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 Subject:  Desparate plea for help
This isn't exactly the right forum for this, but I'm posting this because the
organization is desparate for help.  

Bethlehem House is a non-profit shelter for battered women in San Bernardino
County, California, and is the largest shelter of its kind in the country.  The
House offers women and their children a safe haven from domestic violence.  The
residents are put in training and rehabilitation programs to enable them to
break out of the cycle of violence.  Up to fifty women are housed in the
shelter at a time and there is a long waiting list.

The shelter desparately needs $90,000 by July 1 or it will be shut down. 
Grants from various governmental and civic organizations have been made, but it
is not nearly enough to cover this deficit.  Recent news reports in the Los
Angeles media have caused some donations to come in, but $90,000 is still
needed in order for the center to provide a safe environment for the women and
their children.  I can personally vouch for the legitimacy of the organization
and its plight.  One of my closest friends is a minimum-wage employee and was
lucky to get paid last week.  Recently, they have had to choose between paying
the utilities and paying the employees.  I have visited the house as a
volunteer when I was in college, helping organize an Easter egg hunt for the
kids.  The place does real good work and shutting it down would be devastating.


Any and all tax-deductible contributions will be most welcome!  Please send
them to:
Bethlehem House
P.O. Box 8127
Redlands, CA  92375
Attention: Heather Fox

Please mention that you found out about Bethlehem House on this network.  If
you have any questions about Bethlehem House or its programs, you can call
Heather at (909) 862-8027.  You can also email me, but Heather can give you
more information.  Thank you for any help you can provide.  


Chad Jones
Network Manager and Macintosh Guru
UCLA Department of Physiological Science
cjones@physci.ucla.edu
(310) 825-6528