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Check out this event: UNICEF Halloween Fundraiser Begins
Hosted By: Hormones and Diseases Research & Resource Group
When: Wednesday Oct 01, 2008
at 9:00 AM
Where http://inside.unicefusa.org/goto/hdrr
team password: unicef
Las Vegas, NV 89154
United States
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Hormones and Diseases Research & Resource Group

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The Hormones and Diseases Research and Resource Group at UNLV is Making Halloween Count this October! Please Help Us Help UNICEF Make a Little Go a Long Way by Joining our Team at http://inside.unicefusa.org/goto/hdrr
(team password: unicef *if prompted) or making a Small Donation at http://inside.unicefusa.org/goto/stacey Today :)

Thank you in advance for your consideration and generosity, HDRR Special Events Chair/Stacey Aragon (aragons4@unlv.nevada.edu)

Ps: Pass it on!!

3¢ Can protect and boost one child's immune system and prevent blindness for a year with Vitamin A capsules.

6¢ Can provide water for 1 thirsty kid.

6¢ Can provide one packet of oral rehydration salts for one child to treat severe dehydration and diarrhea, a leading cause of death among young children.

50¢ Can immunize one child against polio for life.

80¢ Can immunize one child against measles.

$2.00 Can provide nutrition for 1 hungry kid.

$5.00 Can provide a box of 100 disposable syringes for use during immunization campaigns.

$10.00 Can provide one insecticide-treated mosquito net to protect children against malaria. Cost includes net, supplies, training & transport.

$15.00 Can buy one carton of high energy protein biscuits to support and rehabilitate three severely malnourished children for one month.

$25.00 Can immunize 53 children against polio for life.

$61.00 Can provide a small scale micro-filter, water purifier, and disinfectant used to eliminate harmful micro-organisms in turbid water in cases of emergency.

$108.00 Can provide 263 packets of ready-to-eat nutritional supplements.

$130.00 Can provide a family hygiene kit containing detergent, soap, wash basin, towels, bucket, toothbrushes, and toothpaste for 10 families.

$200.00 Can immunize 550 kids against measles.