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                                                --THE STARS

为翻译:点击你的旗子   (CHINESE)
POUR LA TRADUCTION: CLIQUETEZ DESSUS VOTRE DRAPEAU
FÜR ÜBERSETZUNG: KLICKEN SIE AN IHRE MARKIERUNGSFAHNE
PER LA TRADUZIONE: SCATTI SOPRA LA VOSTRA BANDIERINA
翻訳のため:あなたの旗をつけなさい  (JAPANESE)  
번역를위해: 위에 너의 깃발을 누르십시요  (KOREAN)
PARA A TRADUÇÃO: ESTALE SOBRE SUA BANDEIRA
PARA LA TRADUCCIÓN: CHASQUE ENCENDIDO SU BANDERA

 

  WHAT ARE STARS DOING ON A WATER RESOURCES SITE?

    THESE ARE THE PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT MAKE  WATER FOR PEACE  POSSIBLE! 
     IS THIS YOU?  ARE YOU WILLING TO GIVE THE GIFT OF WATER?

 

The First Annual Water For Peace
          Corporate Award 2001 

      

   THE SIMON PIERCE PRESENTATION BOWL       

                                                                       photograph by John Sherman

      Presented to McBride Baker & Coles

 

Thomas J. Kinasz Esq, Maureen A. Drews Esq, and Richard Lauter Esq,

are shown (left to right) accepting the award for the firm.   Dr. Laura, 

Founder and President of Water For Peace presented the award.

 

NEWS RELEASE:--Chicago

     WATER FOR PEACE, THE CHICAGO BASED INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION DEDICATED TO
PROVIDING FRESH DRINKING-WATER WORLD-WIDE, PRESENTS ITS FIRST CORPORATE
AWARD TO CHICAGO’S LAW FIRM, MC BRIDE BAKER & COLES.

     THE FIRM HAS PROVIDED LEGAL SUPPORT TO WATER FOR PEACE ON A PRO BONO BASIS.
THEIR PARTICIPATION IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND WATER
FOR PEACE:  THE ACT OF GIVING THE GIFT OF KNOWLEDGE.

     THE URGENCY OF THE MISSION OF THE FOUNDATION IS EXEMPLIFIED BY FOUNDER
AND PRESIDENT, DR. DELLA LAURA’S STATEMENT, "EVERY DAY WE HAVE NOT REACHED
OUR GOALS-PEOPLE ARE DYING DUE TO LACK OF WATER AND/OR DISEASE CARRIED BY
POLLUTED WATER." SHE GOES ON TO SAY, "FRESH WATER FOR ALL WILL NOT GUARANTEE
PEACE, BUT WITHOUT WATER, THERE WILL BE NO PEACE. THROUGH THE GIFT OF 
KNOWLEDGE WE CAN ELIMINATE THIS PROBLEM. WE CAN DO THIS."

     THE AWARD, CREATED AND EXECUTED BY WORLD RENOWNED ARTIST SIMON PIERCE, 
IS A 16" ENGRAVED CRYSTAL BOWL.  SIMON PIERCE, IN KEEPING WITH WATER FOR PEACE’S
 DRIVING FORCE: THE ACT OF GIVING THE GIFT OF KNOWLEDGE, DONATED THIS 
EXTRAORDINARY WORK OF ART FOR THIS PRESENTATION. FURTHER, NOTED 
PHOTOGRAPHER JOHN SHERMAN HAS CONTRIBUTED THE OUTSTANDING OFFICIAL
PHOTOGRAPH OF THE AWARD. THUS THE CHAIN OF GIVING THE GIFT OF KNOWLEDGE IS
LAUNCHED.

 

                                                       ***********

*THE WATER CIRCLE--CORPORATE SPONSORS

THE LAW FIRM OF:  HOLLAND & KNIGHT   (formerly:  McBRIDE BAKER & COLES)
    500 West Madison Street, 40th Floor
    Chicago, IL 60661-2511
    312-715-5700

CHARLES SCHWAB
    101 Montgomery Street
    San Francisco, CA 94104
    415-636-8844

 

 

 

*THE WATER WORKS-- SUPPORT PARTNERS

  DAMOCLES VENTURES, INC
      55 Payson Street
      Hoffman Estates, IL 60194
      847-885-9623   

  SIMON PIERCE
     Route 5 North
     Windsor, VT 05089
     802-674-6208

   TEM-PRO, Inc
      33 West Higgins Road
      Barrington, IL 60010
      847-426-7400

    

*THE WATER WHEEL--INDIVIDUAL SUPPORTERS

     Dr. Della Colleen Bennett
     Dr. Laura Lorraine Bennett
     Maureen A. Drews, Esq
     Dr. John Gladwell
     Dr. Neil Grigg
     Thomas J. Kinasz, Esq
     Richard S. Lauter, Esq
     Brian Moriarty
     Dr. Roger Peebles
     John Sherman

   

  

*SPECIAL RECOGNITION

  ALTA VISTA AND BABLE FISH FOR FREE INSTANT TRANSLATION OF THIS SITE        

        

  (Use icon at top of page for instant translations)

 

CONTACT WATER FOR PEACE WITH YOUR STARRING IDEA:  dellalaura@waterforpeace.org 

       Looking for ideas for how you can become involved?  Click here:  WFP-NEEDS

 

 
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