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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=JohnA@pax.org href="mailto:JohnA@pax.org">John Altum</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=lois@mndance.com
href="mailto:lois@mndance.com">lois@mndance.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, August 23, 2007 1:47 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Urgent Plea -- Help a Young Dancer</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV class=Section1>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dear Ms. <SPAN
class=SpellE>Donnay</SPAN>,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">My name is John Altum and I work for
PAX – Program of Academic Exchange (<A title=http://www.pax.org/
href="http://www.pax.org"><FONT color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext">www.pax.org</SPAN></FONT></A>) in
</SPAN></FONT><st1:State><st1:place><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">New
York</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:State><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">. I am working to find a good
home for a high school exchange student,
</SPAN></FONT><st1:City><st1:place><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Cheyenne</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:City><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, who is
hoping to study in </SPAN></FONT><st1:City><st1:place><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Minneapolis</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:City><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> in the
coming year. She is welcome in several of the local high schools, but we are
still struggling to find host families, and I am e-mailing your organization in
hopes that you can help us with this <B><I><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">urgent plea</SPAN></I></B>. She is
a member of a dance club in her home country of
</SPAN></FONT><st1:country-region><st1:place><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Germany</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:country-region><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, studying
both modern and traditional oriental dance, and we are hoping a family who
shares her interest in dance will be willing to
help.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I will be honest and tell you that
we are in emergency mode and you may be our last hope.
</SPAN></FONT><st1:City><st1:place><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Cheyenne</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:City><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> is arriving
very soon and needs a host family. A family who isn’t able to commit to a full
school year can sign on as a “welcome family” and provide a place for her to
land for a few weeks until we find a permanent placement in the area. She
doesn’t need her own room, just a bed, meals, and the loving guidance any teen
needs. <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: normal">All
PAX students bring their own spending money and have full health
insurance.</SPAN></I></B><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I am hoping desperately that you, in
your position as a teacher and a professional dancer, can put us in touch with a
family that will find it in their hearts to open their home to this girl who has
worked so hard to have the chance to come to
</SPAN></FONT><st1:country-region><st1:place><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">America</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:country-region><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> and learn
what life here is all about.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">A short profile of
</SPAN></FONT><st1:City><st1:place><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Cheyenne</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:City><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> is
available here: <FONT color=blue><SPAN style="COLOR: blue"><A
href="http://pax.org/asp/pax.asp?st_id=12319&p=2081"><FONT
face="Courier New"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><SPAN
style="pax: 12352&p=10221"
??>http://pax.org/asp/pax.asp?st_id=12352&p=10221</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">If you would be willing
to post a flyer in your studio, it would be an enormous help, and I can send you
the documents by fax or email immediately. Sharing this email with people who
might be interested would be even better. And if you are aware of anyone who
would be interested in the opportunity to host, please direct any interested
parties to me, by email or by phone; the phone number here is 1-800-555-6211.
The schools that are still accepting exchange students at this point are Edison,
<SPAN class=SpellE>Washburne</SPAN>, North, Patrick Henry, and
Roosevelt.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Your help in this would be
appreciated more than I can say, not just by me, but by this girl who is hoping
so much to live here with a real American family and see the real
</SPAN></FONT><st1:country-region><st1:place><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">America</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:country-region><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thank
you,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">John
Altum<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Regional
Director<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(800)
555-6211<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>