In a message dated 97-06-12 11:13:42 EDT, [log in to unmask] (neonatal-talk) writes: << joke > Date: June 9, 1997 3:50 AM > > No comedy here. It's about a seven year old girl with cancer. Read > it and pass it on to as many people that you can. > > Occasionally we get to use this medium for some actual good, > rather than trading barbs across the waves. And once in a while > things like this bring us back to reality, allowing us to count > ourselves lucky in life. Let's put our network to work here! > > It will only take you a second to send this message. > > ************************************************************** > * > > JESSICA MYDEK IS SEVEN YEARS OLD AND IS SUFFERING FROM AN ACUTE AND VERY > RARE CASE OF CEREBRAL CARCINOMA. THIS CONDITION CAUSES SEVERE MALIGNANT > BRAIN TUMORS AND IS A TERMINAL ILLNESS. THE DOCTORS HAVE GIVEN HER SIX > MONTHS TO LIVE. AS PART OF HER DYING WISH, SHE WANTED TO START A CHAIN > LETTER TO INFORM PEOPLE OF THIS CONDITION AND TO SEND PEOPLE THE MESSAGE > TO LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST AND ENJOY EVERY MOMENT, A CHANCE THAT SHE > WILL NEVER HAVE. > > FURTHERMORE, THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY AND SEVERAL CORPORATE > SPONSORS HAVE AGREED TO DONATE THREE CENTS TOWARD CONTINUING CANCER > RESEARCH FOR EVERY NEW PERSON THAT GETS FORWARDED THIS MESSAGE. > PLEASE GIVE JESSICA AND ALL CANCER VICTIMS A CHANCE. ADD [log in to unmask] TO > THE LIST OF PEOPLE THAT YOU SEND THIS TO SO THAT THE AMERICAN CANCER > SOCIETY WILL BE ABLE TO CALCULATE HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN THIS. IF > THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, SEND THEM TO THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY AT > [log in to unmask] > > Three cents for every person that receives this letter turns > out to be a lot of money considering how many people will get this > letter and how many people they, in turn, pass it on to. Please go > ahead and forward it to whoever you know- it really doesn't take much to > help out. > > ******************************************** Jean Ann Linney, Ph.D. > Professor and Department Chair > Department of Psychology > University of South Carolina > Columbia, SC 29208 > PHONE: 803-777-4301 > FAX: 803-777-9558 > > ----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- From [log in to unmask] Thu Jun 12 03:49:22 1997 Return-Path: <[log in to unmask]> Received: from mrin07.mail.aol.com (mrin07.mail.aol.com [152.163.125.87]) by emin18.mail.aol.com (8.8.5/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id DAA17842 for <[log in to unmask]>; Thu, 12 Jun 1997 03:49:21 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailhost.bizjet.com (www.bizjet.com [194.200.3.7]) by mrin07.mail.aol.com (8.8.5/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id DAA11891 for <[log in to unmask]>; Thu, 12 Jun 1997 03:48:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: from liststar.bizjet.com (194.200.3.5) by mailhost.bizjet.com with SMTP (Apple Internet Mail Server 1.1); Thu, 12 Jun 1997 08:35:10 +0100 Date: Thu, >>