Sandra, thank you for the vote of confidence in OCF, and your offer to back that confidence up with financial support. While some organizations REQUIRE a membership or other financial expense to participate or gather information, I always believed that the information we provided should be available to all who need it regardless of their ability to financially join an organizations effort or pay for the information. My basic assumption was that if the quality of the service were good, if the support is helpful, then those who had it within their means would contribute and give something back. Perhaps I was overly optimistic in my assessment of the people who would need this type of site, since financial support like yours has not appeared as a matter of routine. Of course the recurring expenses of operating it and building new content etc. do continue. I hope this year as people consider giving their money to Uncle Sam, they think of OCF as an alternative, as each donation is tax deductible, (we are a registered 501c3 public charity) and so many people will be helped by it. With an average of a million hits a month on this web site, the public is definitely coming here for information. If each would only give a small amount, we could move this mountain. If anyone desires to read more about the reasons for contributing please go to this link within the site. http://www.oralcancerfoundation.org/membership.htm

I remember years after returning from Vietnam being involved in the Vietnam Veterans Memorial issue. I was one of many who spent part of their life in that bloodbath. The US government, still licking it