Happy
Anniversary Shot@Life!!! I can hardly believe
that it was 3 years ago in January that I attended the first Shot@Life Summit
in Washington DC where the campaign was inaugurated. Later on April 26, 2012 the campaign did
their National Launch from Atlanta, Georgia.
We grew from 45 champions in 2012 to 600+ champions now in 50 states. We had raised over $3.5 million,enough for 15.8 million vaccines and we keep growing each day.
April is a very important month for children! We celebrate Children’s Day on April 30, and we celebrate World Immunization Week this April 24 – 30. During this week organizations around the world will raise their voices to educate, promote and increase the rate of immunization against vaccine-preventable diseases. As a nurse from a developing country, I still remember walking into small rural towns &
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| January 2012 Shot@Life Champions |
April is a very important month for children! We celebrate Children’s Day on April 30, and we celebrate World Immunization Week this April 24 – 30. During this week organizations around the world will raise their voices to educate, promote and increase the rate of immunization against vaccine-preventable diseases. As a nurse from a developing country, I still remember walking into small rural towns &
I have always believed in the power of ONE. One (1) is a powerful number and without ONE
you will not reach 10, 100, 1000, 10,000, etc. Every worthy project,
program or cause started because ONE person believed in change, or because ONE
person had the courage to follow his or her dream and passion. For example, on April 12th,
60 years ago in 1955, Jonas Salk’s inactivated polio vaccine was proven safe
and effective in protecting children from the poliovirus. Every ONE of you can be ONE of these real change
agents! You
are that ONE person who can make a change and save many children’s lives! You have the power! You are the ONE to love; you are the ONE to
be excited; and you are the ONE to believe in and share this cause with many
others.
ONE single vaccine makes a
difference between life and death in many cases. ONE
single person donating $20.00 will vaccinate a child
for life against polio, measles, pneumonia and diarrhea. In contrast, treatment costs for ONE child
who falls ill from ONE of those diseases can easily $100 to $1000, or more.
I love the Shot@Life Campaign! This campaign encompasses everything ONE
person needs to make a difference in the life of ONE child. Globally, polio has been reduced 99% and Africa has not
seen a new case of polio since July 2014. However, as long as a single child remains
infected, all children are at risk.
While polio is a distant memory for many of us here in the U.S., it
remains a threat to the childhood of so many children living in developing
countries.
Vaccine-preventable diseases like polio, measles, diarrhea and pneumonia are real and kill many children every year. For example, for less than ONE (1) US dollar [$1.00], ONE (1) child can be safely and effectively vaccinated against measles. Shot@Life means providing children around the world with the opportunity to receive the needed vaccines that will give them, truly, a “shot at life”.
You are the ONE that can make a difference this week by pledging your support for global health and educating yourself about our campaign, or donating at www.shotatlife.org. Shot@Life is a national movement to educate, connect and empower Americans to become champion for vaccines. It is continuing to strengthen the call to action for this global cause. Together, we can help save a child’s life every 20 seconds by expanding access to these needed vaccines. For children in developing countries, a vaccine gives them a chance at many of life’s “firsts”— first smiles, first birthdays, first steps and more. [BB1]http://www.cdc.gov/features/measles/#adv2vax #va
Vaccine-preventable diseases like polio, measles, diarrhea and pneumonia are real and kill many children every year. For example, for less than ONE (1) US dollar [$1.00], ONE (1) child can be safely and effectively vaccinated against measles. Shot@Life means providing children around the world with the opportunity to receive the needed vaccines that will give them, truly, a “shot at life”.
You are the ONE that can make a difference this week by pledging your support for global health and educating yourself about our campaign, or donating at www.shotatlife.org. Shot@Life is a national movement to educate, connect and empower Americans to become champion for vaccines. It is continuing to strengthen the call to action for this global cause. Together, we can help save a child’s life every 20 seconds by expanding access to these needed vaccines. For children in developing countries, a vaccine gives them a chance at many of life’s “firsts”— first smiles, first birthdays, first steps and more. [BB1]http://www.cdc.gov/features/measles/#adv2vax #va
We are holding a Champion Training this
Wednesday night, April 29, from 8-9:30 p.m.. Please join us! Click this link to sign up. #vaccines work @Shot@Life #nurseswhovaccinate.
