Dear Friends,
We have always said that if you wanted to know Vitamin Angels' core belief, we can sum it up in one short sentence: We believe every person has a right to basic nutrition! This month, October 16th is World Food Day. The reality for many of the children that Vitamin Angels serves is that even basic nutrition is a privilege and not a right. The average caloric intake for many of these children averages about 450 calories per day! This is equivalent to the calories you would get from eating a muffin or a bagel on the way to work. This nutritionally deficient diet results in vitamin deficiency diseases which are easily preventable. Vitamin Angels commitment is to eliminate vitamin A deficiency childhood blindness, along with beginning to go after rickets, scurvy, neural tube defects and anemia, all of which are easily preventable with proper nutrition and vitamin supplementation. A worthy goal for World Food Day 2007! For more information on World Food Day: http://www.fao.org/wfd2007/index_wfd2007.html
Charity Navigator
Vitamin Angels is proud to announce we have received the coveted 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, America’s premier charity evaluator. Less than a quarter of the charities they evaluate have received their highest rating, indicating that Vitamin Angels outperforms the majority of nonprofits in America with respect to fiscal responsibility. We are honored to receive this recognition from Charity Navigator! To access the report click here: http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=10717
Holiday Giving
Every time we get a photo of one of the healthy children that Vitamin Angels has helped with a donation of supplements, we know it is true that 'giving is the gift'. For everyone who wants to help support Vitamin Angels’ work this holiday season, a short note on the end of your emails would be terrific;
This year I am channeling my holiday giving to Vitamin Angels.
Twenty five cents will save one child from going blind!
To donate: https://www.vitaminangels.org/menu/donate/payment.htm
For more information go to: www.VitaminAngels.org
IN THIS ISSUE
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MICHAEL’S NATUROPATHIC PROGRAMS AND WHOLE FOODS MARKET| Back to Top
Whole Foods and Michael’s continues their September promotion into October, donating a percentage of sales on selected items to Vitamin Angels. In October the promotion will is being extended to include the South Pacific, New England, Midwest, South, Northwest and Florida regions. Thanks Michael!
ENZYMATIC THERAPY, ZORBITZ AND WHOLE FOODS MARKET | Back to Top
Starting October 1st, consumers buying select Doctor’s Choice products at Whole Foods Market, will receive a free Lucky Karma Beads bracelet, and help support Vitamin Angels in the prevention of childhood blindness. Check out the bracelets, they are wonderful!
VITAMIN ANGELS AT THE VILLAGE LEVEL | Back to Top
Do you want to get a good idea of how Vitamin Angels’ programs look at the village level? Contact us at (info@VitaminAngels.com) and ask for one or more of our DVD’s: Operation 20/20, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Asia, or Mississippi. We will happily drop them in the mail to you. Or go to our new website at; www.VitaminAngels.org and check out all of the videos in our video section!
We thank all of our supporters who make this work possible!
Thanks to everyone who supported our work this month: our amazing BOD: Tom Aarts, Barclay Hope, Yvon Bastien, Bill Sechrest, Elliott Balbert, Mehbs Remtulla, and Jeff Markel; Steve Allen and Peter Hefele on our BOA; Jeff Hilton and everyone at IMG; our amazing interns Hava, Rachel, Ashley and Ruth.; Amy, Miranda and Steve at Pitch Publicity; Anthony Zolezzi; Rick Antonelli; Nicole Gianturco at Event Emissary; Dr. Neil Solomon; Mike, Josh, Ben, Dan and Paul at Event Tech; Brenda Michaels; Dominic Cirri at Marriott; Melissa, Beth, Jessica, Taylor and Jil at Pet Promise; Al & Kimberly Powers; Karen Raterman; Dr. Bill Sears; Melanie Harwood; Greg Horn; Robert Orr; Loren Israelson; Tom Tolworthy; Sevan Matossian; Ken Krzeminsky and our friends at Crown Relocations; and everyone at Save the Children.
Thank you to Ideasphere, Vitaquest, InterHealth, Lonza, New Hope, Xango, Nordic Naturals, Arizona Nutritional Supplements, Capsugel, BI Nutraceutical, New Chapter, Vitamer, Gronek & Associates, Alternative Medicine Magazine, Cooper Concepts, IMG, Nutrition Business Journal, Nutritional Outlook, Pet Promise, Poland Spring, Vitamin Retailer Magazine, Marine Nutriceutical and Pitch Publicity for partnering with us to sponsor Celebration of Angels in Baltimore at Expo East on September 27th. It was a tremendous success!
WANTS & NEEDS | Back to Top
We are in need of financial contributions to help support our work. From the recent World Bank book ‘Repositioning Nutrition as Central To Development’, it is clear that our need for vitamin supplements is greater than ever before. We need planned production of children’s chewable vitamins (multiples), adult multiples, prenatals, and fish oil capsules. Please contact Ada at: 805 564 8400 or Ada@VitaminAngels.org to arrange for a financial contribution or a product donation.
Thanks to our donors this month: Tishcon, Pharmachem Laboratories, Rainbow Light Nutritional Systems, NOW Health Group, Flora Inc., and Pure Fruit Technologies.
As always, please forward this newsletter to all of your friends and colleagues. We rely on our supporters and friends to help get the word out and get people to our site (www.VitaminAngels.org) so they can see the scope of what we are accomplishing and make needed contributions. Your support and encouragement make all of the difference in the world!
Best,
Howard B. Schiffer
Vitamin Angels
PO Box 42029
Santa Barbara, CA 93140 USA
P: 805 564 8400
F: 805 564 8499
E: info@VitaminAngels.org
PRODUCT DISTRIBUTION REPORT (9/1/06 - 9/30/07) | Back to Top
Bolivia
Vitamin A and antiparasitics are being delivered to Bolivia as part of Operation 20/20’s expansion with Save the Children. The program will reach 58,000 children.
Burkina Faso
Vitamin A and antiparasitics are being delivered to Burkina Faso as part of Operation 20/20’s expansion with Save the Children. The program will reach 375,000 children.
Dominican Republic
The DR program sponsored by UNFI, is slated to be a three year campaign to reach 55,000 children per year. We are distributing multivitamins daily and antiparastics two times per year. Our program partners are Direct Relief International, who will handle all to-country shipping and Batey Relief International, who will handle all in-country distribution.
El Salvador
Vitamin A and antiparasitics are being delivered to El Salvador as part of Operation 20/20’s expansion with Save the Children. The program will reach 4,000 children.
Haiti
Vitamin A and antiparasitics are being delivered to Haiti as part of Operation 20/20’s expansion with Save the Children. The program will reach 138,000 children and 21,000 lactating mothers and their babies.
Honduras
This program is sponsored by Sight & Life (DSM), UNFI, Anabolic Laboratories, United Flavors, Domino Foods, George Washington University, Pan American Health Organization and Medpharm. This program is reaching 55,000 children per year for three years. Our in-country partners are Cristo Salva, Ministry of Health and PAHO. We are distributing children’s multivitamins and antiparastics (the multivitamins are given daily and the antiparastics are given twice a year). Recent photos show new gardens that children have planted at their schools with crops high in Vitamin A!
India
Sponsored by Johnson & Johnson our campaign in India is in its fourth year and is now reaching 1 million nursing mothers and children with vitamin A and deworming tablets – both the vitamin A and the deworming are given two times per year.
Indonesia
Vitamin A and antiparasitics are being delivered to Indonesia as part of Operation 20/20’s expansion with Save the Children. The program will reach 320,000 children and 60,000 lactating mothers and their babies.
Malawi
Vitamin A and antiparasitics are being delivered to Malawi as part of Operation 20/20’s expansion with Save the Children. The program will reach 90,000 children.
Mali (Sahel)
Vitamin A and antiparasitics are being delivered to Mali as part of Operation 20/20’s expansion with Save the Children. The program will reach 25,000 children.
Mississippi
Ruleville Mississippi is a very poor rural district in the Mississippi Delta. With the support of Univera and their Serve First Program, we are now reaching 2,000 children with a daily nutrition supplement; Ageless Essentials.
Mozambique
Vitamin A and antiparasitics are being delivered to Mozambique as part of Operation 20/20’s expansion with Save the Children. The program will reach 720,000 children and 110,000 lactating mothers and their babies.
Myanmar
Vitamin A and antiparasitics are being delivered to Myanmar as part of Operation 20/20’s expansion with Save the Children. The program will reach 343,000 children and 7,000 lactating mothers and their babies.
Nepal
Vitamin A and antiparasitics are being delivered to Nepal as part of Operation 20/20’s expansion with Save the Children. The program will reach 333,000 children.
Nicaragua
Vitamin A and antiparasitics are being delivered to Nicaragua as part of Operation 20/20’s expansion with Save the Children. The program will reach 500,000 children.
Pakistan
Vitamin A and antiparasitics are being delivered to Pakistan as part of Operation 20/20’s expansion with Save the Children. The program will reach 385,000 children and 835,000 lactating mothers and their babies.
Philippines
We are doing a deworming program in partnership with Save the Children reaching 250,000 kids per year. This program began in the first quarter of 2006 and is now slated to run through the last quarter of 2007.
Sudan
Vitamin A and antiparasitics are being delivered to Sudan as part of Operation 20/20’s expansion with Save the Children. The program will reach 40,000 children.
Tibet
In this program we work closely with Dr. Nancy Harris who is the founder of Terma. We’ve distributed up to 2 million children’s multiples per month.
Uganda
Vitamin A and antiparasitics are being delivered to Uganda as part of Operation 20/20’s expansion with Save the Children. The program will reach 175,000 children.
Vietnam
Vitamin A and antiparasitics are being delivered to Vitenam as part of Operation 20/20’s expansion with Save the Children. The program will reach 376,600 children and 2,000 lactating mothers and their babies.