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August 1, 2003
Friends
Rotary Club of Comox
Post Office Box 1252 RPO A
Courtenay, BC V9N 7Z8
Dear Friends:
Thank you so much for your
generous contribution of $347.65 to Rotaplast International dated July 24,
2003. Your generosity will help Rotaplast International fulfill its mission
to treat children worldwide. Undeniably, the most memorable and lasting
aspect of your support will be the heartfelt gratitude from the children you
have directly helped and their parents who no longer have to see their
children suffer.
As you know, Rotaplast
International facilitates surgical missions to developing countries to help
children born with the cleft lip and palate anomaly. Children treated by
Rotaplast receive free reconstructive surgery that will allow them to have a
normal appearance and to speak and swallow food correctly. Although the
cleft anomaly is not life threatening, it is life compromising. Children
affected by the cleft anomaly grow up in isolation, "cleft" from the normal
joys of childhood. They are often tormented and rejected by their peers,
isolated from society to the extent that they are deprived of any chance of
education, and hidden away and treated as outcasts. Tragically, they are
also prone to serious upper respiratory problems and hearing loss. Rotaplast
seeks to help them by providing surgical intervention and long-term
counseling for parents on ways to prevent this condition. To date, over
5,000 children have been treated through Rotaplast and their lives
permanently changed.
Rotaplast International is a
501 {c) {3) charitable organization {Federal Identification No. 94- 3247677)
and your contribution qualifies as a charitable donation under Federal and
California State Tax laws. We acknowledge that nothing of value, including
goods or services, were provided or expected in return for your donation.
Once again, thank you for
your support of Rotaplast's worthy efforts to help children and our longterm
goal to eliminate untreated cleft lips and palates by the year 2025.
Sincerely
signed: Anita
Stangl
Anita Stangl
President, Rotaplast
International, Inc. and The Rotaplast Foundation
415.252.1111 ext: 106
anita@rotaplast.org
1663 Mission Street, Suite
320, San Francisco, CA 94103, Tel: 415.252.1111
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