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rurallib

(62,492 posts) Thu Jun 28, 2012, 04:00 PM Jun 2012

Maybe we won't see those goddamned canisters at convenience stores anymore

You know the ones begging for help for some poor child with cancer that has no health care and a million $ in treatment costs.

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Maybe we won't see those goddamned canisters at convenience stores anymore (Original Post) rurallib Jun 2012 OP

I can't count the number of lousy sharp_stick Jun 2012 #1

The Idea that in America a child who has cancer couldn't get treatment was shameful SoutherDem Jun 2012 #2

sharp_stick

(14,400 posts)

1. I can't count the number of lousy

Reply to rurallib (Original post)

Thu Jun 28, 2012, 04:43 PM

Jun 2012

spaghetti dinners I've gone to in order to raise money for this. It seems like we have them every couple of weeks. I'll usually show up on the way home from work and drop a 20 into the jar.

SoutherDem

(2,307 posts)

2. The Idea that in America a child who has cancer couldn't get treatment was shameful