[W&B] Donations Requested - Worthwhile Cause PS - to David Silver

[DColucci at aol.com]

In my real life, I am the CFO of a company that provides Assisted Living  for 
people with Alzheimer's or related dementia.  My company also has a  
non-profit Foundation organization that, among other things, started an exciting  
program called Artists For Alzheimer's.  Artists  essentially support research in 
Alzheimer Care by donating time or goods to the  program.
 
You can read about Artists for Alzheimer's here:
 
_http://thehearth.org/artistsforalzheimers.htm_ 
(http://thehearth.org/artistsforalzheimers.htm) 
 
 
One of the great programs this organization did, was to have our residents  
who have Alzheimer's, paint and draw...long story short...the Museum of Modern  
Art in NYC has picked up this program and this has been featured on World 
News  Tonight. See here:
 
_http://thehearth.org/News/World%20News%20Tonight.pdf_ 
(http://thehearth.org/News/World%20News%20Tonight.pdf) 
 
Now, we would like to do the same type of program but with  photography.  The 
goal is to put easy-to-use digital cameras into the hands  of our residents 
who have Alzheimer's and let them take photos at their will,  and see the art 
they create.
 
THATS WHERE YOU COME IN.
 
I am looking for donations to this project in the form of gently used,  
easy-to-use digital cameras.  I know most of you have an old 2 or 3  megapixel 
camera gathering dust... how about donating it to this project ?   I could also 
use memory cards of all types to fit these cameras.
 
And because it would be a donation to a 501(c)3 Non-profit organization,  
this should be tax deductible for you.  The Foundation will provide you  with a 
written receipt of your donation, but you provide your own value to your  
donation per IRS regulations ( publication 561 ).  
 
So, my wish list is for some fairly late model digi cameras in the 2 to 4  
megapixel region, memory cards and whatever you may want to donate to this  
endeavor.  
 
Thanks 
 
Dan Colucci
CFO 
Hearthstone Alzheimer Care
 
My company  site:                 _www.thehearth.org_ (h
ttp://www.thehearth.org) 
The Foundation  site:             
_www.thehearth.org/Foundation/foundation.html_ (http://www.thehearth.org/Foundation/foundation.html) 
Artists for Alzheimer's site:    _www.thehearth.org/artistsforalzheimers.htm_ 
(http://www.thehearth.org/artistsforalzheimers.htm) 
 
IRS donations site:  _http://www.irs.gov/publications/p561/index.html_ 
(http://www.irs.gov/publications/p561/index.html) 
 
 
PS - David - I'd like to send this message to the IDCC as well, but wanted  
to get clearance first.  Please let me know.
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