FW: Black Couple has multiple birth

[Michelle Lynch <mlynch@passport.ca>]

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From: 	Michelle Lynch[SMTP:mlynch@passport.ca]
Sent: 	November 24, 1997 7:38 PM
To: 	'blkdiamond@nbs.org'
Subject: 	Black Couple has multiple birth

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>The author of this message is Bridgette M. Wallace.  Pease respond to her.
>Bridgette M. Wallace  bridgette_wallace@sra.com
>
>        In May of 1997, a Black family living in Washington DC, gave  birth
to the first African American Sextuplets in the US. It was the first
pregnancy for the husband and wife who have been married for 12 years.
Unfortunately, one died soon after.  However, the point still remains, NO
CORPORATION has  stepped forth to donate any supplies for this family.  They
were refused by many.
>
>        I am sure everyone has heard of the McCaughey family in Iowa who
recently  gave birth to septuplets.  At this time, several corporate
sponsors have stepped up to give a "helping hand".    As was printed in
USATODAY, They rolled out the new van Thursday with seven new names brightly
stenciled on the side. Seven car seats will follow. And apple juice for 16
years. By then, it'll  almost be time for those seven  college scholarships.
Oh, and don't forget the seven years of free cable. It will hooked up, of
course, in a new house, designed to>accommodate 14 little feet. Bobbi and
Kenny McCaughey took their place in medical history on   Wednesday when they
became parents of septuplets, four boys and three girls. By Thursday, it
seemed as if they  had won the lottery, seven times over. Corporations
across America stumbled over each other to be the  first to show their
generosity, pledging everything from free groceries for a year, a lifetime
supply of diapers (that's about 31,500), toys, a washer and dryer, lumber,
steel, paint,windows  and other materials needed to give the McCaugheys a
new >roof over their heads.
>
>They need our help.  In addition to providing your donations, pass this
information along to others who may be able to help.  That includes,
friends, family, Elected officials, community leaders, the media, public
relations people and anyone else you think can help.
>
>The following is contact information for donations and information
>>
> Thompson Quintuplets
>c/o >Riggs Bank
>>PO Box 96758
>>Washington, DC
>>
>>WHUR Radio Station (Washington, DC)   1 800 221 9487
>>Tom Joyner Morning Show  1 800 JOYNER1>
>
>Sisters In Touch
> P.O Box 4337
> Largo, MD  20775
>>(301) 499-8976.
> Bridgette M. Wallace
> bridgette_wallace@sra.com
>>>A local grass-roots organization of the Washington DC Metropolitan
>>area, Sisters In Touch (SIT), has been working closely with the family to
>>raise funds to help the Thompsons.The Parents were living in a very small
apartment at the time that the babies were born.  A group of women called
Sisters in Touch have been  working very hard to help support this family
financially.  Through several  fundraisers, Sisters in Touch was able to
move the Thompson family into a three-bedroom apartment - their goal is to be
able to move them into a house.   someone has offered to build a house for the family, but
>>the THOMPSONS must come up with the down payment for the house.
>>>




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