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It's been said that the business of America is business. What better way to promote a nonprofit than to form an alliance with business in a win- win parnership. Thankfully we already have some of this. The Avon crusade even goes one step further involving government agencies in its breast cancer awareness strategies. I offer this as a serious proposal. Please look up the Avon program on the internet and read it thoroughly. It outlines the strategies used by government, corporate business and non-profit participants. We can devise similar strategies to promote Parkinson awareness which would hopefully result in more research to find a cure. There is a nonprofit on the Internet called "Funding First" which is based on the premise that the cure follows the funding. The Avon Crusade has raised over 20 million dollars in the last two years. It said that imitation is the highest form of flattery. However, I am not suggesting imitation of the Avon Crusade. Instead, I would like to see more innovation and imaginative thinking. How can we best utilize professional agencies to develop marketing plans that would get us to a cure for Parkinson's. We have to start getting serious. At the very personal level we must start giving at a level that shows we are serious, not just by giving pocket change. _________________________________________ This message was sent using Conectiv.net WebMail. http://webmail.conectiv.net/