20-21 August 2005

Saving lives one baby step at a time

Sophie's Walk 2005 is less than 2 months away!!!!!!!!

Organization for Sophie's Walk 2005 is well underway.  If you are interested in organizing a Walk in your city this year, there is still time!  Please respond to this email with your confirmation.  If you know of someone interested in helping us organize the 2005 Walk, please feel free to forward this email to them and have them contact us at SophiesWalk@...

If you are walking this year we need your registration as soon as possible.  Please register at http://www.vasaprevia.org/walk/registration.htm

Walks in the USA are planned in these cities:  Phoenix, AZ; Tucson, AZ; Camarillo, CA; Chula Vista, CA; San Diego, CA; San Francisco, CA; Temecula, CA; Washington, D.C.; Aventura, FL; Boca Raton, FL; Coral Gables, FL; Fort Myers, FL;  Pensacola, FL; Weston, FL; Ankeny, IA; Moline, IL; Emporia, KS; Rockville, MD; Boston, MA; Saint Louis, MO; Scottsbluff, NE; Branchville (Sussex County), NJ; New Brunswick, NJ; Albuquerque, NM; Larchmont, NY; Liverpool, NY; Cincinnati, OH; Carlisle, PA* Pittsburgh, PA; Greenville, SC; Dallas, TX; Houston, TX; Plano, TX; McLean, VA; Burlington, VT

Walk locations around the world are planned in these cities:  Brisbane, AUSTRALIA; Moora, Western AUSTRALIA; Edmonton, CANADA; Toronto, CANADA; Bogotá, COLUMBIA; Perton Wolverhampton, ENGLAND; Sutton, ENGLAND; Nice, FRANCE; Paris, FRANCE; San Pedro Sula, HONDURAS; Tramore, IRELAND; Krar Saba, ISRAEL; Florence, ITALY; Mexico City, MEXICO; Groningen, NETHERLANDS; Westland, NETHERLANDS; Lanarkshire, SCOTLAND; Montevideo, URUGUAY; Caracas, VENEZUELA

Clicking on the links above will take you to information about the walk in that city.  If YOUR city isn't listed as you'd like to walk, please contact us at sophieswalk@....  Walking is easy!  It only takes an hour to walk 5k (about 3 miles).  Just grab your family, a few friends and enjoy yourself.  Don't forget a camera!

Donations can be made online via PayPal by visiting the IVPF website and clicking on the donations link or mailed to IVPF, P.O. Box 272293, Boca Raton, FL 33427.  The International Vasa Previa Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, tax-exempt, charitable organization. 

Thank you for your interest in helping us eliminate infant death due to vasa previa!  Your participation in this fundraiser will help us achieve these very important goals by providing much needed funds for research and education of this devastating and heartbreaking killer. 

Kind regards,

Cindy Paris, Victoria Goldstein-Macadar, and Jacqueline Mullikin
Sophie's Walk Coordinators
SophiesWalk@...

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