollaboration Council

Did you know that MontgomeryCounty is home to 230,000 childrenand youth? What will be the key totheir success—Being born healthy?Growing up in a loving and economi-cally secure family? Living in a caringcommunity free from crime?Graduating prepared for college and acareer? With your support, we hope itwill be all of these things.

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FFortunately, it was just a metallic“clink”, the sound of the edge of a hoehitting a buried landmine. Alfonso Jose,a farmer in rural Angola, was digging theground near his home earlier this yearwhen he hit the mine. It would havebeen a different story if the mine hadexploded. The Soviet OZM-72 boundingfragmentation anti-personnel mine isdesigned to kill anyone within a 30 yardradius. The home of Alfonso’s neighbor,Generosa Chitula, is just 22 yards away,and her five children often play in frontof the house where they would certainlyhave been killed, along with Alfonso, hadthe mine detonated. The deadly devicehad been hidden in the ground since1999, put there during Angola’s long civilwar. Alfonso was not aware that he hadbuilt his home on a minefield.

The HALO Trust’s demining teamscleared this minefield, and continue toclear others around the world so that thelocal people in post-conflict areas can live

in safety as they begin to rebuild. Thepresence of mines and ordnance preventsfarmers from planting their fields orgrazing their livestock. Mined roads andpaths block trade and access to water.Aid agencies are hesitant to visit minedareas to vital projects. Minefields leaverural populations mired in a continuouscycle of poverty but HALO’s workallows some of the world’s poorest com-munities to return to productive and dig-nified economic activity, which in turnbrings stability to areas that have knownonly war and hardship.

Made famous by Princess Diana’sminefield visit in Angola in 1997, TheHALO Trust is a non-religious, non-polit-ical, non-profit organization specializingin the removal of the hazardous debris ofwar. Since pioneering the concept ofhumanitarian landmine clearance in1988, HALO has continued to be theleading organization of its kind and cur-rently employs 8,000 local staff in ten

countries. HALO’s mission statement is“getting mines out of the ground, now” –a practical focus reflected in our record ofgetting 93% of any donation directly tofield operations.

HALO’s oldest and largest program islocated in Afghanistan where it providesgainful employment to over 3,700Afghans. Since 1988, HALO hasdestroyed 800,000 stockpiled andemplaced landmines in Afghanistan andhas also safely disposed of 23,000 tons ofunsecured ammunition, reducing thesupply of material that insurgents use tomake improvised explosive devices(IEDs).

The results of HALO’s work aremeasurable and high-impact; they havedestroyed over 1.3 million landmines, 11million items of larger caliber ordnance,50 million bullets and over 120,000assault rifles. Over 6,900 minefields havebeen cleared and more than 370,000 acresof hazardous land have been made safefor local communities – an area almostnine times the size of Washington, DC.As a result of HALO's global work, thou-sands of minefields have become corn-fields, homes have been rebuilt and chil-dren can now walk to school knowingtheir next step will be a safe one.

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CCancer Prevention is a notion thatonly recently has moved from conceptto reality. The Prevent CancerFoundation, (formerly the CancerResearch and Prevention Foundation),has been leading that message for 25years. When the Foundation began in1985 “cancer prevention” was almostnon-existent, limited largely to smokingcessation efforts. Cancers were mostlykillers; the research and funding weredevoted to treatment and cure. Thebenefits of a healthy lifestyle, the ideathat obesity, lack of exercise, and a diethigh in saturated fat might have adirect link to certain cancers seemedfar-fetched. Likewise, routine screen-ings were limited to mammograms andPap smears, and a cancer diagnosis wassomething to be whispered about—even if one in three Americans would

have to face it.“Prevention was not in the main-

stream,” recalls Carolyn Aldigé, presi-dent and founder of the Prevent CancerFoundation. “I think the attitude ofmost people was that cancer was a dis-ease you were either going to get oryou weren’t. There wasn’t anythingyou could do to keep yourself from get-ting it.” The Foundation has worked tochange that way of thinking with yearsof funding research, education andcommunity outreach.

Research is the corner stone of theFoundation’s mission, translating thosefindings to reach out into communitiesacross the nation to educate the publicon how they can reduce their cancerrisk. Most recently in 2008 and 2009 theFoundation started a CommunityGrants program to support community

programs across the United States pro-vide education and screening programsfor all populations. Funded programsshare the Foundation’s mission to pre-vent cancer or detect it in its earlieststages when it is most treatable. Thegrants are a part of the Foundation’slong history of putting cancer preven-tion first for everyone.

Today, most experts agree that athird of cancer deaths can be preventedthrough lifestyle changes and throughearly detection and screening. We havea long way to go to reach that goal, butwe can find inspiration in how farwe’ve come. Some highlights from thepast quarter century:

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Following the success of the firststudy, which offered some of the first

evidence linking cigarette smoking tolung cancer, researchers gathered med-ical history, fitness, and nutrition datafrom 1.2 million men and women andtracked them over the years. By themid-1990s, a strong link betweenlifestyle and cancer was apparent. Todate, the data have yielded an unprece-dented range of correlations, linkinglung cancer to secondhand smoke;breast, colon, and kidney cancer to obe-sity; colon and prostate cancer to dietshigh in saturated fat; breast, colon, andprostate cancer to physical inactivity;and oral and esophageal cancer to alco-hol. Other findings indicate that dietrich in fruits and vegetables— and,independently, a daily aspirin—canreduce colon cancer deaths.

Prevent Cancer FoundationPutting cancer prevention in the community

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301.610.0147Your investment today will ensure that Montgomery County’s children grow into caring,confident and productive adults.

MMilitary teens know that freedomisn’t free. The silent casualties ofcombat are the wounded hearts ofmilitary families. As military activi-ty in the Middle East continues, thesocial fabric of military families iswearing thin with each deployment.

Of the 1.2 million children of mil-itary personnel, 25 percent (approxi-mately 300,000) are teenagersbetween the ages of 12 and 18*.Many of these military teens cannotremember a time when overseasconflicts have not affected their lives.They deal with crippling uncertaintyevery time one or sometimes both oftheir parents are deployed to combatzones. They have friends whoseparents have lost limbs or perished,and the fierce fear of similar perils intheir own family is constant. Formilitary teens, the war starts overwith every deployment. These


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teens’ lives are riddled with insecurity, inconsistent peerand family structures, and frequent moves. All of thesestruggles—plus the classic difficulties of adolescence—create significant trenches that often keep a military teenfrom knowing true joy in his or her life. Military teenscrave peace, stability, lasting relationships, and above all,unconditional love.

Club Beyond/ Military Community Youth Ministries(MCYM) recognizes that although military kids maywalk the same school hallways as other teens, they livein a very different reality. In 1980, Club Beyond/ MCYMwas created as a separate 501(c)(3) to be an ecumenicalpartnership that serves the teens and families of theUnited States Armed Forces. Club Beyond staff membersforge meaningful friendships with these teens to helpthem face the unique and challenging aspects of life as amilitary “brat,” which in many instances is a long wayfrom the familiar surroundings of their American cul-ture. Club Beyond/ MCYM serves in close partnershipwith Young Life, Youth for Christ and Life Teen, with atrained staff of over 90 adult leaders at over 40 world-wide locations who invest in teens’ lives, sharing Christ’slove and mentoring them.

Consisting of weekly meetings during the school yearand fun activities year-round, Club Beyond seeks to“Celebrate life with military teens, and introduce them tothe Life Giver, and help them become more like Him.”Primarily, Club Beyond leaders provide a listening ear, ashoulder to cry on, and a friendly hug when they’re mostneeded.

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began to see each other regularly.Now they are engaged. Victor ’sdream is “to have a life of his ownwith the lady he loves.” Thelmawants a bungalow.

But there are challenges, startingwith their own parents’ expectations– the work to retain their social secu-

rity and Medicare benefits, and thedifficulty in finding a home that willaccommodate their needs. WithQuality Trust Advocates on their side,Thelma and Victor are examining theoptions, getting the paper work doneand slowly passing one hurtle at atime – fighting for their rights.

Please support leadership for peo-ple with developmental disabilities.“We just need opportunities to growin our lives.”


TThe life expectancy of a middleclass American is 78 years. Theaverage homeless person will diebetween their 42nd and 52nd year,primarily because of the lack ofaccess to routine medical care.Christ House is in its 25th year ofproviding health care to chronicallysick homeless men and women inthe District of Columbia. Ourpatients experience chronic diseasessuch as hypertension and stroke,HIV or AIDS, cancer, diabetes,amputations, and other life-threaten-ing illnesses.

In addition to the primary ill-ness(es) for which they were admit-ted, 90.5 percent of our patients in2009 acknowledged a history of alco-hol or drug abuse, or had a diag-nosed mental illness. Twenty-fourpercent had all three (alcohol, drug,and psychiatric concerns). We alsowitnessed growth in the number ofnewly-released prisoners whobecame homeless and sick. Seventy-

five percent of our patients in 2009were African American males overthe age of 50, and 31 percent wereveterans of the armed forces. Nearlya third had no income and 64 per-cent had monthly income under$1,000.

The average charges for a hospitalstay in the Northeast in 2008 was$6,252 per day. These costs andcharges do not include the fees thatindividual doctors and other special-ists charge. Christ House served 307admissions in 2008 and provided9,905 patient days of care at the costof only $290 per patient day!

Your support through theCombined Federal Campaign orUnited Way will enable Christ Houseto continue serving the poorest resi-dents of our city, and will helpensure their ability to overcomehomeless, addictions, and despair.Please see www.christhouse.org formore information about our pro-grams, or call us at (202) 328-1100.

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filing lawsuits to recover Medicaid costs for tobacco-related illnesses. Activists were protesting the kid-friendly Joe Camel ads. And countless Anti-smokingcampaigns were launched. The National CancerInstitute launched the largest-ever federally fundedantismoking campaign, a $165 million, eight-yeartobacco-control program in 17 states.

11999944 BBRRCCAA11The BRCA1 gene, implicated in breast and ovarian

cancer for women and prostate cancer for men, is dis-covered. BRCA2 follows in 1995. To date, approximate-ly 350 cancer-related genes have been identified.

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The practice of screening to detect cancer or precan-cerous lesions revolutionized prevention.Mammograms for breast cancer, Pap smears for cervi-cal cancer, and PSA tests for prostate cancer havebecome routine aspects of medical care, at least forthose with insurance.

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Cancer prevention vaccines have proved elusive,primarily because cancer cells do not trigger animmune response. But because cervical cancer iscaused by the infectious human papillomavirus (HPV),it could be targeted. (The hepatitis B vaccine similarlyblocks HBV infection, reducing liver cancer risk.)Using HPV particles, first isolated by the NationalCancer Institute, the vaccine provides antibody protec-tion against the two most common high risk HPVs.Together these are responsible for 70 percent of all cer-vical cancers, the second leading cause of cancer deathsin women worldwide. To date, 16 million doses havebeen distributed.

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philanthropic initiative to accelerate cancer research.ABC, CBS, and NBC donate a commercial-free primetime hour to air a fundraiser for the cause.

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large impact in local and rural communities nation-wide. These programs promote and teach both adultsand children of all backgrounds the importance ofearly detection and preventive measures.

The statistics speak for themselves: Cancer inci-dence rates decreased 1.1 percent per year from 1992through 1998 among all persons in the U.S. In 2003 and2004, the cancer death rate declined by about 2 percenteach year. That’s an estimated 25,000 American’s eachyear! The Prevent Cancer Foundation’s mission is theprevention and early detection of cancer throughresearch, education and community outreach to allpopulations, including children and the underserved.We continue to work until we no longer lose lovedones to this disease. Please visit our website for moreinformation at www.preventcancer.org and find us onsocial media sites like Facebook and Twitter.Remember us – CFC #11074.

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“Prevention was not in themainstream. I think the attitude ofmost people was that can-cer was a disease youwere either going to get or youweren’t. There wasn’t anythingyou could do to keep yourself from getting it.” The Foundation hasworked to changethat way of thinkingwith years of funding research, education and community out-reach.

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When U.S. Army Sergeant Neil Duncan’s vehicleran over animprovised explosive device inAfghanistan in 2005, he was not picturing life withouthis legs.

“When I woke up from the blast, I was laying inthe hospital with my jaw broken and wired shut, nobottom teeth ,both my legs gone, my right arm band-age from my fingers to my underarm, and a medal barscrewed in to my jaw and I was breathing through atube in my neck. At that time I had no idea what dis-ability was and certainly no idea of what I could do.”

Five years later, he is conquering mountains.Duncan, 26,and two other retired soldiers,Army

Sergeants Dan Nevins (37, lost both legs in Iraq) andKirk Bauer (62, lost one leg in Vietnam), three menwith one leg between them, summited 19,340-footMount Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa onAugust 8, 2010. Three soldiers.One leg. MountKilimanjaro!

The triomade their six-day ascent as part of theWarfighter Sports Challenge, a series of extremeevents for permanently disabled military servicemembers. The Warfighter Sports Series includesevents such as 26mile desert hike, a 100-mile bikeride, 197 mile relay race, and a 90mile team event thatfeatures downhill skiing, kayaking and mountain bik-ing. It is run by Disabled Sports USA (DSUSA), aRockville based nonprofit that offers sports rehabilita-tion programs to injured service members acrossAmerica.

The Warfighter Sports Series began this year asextension of DSUSA’s Wounded Warrior DisabledSports Project (WWDSP). Since 2003, the WWDSPserves permanently disabled service members fromIraq and Afghanistan. Participation in the program,which uses donations to pay for all instruction, equip-ment, and travel, is limited to wounded warriors whohave lost limbs or eyesight, or suffered serious brainand spinal cord injuries. More than 3,700 have takenpart so far. "Sports is the tool to rebuild their confi-dence after they've been injured," says Bauer, execu-tive director of Disabled Sports USA. "We put togetherthis team with veterans from three different wars andtwo generations to show the potential of woundedwarriors."

With the assistance of experienced guides, the trioexperienced Mount Kilimanjaro’s tropical rain forest tothe barren, freezing, wind-sweeping crater at the rim ofthe mountain, where they camped at 19,000 feet, higherthan Mt. Everest Base Camp. Eight of days negotiatingloose rock called “scree”, boulders, a marathon trekdown through the darkness of the rain forest, their

prosthetics underwent grueling conditions.But nothing stopped them. As Duncan said,

“Thanks to Disabled Sports USA a whole new worldhas opened up to me. This Kilimanjaro Climb willhopefully inspire my fellow wounded warriors to real-ize that they can do anything they set their mind to. Iam thankful for this life changing experience!”

“We try to focus on the bigger message:Involvement in sports is possible and can lead to a

healthier lifestyle. I can’t tell you how many times Irepeated ‘If three amputees from three wars and twogenerations with literally one good leg between themcan successfully climb Mt. Kilimanjaro, then ourwounded warriors and others with disabilities canwalk bike, swim or crutch a mile each day for a health-ier lifestyle!’” said Bauer.

For more information or to support DisabledSports USA and its programs, visit www.dsusa.org.

Disabled Sports USAThree Soldiers. One leg. Mount Kilimanjaro!

IIt started when Fr. Horace McKenna began handingout sandwiches to the homeless individuals sleeping onthe street in front of St. Aloysius Church in Washington,D.C. He was soon joined by a growing number of con-cerned individuals who banded together to found SoOthers Might Eat (SOME) and begin serving 50 mealsper day from a nearby warehouse on North CapitolStreet.

Forty years later, SOME is providing more than 1,000hot, daily meals to homeless and hungry men, womenand children. SOME remains committed to offering anourishing meal to anyone who needs one and to help-ing the community’s poor and homeless. The organiza-tion provides services that meet the immediate, dailyneeds of the homeless and empower them to break thecycle of poverty and live independently.

Across the street from its Dining Room for theHomeless and Dining Room for Women and Children,SOME provides vital health services at its Medical Clinicand Dental Clinic. Together, the clinics dispense what isoften life-saving care to nearly 50 sick, homeless men andwomen each day.

After addressing pressing needs for food and medicalattention, many men and women access SOME pro-grams designed to help them rebuild their lives. SOME’sCenter for Employment Training offers six months ofintensive job training that prepares students for employ-ment in one of three high-growth fields where they canearn a living wage and provide for themselves and theirfamilies. Mental health and addiction treatment servicesare also offered, and enable many men and women toreclaim their lives.

SOME also provides safe, affordable, supportive-serv-ice housing for homeless families and single adults. Alack of affordable housing plays a significant role in mak-ing and keeping people homeless and SOME provideshousing for nearly 300 single adults and more than 50families.

SOME’s four housing programs for families provideafter-school tutoring and mentoring programs for the 150children who live there. SOME is currently developingnearly 250 additional units to meet the District’s growing


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TThe phrase “palliative care” often carries

a negative connotation, one mainly associat-ed with defeat. What most people don’tknow is that palliative care refers to anyform of treatment that concentrates onreducing a patient’s symptoms, improvingquality of life, and supporting patients andtheir families, regardless of disease stage.

Dr. Jennifer Temel of MassachusettsGeneral Hospital received a CareerDevelopment Award, funded by generousdonors to The ASCO Cancer Foundation in2005, to investigate the effects palliative carewould have on cancer patients. The resultsfrom her landmark study released thisAugust found that palliative care canimprove not only quality of life, but alsoextend one’s life and improve survival.

The study, published in the NewEngland Journal of Medicine, found thatpatients with non-small-cell lung cancerwho began receiving palliative care immedi-ately upon diagnosis were not only happierand in less pain – but they lived nearly threemonths longer.

“The results of this study are great newsfor cancer patients,” says Dr. Temel. “I think

the most important thing for patients toknow is that it is ok for them to talk withtheir doctor about the physical and psycho-logical symptoms they are having becausewe now know that if attention is paid tothose symptoms, it could have a real impacton how well they do with their cancer treat-ment. If palliative care services are offered attheir treatment center, I would encouragepatients to seek out those services.”

In the three-year study, 151 patients withnon-small-cell lung cancer at MassachusettsGeneral Hospital were randomly assigned toget either oncology treatment alone or oncol-ogy treatment with palliative care. Thosegetting palliative care from the start reportedless depression and happier lives as meas-ured on scales assessing quality of life andmood. The most surprising outcome, how-ever, is that “patients lived longer with earlypalliative care” says Dr. Temel. “In someways it is intuitive that the healthier you are,the better you feel and the more active youare, the better you do, but we now have thedata to back that up.”

“The results of this study have far-reach-ing implications on cancer and palliative

care worldwide and underscores the impor-tance of continuing to fund promising clini-cal researchers at all stages in their careers,”says Nancy R. Daly, MS, MPH, ExecutiveDirector of The ASCO Cancer Foundation.“We are pleased that the Foundation wasable to support this research given theimportant topic, one which affects manyAmericans today.”

The unrestricted support of CFC donorshas been essential to the ASCO CancerFoundation in fulfilling its mission world-wide of advancing cancer research and edu-cation, and will continue to play an integralrole in funding patient education, physiciantraining and improving the quality of cancercare. Dr. Temel’s research is just one exam-ple of the powerful impact CFC donor sup-port can have in the cancer community. In2010, the Foundation provided more than$10 million to support cancer research. Wecan do more! Please help us to continue toshape the future of cancer care by donatingto The ASCO Cancer Foundation,CFC#28783. It all starts with you.

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need for affordable housing.Demand for SOME’s

affordable apartments hasrisen in the past two years, ashas the number of meals thatSOME serves each day andthe number of clients who arecoming to receive medicalcare in SOME’s clinics. Theregion’s annual report onhomelessness found thathomelessness among familieshas risen 10 percent inWashington, D.C., a statisticthat is illustrated by a short-age of shelter space andSOME’s own capped waitinglist for apartments for fami-lies.

Throughout the recession,SOME has been sustained bythe support of individualswho give what they can, oftenthrough their workplace CFCcampaign. Thank you forhelping SOME to continue toprovide meals, services andhope to our community’smost vulnerable residents.

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AAnthony Cosby needed an opportunity. Healways worked hard and held a job. He was a lovingfather. Yet, after more than two years staying in ahomeless shelter, Anthony couldn’t get back on hisfeet.

Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese ofWashington gave him that opportunity. Overnight,Anthony received a furnished apartment throughCatholic Charities’ Fortitude Housing program. “Iknew it was over. I knew I was standing in my home,”Anthony said.

Anthony is just one of many across the countrycaught in the hard-to-break cycle of homelessness thatbegins when a job or apartment is lost, and cannot bereplaced due to monetary limitations, sudden orchronic disability, or family instability. The cycle ofchronic homelessness affects individuals from allwalks of life. A Navy veteran, Anthony never abusedalcohol or drugs. He worked steadily at low-wagejobs and moved to a shelter only when he couldn’tmake ends meet. Though optimistic, he needed helpbreaking the cycle.

After nearly one year, Anthony is thriving. He has ajob working with adults with disabilities. He is takingclasses at Strayer University. His motivation is remem-bering the many nights when he had to wait in line for

a shelter bed or when he slept in a doorway. He refus-es to go back.

Catholic Charities plays a central role in addressingpoverty and isolation in the Washington-metropolitanregion. Last year, more than 105,000 people receivedassistance from a Catholic Charities program.

With the compassion of more than 800 dedicatedstaff in 80 diverse programs in DC and five Marylandcounties, Catholic Charities provides a holistic approachto identifying and offering relief for family and individ-ual crises, and assisting all who are in need regardless oftheir religious, social or economic background.

Homelessness is just one of many crises CatholicCharities helps families and individuals overcome.

The agency not only provides assistance to individ-uals in need through housing programs, but also offersservices to help adults further their education, findemployment or secure food. The agency serves chil-

dren and teen parents and helps keep households safe.Adults with mental illness find a kind and knowledge-able staff ready to help them manage their illness andlive independently.

Adults and children living with developmental dis-abilities are given an opportunity to grow and partici-pate in their community. Catholic Charities works withimmigrants and refugees seeking a new and safer lifehere in our region. And Catholic Charities provides asafe place to sleep to more than 1,500 men, women andchildren each night, including Anthony. His story isone of hope and success, but the numbers of men,women and children facing a crisis are still far toohigh.

Help Catholic Charities help others find a homeand find hope. With your support, Catholic Charitiescan help many more reach a stable life and begin tobuild a better tomorrow.


Catholic CharitiesHelping a Navy vet overcome homelessness and get his life back – one of 105,000 stories of hope

Anthony is just one ofmany across the country caught in the hard-to-break cycle ofhomelessness that begins when a job or apartment is lost, and cannot be replaceddue tomonetary limitations, sudden or chronic disability, or family instability.

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The Army is launching itsCombined Federal Campaigndrive for the National CapitalArea Oct. 1 with a goal of rais-ing $3 million for charitiesworldwide.

The Army's campaign herefor Soldiers and Department ofthe Army employees will runthrough Dec. 15.

"You give when times aregood, you give when no onecould fault you for saying 'notthis year,' and I hope you'll giveeven more now when you seeso many of your neighbors arecounting on you," said Joyce E.Morrow, administrative assis-tant to the Secretary of theArmy during the kickoff cere-mony at the PentagonWednesday.

Since its inception in 1961,the CFC has raised more than$6 billion, for more than 2,000charities.

"Each year members of the

Army Family have stepped for-ward and extended their com-mitment to public service bygenerously donating and indoing so, they have trans-formed the lives of countlessindividuals," Morrow said.

President Barack Obamaalso gave a video address tofederal employees during theceremony.

"In tough times our charitiesneed all that you can give," thepresident urged.

Eric Cole, the chief informa-tion officer for the Office ofResearch Services at theNational Institutes of Health,gave a personal example of howCFC can change lives.

In 2005, Cole's son Ryan wasdiagnosed with Dandy-WalkerSyndrome, a congenital brainmalformation, while still in thewomb. Cole said doctors recom-mended terminating the preg-nancy, but he and his wifedeclined.

When born, Ryan neededcostly medical treatment, and

ultimately spent his first 156days of life in the hospital,undergoing two brain surgeries.

"You pull up a chair whenit's dark at night, and you'rewatching your child on a venti-lator and with every breath, youare just hoping he'll be okay,"recounted Cole about the weari-some period.

Ryan, now 5 years old andin kindergarten, received treat-ment from the Children'sNational Medical Center, a hos-pital that accepts support fromCFC.

"I am very fortunate becauseyou and the work that you'vedone have given me and mywife the beautiful son that wehave today," Cole said.

Cole and his wife Andrea arenow advocates for the syn-drome and started the Dandy-Walker Alliance to raise aware-ness.

"What you can't do is put aprice tag on a hug," Coleexplained of giving. "Even smallamounts make a difference."

As a non-profit organization,the Montgomery CountyCollaboration Council is commit-ted to ensuring that our childrenand families get the services andsupports they need to lead success-ful lives. We bring interested resi-dents, community agencies, busi-nesses and departments of govern-ment together to determine com-munity needs and to work in part-nership to secure funding to createand deliver effective programs tochildren, young people and fami-lies in Montgomery County.

These are examples of just someof our current work:

• Excel Beyond the Bell. Ourwork with a variety of youth-serv-ing agencies, including the schoolsand the recreation department,results in over 1,000 middle andhigh school students attendingquality after-school programs thathelp them learn to make good deci-sions and succeed in the classroom.

• Children with IntensiveNeeds. We help over 850 familiesof children with severe disabilitiesfind therapists and other commu-nity resources like mentoring andtutoring.

• Equal Justice for All Youth.We work with juvenile courts,attorneys, social services agenciesand others to ensure equal treat-ment of juvenile offenders thatfocuses on providing the supportthey need to keep them from com-mitting crimes in the future.

For our work to be successful,we need you. Your CombinedFederal Campaign contributiontoday will ensure thatMontgomery County’s childrenand youth develop and grow intocaring, confident and productiveadults. To learn more about theCollaboration Council, please visitour website at www.collabora-tioncouncil.org. You can alsoexplore our web-based directory ofdetailed information about health,education and human servicesresources available throughoutMontgomery County atwww.infoMONTGOMERY.org. Itis our goal to link individuals andfamilies with services that can help.

Together, we can build betterlives, where children are healthy,safe, ready to learn, successful inschool and prepared for life. Pleasesupport your Montgomery CountyCollaboration Council for Children,Youth and Families by designatingour CFC number 23410!


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KKodey Weir is your 17-year old kid-next-door. He’s polite, smart and has avibrant personality. In his spare time he enjoys playing baseball, football, bas-ketball, and spending time with friends and family. He loves spending timewith his four dogs and four cats. He has dreams of becoming a pediatric psy-chologist because he likes talking with younger kids. That may sound like thelife of many 17-year olds you know, but there’s much more to Kodey’s story.

Kodey is among the 31 million Americans with kidney disease. Accordingto the United States Renal Data System, about 2,200 children are living on dial-ysis and 5,300 are living with kidney transplants. Since undergoing a kidneytransplant two years ago, Kodey has enjoyed a dialysis-free lifestyle. Prior toreceiving a transplant, he was on dialysis - one of the few life-saving treatmentoptions for people with kidney failure.

Despite the numerous of challenges of living with kidney failure, Kodeyholds an impressive list of accomplishments: He is a nationally publishedartist and was crowned a “Hero” by one of the nation’s leading non-profithealth organizations for being an inspiration to other children and adults liv-ing with kidney disease.

Kodey is a winner of the American Kidney Fund 2010 Calendar Kids ArtContest, an annual search for drawings to illustrate the organization’s wall


American Kidney FundAmerican Kidney Fund Art Contest

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• Adoption & crisispregnancy conseling

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calendar. The Maple Valley, WA nativeis one of 13 contest winners, all ofwhom are children living with kidneydisease. His artwork, titled “Let’s GetThrough This Together,” is publishedon the December page of the nationallydistributed calendar.

Kodey and the other winners of the2010 Calendar Kids Art Contest andtheir families received an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C. lastSeptember, including a tour the nation’scapital and an honorary awards dinner.“We look forward to the Calendar KidsArt Contest every year. We receive sub-missions from all over the United Statesfrom children who not only haveextraordinary artistic ability, but inspir-ing stories of hope and determination,”said LaVarne A. Burton, President andChief Executive Officer of the AmericanKidney Fund. Kodey’s story is one ofthose stories Burton describes – inspir-ing, and full of hope and determination.

Earlier this summer, Kodey was fea-tured in the premier installment of theAmerican Kidney Fund’s KidneyHeroes Podcast Series. The KidneyHeroes podcast series honors peoplewho are making a difference in the fightagainst kidney disease. Kodey was theyoungest, and the first, to be named aKidney Hero. Throughout the podcast,he offered words of inspiration aboutliving with kidney disease: “Havingkidney disease has made me grow as aperson and has been life changing forbetter and for worse,” he said.

The American Kidney Fund is ournation's number one source of directfinancial assistance to kidney patients,and a leader in providing education andoutreach to those who are at risk forkidney disease. In 2009, the AmericanKidney Fund provided nearly $155 mil-lion in treatment-related financial assis-tance to more than 87,000 kidneypatients nationwide.

For more information about theAmerican Kidney Fund and theCalendar Kids Art Contest, visitwww.kidneyfund.org.


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NNelson and Mary James, owners of“Animal Welfare Approved” DogwoodNursery Farms, are living the familyfarm dream. They successfully raisetheir own food and provide productsfrom their farm in southeastern NorthCarolina to members of their communi-ty. They raise their livestock on pastureand grow organic vegetables, all in apesticide-free environment. While theseconcepts are not prevalent in main-stream agriculture, Nelson and Maryhave found their niche market in target-ing consumers who want healthy, localproducts from farms that treat their ani-mals humanely.

Nelson and Mary are also givingback to the community. They helpedlaunch NC Willing Workers, a coopera-tive of 12 African American farm fami-lies whose goal is to raise awareness ofsustainable farming. The cooperativerecently launched the NC WillingWorkers Foundation, dedicated to shar-ing innovative ideas, growing tech-

niques and marketing strategies—help-ing to improve the economic viabilityof small farms and improve awarenessof sustainable farming methods thatreduce environmental degradation.

At a time when our nation is losingan average of 300 farms per week,Nelson and Mary James are thriving.Dogwood Nursery Farms has receivedmultiple awards for its innovativeachievements, including the NorthCarolina Small Farmers of the Yearaward in 2006 and 2008 in recognitionof its extensive outreach efforts andpromotion of sustainable farming tech-niques.

Participation in Animal WelfareInstitute’s Animal Welfare Approved(AWA) certification program helps fur-ther the James’ sustainability visionand increase their market appeal. Freeof charge to the farmer, the AWA pro-


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gram audits and certifies family farmsthat utilize high-welfare methods offarming. Farmers benefit from having athird-party affirmation of their practicesand consumers benefit by knowing thatthe label means what it says.

An Alternative toFactory Farming

Half a century ago, family farms likeDogwood Nursery Farms were preva-lent. Animals grazed on pasture, breath-ing fresh air and feeling the sunshine ontheir backs. Today, over nine billion ani-mals are raised and slaughtered forfood annually in the U.S. The rearing offarm animals is now dominated byindustrialized facilities that maximizeprofits by treating animals not as sen-tient creatures, but as production units.

Raised by the thousands at a singlesite, animals are confined in such tightquarters that they can scarcely move, letalone behave normally. These housingconditions invite disease, aggressive-ness, and crippling physical abnormali-ties. Animals are bred to become aslarge as possible, as quickly as possible,to the point that many can no longerstand or reproduce. Many factory

farmed livestock live their entire liveswithout once stepping on naturalground.

Small farmers suffer as well, as theyare driven off the land and replaced byfactory production. Those that workunder contract to agribusiness compa-nies have little control over what hap-pens on their farms.

The Animal Welfare Institute’s AWAcertification program is trying to changethis. AWA certification is an accredita-tion granted to farmers who raise theiranimals with compassion and adhere tothe husbandry standards outlined bythe nonprofit organization founded in1951 and dedicated to alleviating suffer-ing inflicted on animals by humans.

The AWA program and food labelpromote the well-being of animals andthe sustainability of humane familyfarms, uniting conscientious consumerswith farmers who raise their animalswith compassion. The program strivesto revitalize a culture of independentfamily farms in which a humane ethiccan be passed on to future generations.Robert. F. Kennedy, Jr. said that theAnimal Welfare Institute is “setting thestandard for how farm animals shouldbe taken care of.”

These standards seek to ensure thatcattle graze on green pastures; sows canbuild nests before giving birth; ducksare always able to preen and bathe; and

chickens can forage, dust-bathe andspread their wings. But the AnimalWelfare Institute’s AWA seal is not justa list of rules. It is a philosophy ofrespect that provides animals on thefarm with the environment, housingand diet they need to engage in essen-tial instinctive behaviors, thereby pro-moting physiological and psychologicalhealth and well-being. The programwas endorsed by the World Society forthe Protection of Animals as having themost stringent animal welfare stan-dards of any third-party certifier.

When Nelson and Mary heard aboutthe Animal Welfare Institute’s AWAlabel, they were overjoyed to learn thata program existed to promote sustain-able farming methods that let the ani-mals be animals. They felt that addingthe AWA label to their products wouldassure their customers that the animalswere raised with the utmost care andrespect. They also found that the pro-gram offers much more than just alabel.

The Animal Welfare Institute helpsAnimal Welfare Approved farms mar-ket their products. The program’s web-site hosts a searchable database whereconsumers can find approved productsin their region. AWA program expertsalso provide advice for USDA foodlabel applications, and are available for

consulting on technical issues frompredator management to documentingpaperwork to slaughter techniques.

The Animal Welfare Instituteensures all of AWAs services—includ-ing the application, audit, and certifica-tion—are free of charge, allowing farm-ers to put their resources toward thefarm itself. Additionally, the programrecently launched a Good HusbandryGrant initiative to provide grants of upto $5,000 to farmers to improve welfareon their farms.

Nelson and Mary James have suc-ceeded in turning their small, familyfarm into a sustainable livelihood thatnot only benefits their family, but alsorespects their community, the environ-ment, and the animals they raise. TheAnimal Welfare Institute works for theJames family and many other farmers,in the hopes of making the sustainable,high welfare family farm the norm,rather than the exception. “The reasonwe chose to be approved by the AnimalWelfare Institute’s AWA program, isbecause our customers really want toknow that the animals were raisedhumanely,” according to Mary James.“They are asking for it and it reallymakes a difference.” Family farmersacross North America are finding thesame.


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