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Haunted by the boy's hopelessness, Edelman resolved to dedicate herself to providing a better future for America's children. After nearly 20 years of work as a lobbyist, organizer and fund raiser, Edelman, 47, has emerged as a leading advocate for young people, the nation's poorest and most vulnerable group. As founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund, Edelman has ensured that even though the young cannot vote or make campaign contributions, they are not ignored in Washington. In her just published book, Families in Peril (Harvard University Press; $15.00), she contends, "As adults...
...mandatory testing and emergency quarantine. "AIDS is the No. 1 underground issue of our time," says Paul Weyrich, president of the Free Congress Research and Education Foundation. "We have a sick public health community that has been frankly intimidated by the homosexual lobby." Richard Viguerie, a New Right fund raiser, calls AIDS the "first politically protected disease in the history of mankind...
Another probable source of contra money was cited by the Washington Post, which reported that it had obtained documents showing that more than $1.7 million from a foundation set up by Carl Channell, a conservative fund raiser, was sent indirectly to a Swiss bank account known as Lake Resources. North had used the same account to receive some of the proceeds from the Iran arms sales and reportedly to help fund the contras. Still, Calero insisted, his organization never got any money from Iranian arms deals. Said he: "I wish we had. We're $2 million in debt...
This year's marathon will mark the fifth consecutive Currier House dance fund-raiser, where participants receive pledges for each hour they dance...
...never went. These days Guerra, 32, is putting in time instead of doing it, by logging 400 hours over 2 1/2 years as a fund raiser and volunteer for Arts for People, a nonprofit group that provides artists and entertainers for the critically ill at Dallas-area hospitals and institutions. His sentence, which also includes a $15,000 fine, means that a prison system full to bursting need not make room for one more. He sees a benefit to the community too. "I just love the job," he says. "I'll probably continue it after the sentence...