How Kids Can Help
President Bush has asked the children of America to join in a special effort to help the children of Afghanistan who are starving to death. He suggest that every child in America raise one dollar for the Afghan children and send it to this address:
- America's Fund for Afghan Children,
the White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue,
Washington, D.C.
Emma worked to help her family survive the
Depression. One dollar meant a great deal to her and it will mean a great
deal to the children in Afghanistan.
The Fund for Afghan children is modeled on the 1938 March of Dimes campaign from the Roosevelt Administration.
In that campaign, President Franklin Roosevelt asked American children to each donate a dime to help eradicate a
disease called polio. The effort helped raise funds for the effort that defeated polio and encouraged children
to help others in need.
To find out more about America's Fund for Afghan Children, visit the White House for Kids site at
www.whitehouse.gov/kids/