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Excelsior Chapter wins Telecom Challenge grand prize!
     Verizon’s Excelsior Chapter has been named the grand prize winner of the 2004 Telecom Challenge for its work to support the education efforts of a children’s home in Binghamton, NY. The chapter will receive $1,000 to be used either to support the continuation of the project or as a donation to the charity the project supported. As the project manager of the grand prize winner, Gloria Moran earned a Santa Goodwill Tour trip for two. Learn more...

Enjoy your vacation with Pioneer koozies and towels!
Keep your beverages cool during these hot summer months.Our foam Koozies maintain a beverage can temperature of 40° or below for 35 minutes, or 3 times longer than a can without a Koozie®. $1 each, plus shipping. Learn more...

Whether at the pool, beach or the lake, now is the time to stretch out on this thick cotton and polyester beach towel! Measuring 60 X 33 inches, this U.S. made white towel has the TelecomPioneers logo screened on the lower half and is available for $16.00 plus shipping.

Westminster LMC wins Verizon Reads Photo Contest!
     The Maryland Chapter's Westminster Life Member Club partnered with the Westminster Women's Club to read to 1,026 students at Friendship Valley Elementary School March 1, 2004 and present them each with a Scholastic Book. The LMC members and the students dressed in Dr. Seuss hats and ties for the winning photo op. As winners of the Maryland TelecomPioneers/Verizon Reads Photo Contest, the Westminster LMC was given Scholastic Books to present to the students in the fall.

Upper Darby LMC provides "Aid for Friends" 
     Last year, Liberty Bell's Upper Darby Life Member Club and St. Dorothy's teamed up to bring the "Aid for Friends" program to the five-county Greater Philadelphia area. Celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, “Aid For Friends” now serves about 2,200 people in the five-county Greater Philadelphia area. Its goal is to help homebound "client/friends" maintain their cherished independence by aiding them in their quest to remain in their own homes, for as long as possible, and to enhance their quality of life.The LMC prepares meals and delivers them to area shut-ins.
     “Sadly, many people don’t have the option to stay at home as my mother did,” said Ellie Dickerson, president of the Upper Darby LMC, “but Aid For Friends gives them the dignity to remain as independent as they can for as long as they can.”
     For more information about the Aid For Friends project, visit 
http://aidforfriends.org.

2.9% Introductory APR!
     Switch to the TelecomPioneers Platinum Plus® Mastercard® and receive a 2.9% introductory annual percentage rate! Every time you use your Telecom Pioneers MBNA credit card for a purchase, you're helping the Pioneers fund important projects and programs. MBNA has been issuing our credit card since 1985 and this relationship has resulted in over $7 million in additional revenue for 85 Chapters of the TelecomPioneers! If you carry this card, keep using it. If not... Apply here.

TelecomPioneers Awards applications online August 1
     On Aug. 1, you'll be able to download the TelecomPioneer award entry forms and guidelines from
www.telecompioneers.org/awards. This is the first year the awards process will be totally conducted through the Internet, resulting in significant time and cost savings. 
     The application deadline to Steve Kohn, group VP, is October 15. Winners will be announced December 1. There are four Categories of Awards: Community Impact Award, Chapter of Excellence Award, Individual Pioneers Excellence, and Project Excellence.

Cruise to the Panama Canal with the Kinnard Chapter
     Join the Kinnard Chapter as they sail to the Panama Canal from Ft. Lauderdale aboard the Coral Princess April 7-17, 2005. There will be four full days at sea with stops at Limon, Costa Rica, the Panama Canal, Grand Cayman, Cozumel, and Belize City. Rates start at $1299. If you book by Aug. 22, your deposit is only $100 and you receive $50 in shipboard credits and a booklet of $120 in coupons. Contact Leni Herr at leniherr@aol.com for more information.

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August 1, 2004