Newsgroups: ca.general
Subject: Re: MAKE A WISH COME TRUE
From: ivler@mdcbbs.com (J.M. Ivler    ivler@mdcbbs.com)
Date: 6 Apr 92 12:50:12 GMT
Organization: M&E (Division of EDS), Cypress CA
Nntp-Posting-User: ivler

In article <274@cipher.UUCP>, rgs@cipher.UUCP (Bob Schultz) writes:
> 
> Craig Shergold is a seven year old who has a brain tumor
> and very little time to live.  He has turned in a wish to
> the Children's Make a Wish Foundation expressing his
> desire to have an entry in the Guinness Book of World
> Records for the largest number of business cards received
> by an individual.
> 
> I have received a request to send business cards to Craig
> at the address listed below.  We have been asked to con-
> tact another ten businesses to assist in making his wish
> come true.  Please take the time to send your and your co-
> workers' business cards to Craig and then pass along a
> copy of this memo to ten other businesses of your choosing.
> 
> The address is:
> 
>                         Craig Shergold
>           c/o The Children's Make a Wish Foundation
>              3200 Perimeter Center East, Suite 500
>                    Atlanta, Georgia  30346
> 
> 
> We sincerely appreciate your assistance.
> 
>  __________________________________________________________
>  Bob Schultz
>  Audre, Inc.
>  10915 Technology Pl.                voice  (619) 451-2260
>  San Diego, CA  92127                FAX    (619) 451-0267
> 

Bob,

Did you do any checking on this before you posted this to the net? Did you 
contact 'The Children's Make a Wish Foundation'? If you had made one simple 
phone call you could have found out the following:

1)  "Craig Shergold is a seven year old"

    Craig is now about 14 years old.

2) "who has a brain tumor>and very little time to live. "

    who is in remission and has a long life ahead of him.

3) "desire to have an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records for the 
    largest number of business cards received >by an individual."

   He is already in that topic in the Guinness Book of World Records. In 
   addition, due to the fact that seven years later millions of cards and 
   letters still come in, Guinness has closed that topic from their book.

4) Craig, his mother and a number of others have requested that this stop. But, 
   like a runaway train, it continues because some thoughtless people like you 
   post this drivel to world wide networks without checking the simple facts. 
   If you had taken 2 minutes to place one simple phone call, you would have 
   done the net a significant favor. Instead you post a call for help that was 
   heartfelt seven years ago, but is just a pain in the ass to everyone today.

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Please don't take this personally, this is a semi-automatted post. You see, 
there are a number of people who, like you, feel that they have a chance to do 
some good for someone without any real effort, and this continues to be posted 
and faxed around the world. It has become the request that will never die.

If you really feel a need or a desire to help someone, take the cost of sending 
this post (~$35.00) and give it to a charity that helps people in and around 
your community. And do us all a favor, before you post something like this 
again, please check the references.

Thank you.

jmi
ivler@mdcbbs.com
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