Date:	Wed, 17 May 1995 07:21:17 -1000
From:	dgomberg@ednet1.osl.or.gov (David Gomberg)
Message-Id: <199505171721.AA29684@ednet1.osl.or.gov>
Organization: Harvard University Office of Information Technology
Subject: Make-A-Wish Retraction



O.K. -- I blew it. When I'm wrong, I admit it, and this time,
I was WRONG.

After my last posting about sending business cards to the
Make_A-Wish Foundation, I got a quick call from a friend
telling me that the request had been canceled some time ago.

I called Make-A-Wish, and was connected to their toll-free
"Business Card Hotline" (1-800-215-1333 in the USA). Apparently,
the young fellow did get into the record book for receiving over
15 MILLION get well cards, and then tried to set a similar
record for collecting business cards. He was later operated
on, successfully, and is now 14 years old.

Unfortunately, the chain-letter request kept going.

I got the request from Vic Walton in Connecticut. He is a
good and credible guy, and a fine kite flier. I passed the
request along without checking it out.

I apologize.



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Date:	Sat, 20 May 1995 21:14:20 -1000
From:	axel@hal.hanse.de (Axel Voss)
Message-Id: <801040460.57snx@hal.hanse.de>
Organization: Private site
Subject: Re: Make-A-Wish Retraction

In article <199505171721.AA29684@ednet1.osl.or.gov> dgomberg@ednet1.osl.or.gov writes:
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>O.K. -- I blew it. When I'm wrong, I admit it, and this time,
>I was WRONG.
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>After my last posting about sending business cards to the
>Make_A-Wish Foundation, I got a quick call from a friend
>telling me that the request had been canceled some time ago.
>
>I called Make-A-Wish, and was connected to their toll-free
>"Business Card Hotline" (1-800-215-1333 in the USA). Apparently,
>the young fellow did get into the record book for receiving over
>15 MILLION get well cards, and then tried to set a similar
>record for collecting business cards. He was later operated
>on, successfully, and is now 14 years old.
>
>Unfortunately, the chain-letter request kept going.

There was a note in a Hamburg daily paper which said

STOP SENDING CARDS TO THIS FELLOW
The local post authorities are getting mad due to 
waggon loads of cards. As David quoted the young 
fellow got the entry into Guiness. 
BTW an anonymous American has donated sufficient fund
for High Tech medical treatment and the young boy is
already in much better shape.

Tight Lines!
Axel

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