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Hi Everyone

I hope that you are all enjoying your summer so far. Things have started out really great for us at Help Is On The Way Today. This past Monday DIVAPALOOZA 10 was a huge success with a great show and full house we raised enough money to send a child with HIV to camp this summer.

So now we move on to our next two drives. In July we kick off Project Backpack that's our annual drive where we collect new backpacks and school supplies for the kids living with HIV and AIDS and send them back to school with everything they need. In 2006 we collected 22 backpacks for all the children living at a group home we work with in Washington Heights. Last year we had a huge success collecting over 250 backpacks letting us help some many more children in New York. You can help in several ways,one by going out and buying a new backpack and supplies. We are not looking for expensive backpacks you will find that most dollar stores sell backpacks for less then $10. Or if you do not have time to shop you can mail us a check and we will be glad to do the shopping for you. Finally if you work in an office or business that might be interested in helping we can also set you up with a collection box which we will drop off and then come and pick up. The Drive ends the third week of August.

Our other drive is our 40 Angels Drive,we are looking for 40 people who are willing to donate $100.00. We need to raise over $4000.00 to buy a wheelchair for a very special boy named David. Many of you have heard of David's story. David is the reason Help Is On The Way Today exsists. I met David three years ago when I was visiting the Children's Incarnation Center. I was touring the facility and saw David laying in a hospital bed with mesh netting over it. I was told David was living with HIV as well as Cerebral Palsy. David was in need of a new motorized wheelchair. The home had submitted the paperwork twice and Medicaid lost it both times finally on the third time they refused David his chair. So me and the Diva's put on a show and in one night we raised enough money to buy David the chair. Well three years have gone by and David is doing very well and growing as little boys do. And once again David is in need of a chair and once again the system is letting him down. If I had $4000 I would never even be writing this email to you because David is very special to me and I would buy him the chair if I could. I founded this organization so that no child living with HIV in New York would fall through the cracks or be forgotten and I will not let that happen. Meeting David changed my life I hope you will consider helping change his.

Thanks
Joseph

Thank you for your time. If you decide to mail us a donation you can make the check out to Help Is On The Way Today
52-30 65th Place
Maspeth NY 11378
Apt 2c
C/O Joseph Macchia mark in the memo area which drive you are donating too.