Nursing home
rates have been frozen for two years, contributing to a financial crisis for
many facilities and insufficient support for dedicated staff. The goal
for 2005 is to generate enough click-throughs on the site to fund at least 1
million new books for low-income children in hundreds of local communities
throughout the U. "In
my role as Verizon Literacy Champion, I want to inspire parents to read to
their children and be sure that every child has books of their very own.
Americans are united across the political spectrum: ONE's recent national
survey found that 86 percent of Americans believe it is important for the
United States to put forward "a new effort to work together with other
countries to help the poorest people in the world overcome AIDS and extreme
poverty.

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many of these youngsters, the only book in their home is a phone book.

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For more information about the Long-Term Care Imperative, please go to
http://www.
To celebrate the official launch of The Literacy Site , Eric Close, who
plays agent Martin Fitzgerald on the hit television series, "Without a Trace,"
will host a Celebrity Click Challenge on The Literacy Site starting today
through April 3. Department of Education, 61
percent of low-income homes have no age-appropriate books for children.

About First Book
First Book (http://www. In hundreds
of neighborhoods across the country , First Book Advisory Boards unite leaders
from all sectors of the community to provide books to children in literacy
programs, shelters for battered children, housing project initiatives, soup
kitchens , after-school programs and other community-based efforts reaching
children living at or below the poverty line. ONE also calls for debt cancellation, trade reform and
anti-corruption measures in a comprehensive package to help Africa and the
poorest nations beat AIDS and extreme poverty.

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carecantwait . For more information on Verizon
Reads, visit http://www.
"We can end hunger and extreme poverty in our time. At the summit, the eight presidents and prime
ministers of the G8 nations will be presented with a workable plan for better
international assistance, 100% debt cancellation and trade reform-and an
historic opportunity to end poverty and save millions of lives.S. For more information, please visit
ONE.

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TV's 'Without A Trace' Star Eric Close Hosts Celebrity Challenge at
TheLiteracySite. So that
visitors can track the progress of the "Give Free Books" initiative, an
updated tally of total books funded as a result of the click-throughs is
posted every 24 hours to the site.
"God has charged us all with ensuring dignity for his or her neighbor,"
Dan Haseltine, lead singer of Live and Christian act "Jars of Clay"."
Flanked by mailbags overflowing with hundreds of thousands of letters from
everyday Americans across the country, Melissa Fitzgerald, hometown hero and
star of NBC's "West Wing", signed and mailed one of over 300,000 letters to be
delivered to President Bush calling for the U.S.

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, Minnesota's older adult services
system is increasingly dependent on working mothers in poverty caring for
elderly mothers and grandmothers in poverty. It's incumbent on the Legislature and Governor Pawlenty
to provide adequate funding for the cost of care to make sure that we are
caring for our older loved ones with dignity and respect. With your click, you'll be giving the magic of books and
promoting the love of reading among children who might otherwise never
discover that joy," said Kyle Zimmer, president of First Book."
"As a good corporate citizen, Verizon has been supporting literacy for
more than a decade," said Tom Tauke, executive vice president public affairs,
policy and communications for Verizon . They will continue their
journey on to Gleneagles -- many of them on jets donated by Virgin Atlantic
owner, Richard Branson -- to focus attention on the breadth of support by
everyday citizens for President Bush to lead the world in the fight to
eliminate global poverty.

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Can you blame them when they leave for other
jobs?"
"Cards like these shouldn't be the only celebration of Mother's Day,"
according to Gayle Kvenvold, president and CEO of Minnesota Health + Housing
Alliance. Close is also a Verizon Literacy Champion and family man. In a
separate 2002 study, noted pollster Louis Harris also found that the number of
children demonstrating a "high interest" in reading nearly tripled after they
received books to take home and keep.
"We invite anyone and everyone to click once a day, every day on the "Give
Free Books" button.

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They have not received
raises for almost two years. "Making books
a part of a child's life is the best way to encourage the love of reading and
help them develop skills that will last a lifetime. "Funding First Book's initiative at
The Literacy Site is a logical continuation of that effort, combining our
commitment to literacy with our first-class broadband network to help children
become better readers and prepare for life in the information age. Anyone may click on the "Give Free Books"
button , but only one click per day by the same individual will count toward
the book donation total. The online store offers a wide
array of apparel, jewelry, home accents and gifts from around the world ."
ONE volunteers also gathered to celebrate hitting one million Americans
joining the ONE network through ONE.

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The median pay
for a nursing assistant, most of whom are women, working in a Minnesota
nursing home is approximately $22,700, just above the federal poverty
guidelines for a family of four.com

WASHINGTON, A simple click of a mouse on a red
"Give Free Books " button at The Literacy Site (http://www. A percentage of every purchase at The Literacy Site Store will be
donated to First Book to fund more books.
ONE believes that allocating an additional ONE percent of the U.

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"The best celebration will be recognition by the Legislature and
Governor Pawlenty of the role mothers continue to play as caregivers," she
said.S. "And we're going to keep
joining our voices, one by one, until we make poverty history."

ONE is composed of America's most well-known and respected non-profit,
advocacy and humanitarian organizations including founding members Bread for
the World, CARE, DATA, Plan USA, International Medical Corps, International
Rescue Committee , Mercy Corps, Oxfam America, Save the Children, World
Concern, World Vision and many others.

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For every 100 clicks on the "Give Free Books" button by individual
visitors to the site, First Book will distribute one new book to a
disadvantaged child who otherwise might not have access to books.
The lack of children's books is a serious problem in many low-income
households.S.

To make it easy to remember to click daily, visitors
are invited to sign up at the site to receive a brief weekday reminder by
email.org) is a national, award-winning
nonprofit organization with a single mission: to give children from low-income
families the opportunity to read and own their first new books.

About Verizon Reads
Verizon is committed to being America's literacy champion.net.
Philadelphia is just the first stop for the grassroots leaders, who
represent delegations from across the country.

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In honor of Mother's Day, please support a 2-percent
increase in long-term care reimbursement rates.
The Mother's Day cards flooding the State Capitol this week are urging that
this critical funding is approved in the final 2005 budget.
Shopping on the site will also help generate funds for free book
donations.

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In honor of Mother's Day, the Long-Term Care Imperative, a collaboration
of older adult services providers, is leading a grassroots effort to urge the
state's leaders to do better by our mothers and grandmothers. Women are the primary recipients of care in
the older adult care system. Nationally, more than two-thirds of residents
with at least one stay at a nursing facility are women. "They're providing care for older Minnesotans that can't be replaced,
but they need support.
Joan Eastman, director of nursing at Bayshore Health Center in Duluth,
worries about finding good caregivers when wages haven't kept pace in the
community. According to a 1996 study by the U. We have the
technology and know how to fight poverty, disease and hunger," said Reverend
David Beckman, President of Bread for the World.

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"We are thrilled to
be instrumental in a partnership that optimizes the Internet to bring people
together to make a difference.
Since The Literacy Site's pilot phase began in November 2004, word-of-
mouth about the impending launch of the "Give Free Books" campaign has already
led more than 90 ,000 unique daily visitors to click on the red button.firstbook.
ONE volunteers were joined at today's announcement by Live 8 and Christian
artists Jars of Clay, author and pastor Rick Warren , Ugandan CARE worker
Derreck Kayongo, Scott Jackson, Vice President of World Vision and Reverend
David Beckman, President of Christian aid organization Bread for the World.

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Minnesotans Sending the Message: Care Can't Wait Another Mother's Day

New Literacy Web Site to Send Millions of Free Books for America's Neediest Kids

theliteracysite.com)
being unveiled today by prominent corporate, nonprofit and cause-related
organizations will generate much-needed donations of new books to children
from low-income families across the country.

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During Close's Celebrity Challenge, Verizon will double the value of every
click on the "Give Free Books" button on The Literacy Site.

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In her Mother's Day card she wrote, "Our entry-level staff who are
the direct caregivers have compassion and heart and are devoted to working
with the elderly, but they have families to support. to help the poorest people of
the world.
"Our communities will not waiver in this long walk to justice ," said
Shayne Moore, a ONE Delegate from Wheaton, Illinois.

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First Book has been named one of Ten "Gold Star" Charities by
Forbes Magazine.

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Long-term care
facility administrators, staff , residents, families and community leaders are
sending Mother's Day greetings to legislators and Governor Pawlenty to urge
passage of a cost-of-living increase for each of the next two years to help
cover the cost of care for older adults.
"As we celebrate Mother's Day, we should recognize all the mothers who
continue to be caregivers long after their children have left the home," said
Rick Carter, president and CEO of Care Providers of Minnesota, an Imperative
member. "We're urging the state's leaders to support those who've done so much
for us by approving an inflationary increase that is vital to the future of
all Minnesota mothers who are providing care and all elderly Minnesotans who
need care.
The Literacy Site is made possible through the partnership of Verizon, one
of America's foremost corporate literary champions; Charity USA, owners of a
network of click -to-give sites known as The Greater Good; and First Book, an
award-winning nonprofit that has placed more than 30 million books in the
hands of children in over 900 communities across the nation.VerizonReads .
Combined, these web sites engage more than 15 million unique visitors each
month."
Millions of people gathered at LIVE 8 concerts across the globe to put
pressure on world leaders in advance of the G8 Africa Summit in Gleneagles,
Scotland on July 6-8.

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We're proud to be teaming
with The Literacy Site to help make even more books available to children who
need them the most. The company is
conducting a national campaign to increase community awareness and to generate
additional funding and support of literacy programs for adults, children and
families.
6300 people die from AIDS in Africa every day, and more than a billion
people - including half the population of Sub-Saharan Africa - live on less
than $1 a day.
ONE is a new effort by Americans to rally Americans - ONE by ONE - to
fight the emergency of global AIDS and extreme poverty."
Over one million Americans have lent their voices to ONE by visiting
ONE. More than ONE million Americans and
millions more around the world are also wearing white bands as a show of
support in ending extreme poverty and global AIDS.

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The state dictates the rates that most nursing homes charge. However, the budget proposals from each legislative body vary widely
and will need to be reconciled in the final weeks of the legislative session."
Clicking on the "Give Free Books" button is quick, easy and free for any
visitor to The Literacy Site. Deliver 300,000 Letters Calling For Historic Deal at G8, Call For End to
Global AIDS and Poverty

PHILADELPHIA, Today , ONE volunteers from across
America joined community leaders, activists and Live 8 artists and celebrities
to kick-off the Philadelphia Live 8 Concert by delivering 300,000 letters
calling for an historic debt, aid and trade deal for the world's poorest
people at the upcoming G8 summit on July 6th.
"Today, Live 8 will rock the world with ten concerts from Philadelphia to
London to Johannesburg ," said Paul Dioguardi, ONE campaign coordinator.

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"
Helen Kampff, resident at Walker Methodist Health Center in Minneapolis,
wrote in a card to Governor Pawlenty, "I am a mother, and my caretakers are
mothers themselves. First Book has provided more
than 30 million new books to children in need in hundreds of communities
nationwide. Working under the banner of Verizon Reads, a private charity, the
award-winning philanthropy program reaches out to the nearly 40 million
Americans who have low literacy skills. The network, owned and operated by long-time activists
Tim Kunin and Greg Hesterberg, consists of the Literacy Site being launched
today along with the Hunger Site (funding free food to the hungry), The Breast
Cancer Site (funding free mammograms for underprivileged women ), The Child
Health Site (funding basic, critical health services for children in need),
The Rainforest Site (protecting endangered rainforest habitat), The Animal
Rescue Site (feeding and sheltering abandoned animals) and the Ecology Fund.

Live 8 Celebrities Grassroots Activists and One Million Americans Join ONE: The Campaign To Make Poverty History

"Millions are gathering in person and on the web right now, and we're ready to
send President Bush and other world leaders to the G8 on a wave of support for
doing more to fight global AIDS and extreme poverty. "And the world's poorest
people are calling us to do it.ORG.

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The Minnesota House and Senate have included a 2-percent increase in their
budgets.
In addition to clicking on the "Give Free Books" button, anyone signing up
for the Literacy Site's e-newsletter, "Read All About It," will automatically
fund one book for a child in need. "I hope
everyone at Live 8 today around the world - and all Americans - will join us
in ONE voice to make that dignity a reality for every person on earth.ORG and signing the ONE Declaration.

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"When I was little, my parents shared their love of reading with me and,
now , the best part of my day is story time with my children," Close said."
"Visitors who click daily are passionate about supporting literacy,"
according to Greg Hesterberg, co-founder of Charity USA .

About Charity USA
Charity USA is a network of cause-related, click-to-give web sites known
as The Greater Good. ONE is students and
ministers, punk rockers and NASCAR moms, Americans of all beliefs and
persuasions, united as ONE to help make poverty history. budget
toward providing basic needs like health, education, clean water and food
would transform the futures and hopes of an entire generation in the world's
poorest countries.

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