Rabies Challenge Fund Shortfall
August 9th, 2009

Greetings,

The goal of The Rabies Challenge Fund Charitable Trust is to extend the
legally required interval for rabies boosters to 5 and then 7 years,
based on the findings of the rabies challenge studies currently underway
at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine. If the
studies’ results demonstrate that the rabies vaccine confers 5, and
possibly 7, years of immunity, there would be a significant impact on
controlling rabies and reducing adverse reactions associated with the
vaccine.

Today I am writing to ask for your help. The Rabies Challenge Fund
relies on donations to finance the multi-year challenge studies that
began in November 2007. Due to the economic downturn, the Fund has a
$125,000 shortfall for the third year of the studies, scheduled for this
fall. This deficit threatens the future of the research.

Costs for the studies’ third year are $175,000. Since January, we have
raised nearly $50,000 of that amount. We need to have eighty percent of
the total funding for the year’s budget in hand to begin the third year
of the studies. Please contribute what you can, as soon as you can.
*All donations received will be used to finance the direct research
costs of the rabies challenge studies.*

With your help, we can raise the $125,000 necessary to complete the
third year of the 5 and 7-year rabies challenge studies. Tax-exempt
donations can be mailed to The Rabies Challenge Fund, c/o Hemopet, 11330
Markon Drive, Garden Grove, CA 92841. Credit card donations can be
phoned in to Hemopet (specify they are for The Rabies Challenge Fund) by
calling (714) 891-2022, ext. 13.

Thank you for your support of this important work.

Sincerely,

Kris L. Christine
Founder, Co-Trustee
*The Rabies Challenge Fund*
* http://www.rabieschallengefund.org/ *

Char said in rec.pets.dogs.health:

Thank you for your support of this important work.

Sincerely,

Kris L. Christine
Founder, Co-Trustee
*The Rabies Challenge Fund*
* http://www.rabieschallengefund.org/ *

Kris does a lot of good work and posts here on a regular basis.

Why are you taking away from her?

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

Rocky wrote:

Why are you taking away from her?


Could you try again and have it make sense?
Char