[13372] in APO-L
Re: This is for a good cause - please do it!! (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Shawn Murphy)
Sat Dec 9 15:08:31 1995
Date: Sat, 9 Dec 1995 15:04:59 +0000
Reply-To: Zeta Beta chapter of Alpha Phi Omega discussion list
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From: Shawn Murphy <shawn.murphy@VT.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
This is not a chain letter. Please read this and help. All you have
to do is send an e-mail message to the address given in the letter.
Send this on to your own chapters, it's a great cause.
>>>>>>>**PLEASE PASS THIS ALONG**PLEASE PASS THIS ALONG**
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>>>>>>>THE POLAR EXPRESS SHARE THE SPIRIT '95 CAMPAIGN
>>>>>>>http://www.hmco.com/polarexpress
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I wanted to ask you as a member of the online communty to join an
>>>>>>>Internet-wide campaign to share the spirit of the holiday season with
>>>>>>>needy children.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Over the past several months, the Internet has been unfairly criticized
>>>>>>>by the media and the U.S. governmant as a place characterized by
>>>>>>>inappropriate content and people of questionable morals who can do harm
>>>>>>>to our children. We know that this does not represent the true nature
>>>>>>>of the Net. Houghton Mifflin Company is therefore sponsoring an
>>>>>>>opportunity for Internetters around the world to counter these
>>>>>>>accusations and reach out to hospitalized children around the United
>>>>>>>States by taking part in The Polar Express Share the Spirit '95 Campaign
>>>>>>>(http://www.hmco.com/polarexpress).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> _The Polar Express_ , a Caldecott Medal-winning children's book by
>>>>>>>Chris Van Allsburg, tells the story of a young boy who discovers that
>>>>>>>only those who have the faith to truly believe can hear the sound of
>>>>>>>Santa's sleigh bells. Houghton Mifflin Company is now asking everyone
>>>>>>>who still believes in the spirit of the season -- those who can still
>>>>>>>hear the sleigh bell ring -- to send an email message to
>>>>>>>share_the_spirit@hmco.com explaining how they keep the holiday spirit
>>>>>>>alive.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>For every twenty-five e-mail messages received, Houghton Mifflin Company
>>>>>>>will donate one copy of Mr. Van Allsburg's book to a children's hospital
>>>>>>>and contributors will be eligible to receive a free copy of The Polar
>>>>>>>Express CD-ROM Edition courtesy of Houghton Mifflin Interactive.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>We've set a goal of goal of 25,000 messages by December 31, and have
>>>>>>>only a few weeks left to reach it. All that's required of you is a few
>>>>>>>minutes of your time, an e-mail message, and, like the young boy in _The
>>>>>>>Polar Express_, the willingness to truly believe.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Remember, send your email messages to share_the_spirit@hmco.com. For
>>>>>>>more information, send email to info_sts@hmco.com.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Thanks.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Dan Maurer
>>>>>>>Online Publishing Manager
>>>>>>>Houghton Mifflin Interactive
>>>>>>>http://www.hmco.com/polarexpress
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ayackel@vt.edu | however they act; but I do believe in a fate
| that falls on them unless they act.
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| - G. K. Chesterson.
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