FINAL ALERT! 2008 Dallas March of Dimes demo

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Action Alert: 2008 Dallas

March of Dimes (MOD)

Walk for Babies Educational Demonstration

 

The March of Dimes has changed the name: WalkAmerica is now Walk for

Babies. New name, same shame.

 

Please join the north Texas animal rights and protection

community for our educational demonstration at the MOD Walk for Babies event in

Dallas on Saturday,

April 19, 2008. The local sponsors include North Texas

Animal Rights Network, Vegetarian Network of Dallas, and Animal Connection of

Texas. 

 

Learn more about the campaign to reform the MOD by halting cruel and

irrelevant animal research by visiting these websites: www.reformthemarchofdimes.org

and www.marchofcrimes.org.

 

WHAT:  March

of Dimes Walk for Babies educational demonstration.

 

WHEN:  Saturday, April 19, 2008 from 8 AM to 11 AM (or any part you can attend). The walk begins

at 9 AM, and we should be there early to leaflet and talk with participants.

 

WHY:  MOD

spends about $30 million annually on cruel, repetitive and irrelevant animal

experiments that have not produced benefits to babies and mothers. Meanwhile,

the U.S. sinks lower and lower in world rankings for premature births, birth

defects, newborn and infant mortality, and maternal mortality – shamefully

near the bottom of industrialized nations. We are asking MOD to redirect this

wasteful and inhumane funding to human-based research and programs proven to

improve the health of babies and mothers.

 

WHERE:  Norbuck

Park at White Rock Lake. The map address is 2000 N. Buckner Blvd., Dallas,

75218. Here are directions from the intersection of U.S. Highway 75 (N. Central

Expressway) and Mockingbird Lane.

 

1) Take the Mockingbird Ln. exit (Exit 3) from U.S. Highway

75, and turn east on Mockingbird Ln.

2) Travel east on Mockingbird Ln. for 4 miles, crossing Greenville

Ave., Skillman St., Abrams Rd., Hillside Dr. and Williamson Dr.

until reaching the intersection of Mockingbird Ln. and N. Buckner Blvd.

3) Just past the double set of traffic lights at N.

Buckner Blvd., turn right onto Peavy Rd.

4) Park anywhere on the residential streets in this area, and walk back

to the N. Buckner Blvd. access road. Look to your right (north) and

you will see Norbuck Park on the right and an overpass on the left; we will

gather at the overpass. There will be a crowd and parked buses, so don’t

worry about getting lost!

 

Event day contacts:   John

Pippin, M.D. (cell: 972-523-4404)

                                    Margaret Morin (cell: 972-571-9603)

 

                                    Susan Oakey (cell: 214-577-6727)

 

Mark your calendars and please

don’t forget! This is the major annual MOD fundraiser, and our

opportunity to open the eyes and hearts of MOD supporters. There is strength in

numbers, so let’s get their attention.

 

Save the babies and

the animals – reform the March of Dimes!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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