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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art.animation, 20 Feb 1995.
MESSAGE OF LOVE
In <3i8qbs$b6...@newsbf02.news.aol.com> fnh...@aol.com (FNHOC) writes:

>"The following message has nothing to do with your list and we kindly ask
>you
>FORGIVE US"

>This message is calling upon you personally to help us attain a very
>specific
>objective.

>As you probably know, Canada Natives (The First Nations' Poeple) live in
>about 960 reserves and/or territories spread out all over this vast
>country.
>Manu of them are totally cut out from the world and SUFFER GREATLY FROM
>ISOLATION. Their despair is deep and their standard of living well below
>the
>average.

>Up until now, these people have only received financial assistance from
>organizations like ours. This is why our Foundation, "The Tecumseh
>Foundation", believing in the global world, has decided to support and
>promote this new project.

>OUR GOAL IS TO GATHER 1,000,000 LETTERS FROM PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD,
>EACH
>CONTAINING A MESSAGE OF LOVE, SUPPORT AND FRIENDSHIP.

>We ask you, the reader, to take a few minutes of your time, a sheet of
>paper
>and a pen, and write to these people a short message of love, support and
>friendship in your own words, to reflect your true feeling.

>On an average, the native population is about 25 years old and THE SUICIDE
>RATE IS ABOUT 7 TIMES the rate among the industrialized countries.

>As soon as we reach (and hopefully surpass) our goal, we will publish a
>compilation of all these messages of LOVE. They will be grouped by country
>in
>their original version and translated in French and English languages, if
>necessary. Only your initials will appear on them.

>This compilation report will then be distributed trought all the native
>communities in Canada and be made available to all humanitarian
>organizations
>in the world.

>The original messages on paper will be classified, sealed and handed over
>to
>the Museum of the Civilization in Ottawa with a 20 years consultation ban
>unless you give instruction to destroy you message after that period.

>Once again, please excuse us for contacting you in this way: we hope that
>in
>view of the worthy cause that we promote, you will forgive us.

>All letters must be sent to the following Address:

>FIRST NATIONS' HOUSE OF CANADA
>THE TECUMSEH FOUNDATION
>MESSAGES OF LOVE PROJECT
>BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA BUILDING
>715 SQUARE VICTORIA, ROOM 703
>MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA
>H2Y 2H7

>N.B.
>Please do not send any message by E MAIL. We do not have the equipment 
>available to print all those messages.. Only the letters sent to us by
>mail and 
>clearly identifiable will beconsidered. In order not to overload the
>network, 
>please destroy this message after reading it or passing it to other lists
>that 
>we have not reached.

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From: kc0...@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Karl Clodfelter)
Subject: MESSAGE OF LOVE
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Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York
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Date: Mon, 20 Feb 95 16:01:07 GMT
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