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Show 'Pennies by the inch' drive starts The 1981 . "Pennies By The Inch" campaign, which provides substantial funding of charity care at Primary Children's Medical Center, began last week in the local area, according to Rosa Eaton and Betty Jean Montgomery, Mon-tgomery, local leaders. The annual drive will run through Feb. 18, and asks families to contribute one or more pennies, dimes or quarters for each inch of height of each family member. All donations are used to pay the medical expenses of needy children without regard to race or religion. All funds are used for medical care for needy children. Physicians at Primary Children's contribute their skilled services to charity cases. This marks the 59th year of helping all kinds of kids at Primary Children's, the only full-service pediatric tertiary care medical center between Denver and the West Coast. Each year, Primary Children's treats thousands of children from throughout the Intermountain area and from several foreign countries without regard to race, religion, or the ability to pay. Last year $1,500,000 was used to care for needy children. A door-to-door drive will be held the last week in February in Vernal. Anyone desiring to contribute can call Mr. Montgomery, 789-2339. |