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New Jersey Other Designated Contributions

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New Jersey Other Designated Contributions

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01- Drug Abuse Education Fund
THE EPIDEMIC OF DRUG ABUSE NEEDS YOUR HELP! Your contribution helps New Jersey children receive valuable education from highly trained uniformed law enforcement officers and teachers throughout the State in providing drug abuse education programs. Research has shown that the more resistance education children receive, the more likely they will be drug free. The monies raised will help maintain the K-12 programming as well as parenting and educational programs. For more information contact D.A.R.E. New Jersey at 292 Prospect Plains Rd., Cranbury, NJ 08512 or call 1-800 DARENJ1. Web address: www.darenj.com

02 - Korean Veterans’ Memorial Fund

“To Honor, To Educate, To Recognize, To Commemorate”

Your support to the Korean War Memorial in Atlantic City honors all the New Jerseyans who served and especially the more than 889 soldiers who died during the Forgotten War. We need

to inform future generations of the past so that no one ever forgets these men and women. Your contribution will be used to maintain this place of honor.

For more information, write: Korean War Memorial, c/o Dept. of Military and Veterans Affairs, PO Box 340, Eggert Crossing Road, Trenton, NJ 08625-0340. Phone: 609-530-7049. http://www.nj.gov/military/korea/

03 - Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Education Fund

Today in New Jersey there are 4,600 people waiting for a life-saving organ transplant. Nationally, 18 people die each day while waiting for a transplant. By saying yes to organ and tissue donation each time you apply for or renew your NJ driver’s license or by registering to be a donor online, you have the power to save lives. Help us raise awareness of the drastic need for organ and tissue donors. Begin today by checking off Line 63 to help fund organ and tissue donor education awareness in New Jersey. For more information and to register, visit www.donatelifenj.org

04 - NJ-AIDS Services Fund

New Jersey currently ranks fifth in the country in total cases of HIV infection with an estimated 60,000 people living with HIV/AIDS. Your donation will be used for prevention, education, treatment and research. For more information write to: New Jersey AIDS Services Fund, c/o Positive Connection, PO Box 1502, Bloomfield, New Jersey 07003, call: 973-485-6596, or visit us online: www.positiveconnection.info

05 - Literacy Volunteers of America – New Jersey Fund

“Literacy is the key to personal freedom.”

Since 1979 Literacy Volunteers of New Jersey has been committed to increasing adult literacy in New Jersey. We are the state-level organization that provides training and technical support to a network of community-based literacy programs throughout New Jersey. These local programs focus on recruiting, training, and matching volunteers with adults who need help learning to read and write or to understand and speak English. A corps of 2,500 volunteers provide free one-on-one instruction to more than 4,500 students each year. Your donation will enable LV-NJ to expand its services so that more adults can acquire the literacy skills needed to reach their full potential as individuals, parents, workers, and citizens. For more information call Literacy Volunteers of New Jersey at 1-800-848-0048 or visit our website at  ww.lvnj.org.


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