Sheila Kromer Theater Night Update

Hello Everyone -

A couple of important announcements before I head out for fishing opener. Please consider the fund raising effort below...it could really help us out! We have come this far and there is NO stopping us now! Also, I finally found the article relating to the alcohol campaign that kicks off in 2009....they just won't stop and we better be prepared for the next battle!



- Fund Raising Effort (Thanks Shawn!)

I would encourage every to sign up for an account at Revolution Money Exchange. For every account that signs up through my website, you will receive $25 and I will receive $10 which will go toward the Minnesota Theatre Night Defense Fund (This is the "exemption" in the Minnesota Smoking Ban that allows smoking in theatrical productions in bars). Please sign up through the website www.freedomfight08. com to get the $25 and the $10 towards the defense fund. If you are feeling very generous, you could also donate a portion of your $25 (only if you want) to the cause at shawn@freedomfight0 8.com. You can also get $10 for each person YOU refer!More info about what you are signing up for:This is perhaps the best, easiest way to open a free online bank account and make $25 or more! You don't even need to deposit anything, just sign up and get $25, plus get $10 per new person you refer (up to $500). I just signed up and the $25 was sent in less than 60 seconds. This is a true bank account (Account issued by First Bank & Trust, Brookings, SD, Member FDIC and part of the Fishback Financial Corporation) , that works sort of like PayPal, except it's *ahem* free. There's FREE member to member transfers and FREE wire transfers from your regular bank account too, something you don't get with PayPal. It's funded by Citi, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank, Revolution LLC, and on its board of directors is the former president & CEO of MasterCard, Co-Founder of AOL, Former Chairman & CEO of Fannie Mae, Former CEO of Charles Schwab, and more! Anyhow, this is set to expire 5/15/08, though there is always the possibility of it being pulled earlier. Don't wait and miss out.
Thanks to those of you who have signed up so far! That money will be helpful to our cause. If you haven't signed up, please do at www.freedomfight08. com. For a review on Revolution Money Exchange, please read this review on the USA Today Website. Thanks for your help!

Thank you so much for your help! Let me know if you have questions!
Shawn Gertkenwww.freedomfight08. com





- Article on Alcohol Campaign

Health leaders plan worldwide campaign to target alcohol abuse
Geneva - The World Health Organization (WHO) agreed Tuesday to target alcohol and alcohol addiction worldwide with a campaign warning against the risks of abuse. European countries are the greatest consumers of alcohol, with the Czech Republic consuming more beer than any other country and Luxembourg more wine, according to WHO figures. Moldova, the Russian Federation and Thailand are mong the biggest consumers of spirits.
The move follows a similar WHO initiative against smoking in 2003 when the world body organized the anti-tobacco convention.
The WHO estimates there are two billion alcohol consumers worldwide. Some 87 million of them lived in Europe, that is ten per cent of the population. There were 2.3 million cases of alcoholism, with alcohol blamed for 1.8 million deaths a year or 3.2 per cent of the total.
Alcohol is said to play a role in 20 to 30 per cent of cases of cancer, liver, chest and throat disease and is blamed for up to a third of all traffic accidents.
Alcohol consumption and diseases related to drink are twice as high in Europe compared with the average worldwide. It was responsible for 55,000 deaths in young people aged 15 to 29 in 1999.
The WHO plans to launch a worldwide drive to curb alcohol consumption in 2009.

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/65089.html#