[tri-med] Siblings Issues

Forwarding this for those in the US who are interested in sibling issues
Subject:        Celebrating the Role of Siblings
Date:   Thu, 21 Apr 2005 06:32:07 -0700
From:   donmeyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Pop some popcorn, put your feet up, and get ready to watch a great movie
AND support a great cause!

I am thrilled to invite you to the Stay-At-Home premiere of /Riding the
Bus with My Sister /and benefit for the Sibling Support Project!

On Sunday, May 1, Hallmark Hall of Fame will broadcast /Riding the Bus
with My Sister/ on CBS.  Directed by Angelica Houston, and starring
Andie MacDowell and Rosie O?Donnell, this is the movie adaptation of our
friend Rachel Simon?s wonderful book of the same name.

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_It is Rachel?s wish that the premiere of this movie be used as an
opportunity to support the Sibling Support Project_!  Here?s what she
told us:

*As I wrote /Riding the Bus with My Sister/, I learned of The Sibling
Support Project?s important work.  Whether it?s helping local
communities start Sibshops, connecting young and adult sibs with their
peers on SibKids and SibNet, conducting wonderful workshops for parents
and providers, or creating engaging books for sibs and families, The
Sibling Support Project is _the_ go-to group for all things sibling.  I
hope you?ll join me and support the work of The Arc?s Sibling Support
Project!  *

*--Rachel Simon, author, /Riding the Bus with My Sister/.*

In honor of this special network presentation, we?re celebrating the
many important roles brothers and sisters play in the lives of their
sibs who have disabilities.  I hope you?ll help us celebrate by making a
secure online donation
<https://www.applyweb.com/public/contribute?thearc> to the Sibling
Support Project.

When making your online donation, be sure to check the ?in support of?
box and select either ?Stay at Home Premiere? or ?Sibling Support
Project.?  (By selecting ?Stay at Home Premiere,? 50% of your
contribution will go to ANCOR, another worthy cause described below.)
You can also send a contribution to The Arc?s Sibling Support Project,
1010 Wayne Avenue, Suite 650, Silver Spring, MD 20910.

Click here <http://www.thearc.org/misc/ridingthebus.pdf> to see _your_
invitation to the Stay-at-Home Premiere--with pictures of Andie
MacDowell as Rachel and Rosie O?Donnell as her sister Beth!

To learn more about what we do and why brothers and sisters are so
important, please visit us as our website at
www.thearc.org/siblingsupport/ <http://www.thearc.org/siblingsupport/>

I know you value the significant, life-long roles brothers and sisters
play in the lives of people who have disabilities.  Please share this
message others who think brothers and sisters are as important as you do!

Thank you, in advance, for your generous donation!

With respect and appreciation,

Don Meyer

Director, Sibling Support Project of The Arc of the United States

206-297-6368; donmeyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:donmeyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Our brothers, Our sisters, Ourselves

Enjoy the movie?and don?t forget the popcorn!

The Arc recognizes the important of role direct support providers and
thanks The American Network of Community Options and Resources? (ANCOR)
for providing the opportunity for The Arc to participate in this
fundraiser.  The Arc will dedicate 50% of the funds raised through this
?Stay at Home Premiere? to ANCOR?s National Advocacy Campaign. The Arc
works to include all children and adults with cognitive, intellectual
and developmental disabilities in every community.  The Sibling Support
Project is the only national effort dedicated to the interests of over
six million brothers and sisters of people with special health, mental
health, and developmental needs.

The Arc of the United States

1010 Wayne Avenue, Suite 650

Silver Spring, MD 20910

Telephone (800) 433-5255

Email:donorsupport@xxxxxxxxxx

Website: www.thearc.org
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