On January 8,
Birth Defect Research for Children sent out a wire release about the
petition for a Center to diagnose and treat the children of Vietnam
veterans. This was picked up by several online services and the blog
below appeared in our local paper.
Despite
our concerted efforts to gain support for this petition, we only have
3025 signatures so far. Yet a pledge to protect dolphins has 49,121. A
pledge to boycott products made of kangaroo has 17,205; a pledge to
create an artic home for polar bears has 68,718 and a petition to rehire
someone at a radio station has 40,368. I am not saying that these are
not all great causes and I am certainly in support of wildlife
protection, but why do children take a backseat to animals.
I would appreciate any thoughts you may have on how to get more signatures.
Betty Mekdeci
Executive Director
Birth Defect Research for Children
976 Lake Baldwin Lane, Suite 104
Orlando FL 32814
407-895-0802
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