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SUBSCRIPTION
FORM for LEAD Group Membership & DONATION FORM for LEAF (Lead Education and Abatement
Fund)
PLEASE HELP US SAVE
The Global Lead Advice & Support Service (GLASS)
incorporating the Lead Advisory Service Australia (LASA) run by The LEAD Group Inc
The LEAD Group
would like to acknowledge the financial support of the Australian
Government Department of Environment and Water Resources (DEW) in
helping to make its services possible. DEW has provided one wage for 8
months ending 30th June 2008.
The service
was first funded nationally in Financial Year (FY) 1995-6 by the
Australian Federal Government, but was funded mostly by the New South
Wales (NSW) State Government paying up to seven staff (four full-time
equivalent wages) for FYs 1996-2005 with contributions in some years by
either the Federal Government or the South Australian (SA) Government.
From 1991 to May 1995 and from July 2003 to June 2006 government funding was
insufficient for wages so all staff were volunteers. The service survived
solely on donations and other income for the non-funded periods July-Nov
2005 and July-Oct 2007.
The Global
Lead Advice & Support Service (GLASS) run by The LEAD Group Inc,
requires further funding to ensure that not only are the phones and
e-mails answered over 5,000 times a year, but current information is
constantly added to our website.
Unfortunately,
with so much lead left in our environment – in old paint and ceiling
dust in particular - the refusal of all state governments and major lead
mining and lead utilising companies to fund GLASS adequately, puts
thousands of children at risk of lead poisoning. In FY 1999-2000 alone we
handled over 5,500 calls and distributed 53,640 items of printed
information averaging over 1031 items for every week of the year: how many
children did we protect from lead poisoning? The work we do has a major
benefit even when you allow for the cost of us receiving wages. With a NSW
Environment Protection Authority (EPA) grant of $300,000 in FY 1996-7 we
were also able to pro-actively educate the community by paying a media
officer and an outreach officer. No government agency or industry body is
as motivated as this bunch of parents (and the caring professionals who
advise The LEAD Group) to eliminate childhood lead poisoning.
We
need your support to keep spreading the word about lead while we
find enough funding to stay open and carry out pro-active information
dissemination.
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If
you think that our service is worth maintaining, show your support by:
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Making
a donation to the Lead Education and Abatement Fund (LEAF).
Donations over $2 are tax deductible so please fill in the
form so that we can send you a receipt for tax purposes.,
and/or
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Becoming
a member of The LEAD Group Incorporated, by filling in the
membership form , and/or
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Writing
a letter to your state and federal Ministers for the
Environment, and to your Ministers for Health, asking them to
ensure continued funding of the Global Lead Advice and Support Service
Australia (GLASS).
Your support
is very much appreciated. The current appeal aims
to gather enough donations to cover the costs of my
attendance at the 6th Global Partnership Meeting (6GPM)
of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Partnership
for Cleaner Fuels and Vehicles (PCFV) which will be held
during the last week of January 2008. Among other things to be
discussed at 6GPM will be the completion of the PCFV's global
campaign to phase out leaded gasoline (leaded petrol) for road
use.
Elizabeth
O’Brien
President, The LEAD Group Inc
Partner, UNEP Partnership for Cleaner Fuels and Vehicles (PCFV)
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community cost of each lead poisoned child (ie for each 10
µg/dL rise in lead in blood) is $10,280 in remedial education
costs, health costs and lost earning potential. When compared
to the call cost of LASA’s FY 1999-2000 service, if only one
of 246 calls results in preventing one child from exceeding
the Australian goal, the service is cost effective. |
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Print
the form and fax or mail your subscription or donation (see below). [Printable version]
Donations over $2 are tax deductible.
The
purpose of the Lead
Education and Abatement Fund (L.E.A.F.) is to support the environmental objects of The LEAD
Group Incorporated, that is to protect the environment from lead.
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accept my membership application and/or donation:
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$5.00 annual membership (non-corporate rate)
¸ $132.00 annual membership (corporate rate)
PAYMENT
DETAILS:
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Please find enclosed my cheque / money order for
$________payable to:
"The LEAD Group" being for membership
¸ Please find enclosed my cheque / money order for
$________payable to:
"LEAF" (Lead Education and Abatement Fund) being for a
donation
¸ Please charge the amount of $____________
to my ¸ Visa Card ¸ Master Card (tick one)
payable to:
"The LEAD Group" being for membership
¸ Please charge the amount of $____________
to my ¸ Visa Card ¸ Master Card (tick one) payable to:
"LEAF" (Lead Education and Abatement Fund) being
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Please Print & Mail form & payment to:
The LEAD Group Inc.
PO Box 161
Summer Hill NSW 2130 Australia
OR fax the form to:
+61 2 9716 9005
OR phone us with your credit card details on:
+61 2 9716 0966
Freecall
1800 626 086
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