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Show 'Jailbird' gets just desserts . One thousand education folders.-: folders.-: and literature to help people under stand cancer when just encoonter-. , ing it ' y. . ;.V;:. ,y."' - '.' The contributions from the Jail-a- thon, as well as other American Cancer Society fund-raising acdyi-C ties, enabled volunteers in Davis County to provide free pamphlets ' and information to 8,700 adults and -33,800 youth last year in programs to help us protect ourselves from cancer, to give 223 cancer patients ' free services, including informa- " tion, education, support, and finan- -cial assistance that would have cost ; .over $20,000 if - not available through volunteer time and: dona. tions and to contribute to the one"" million' dollars worth of research grants being used in Utah alone. -- . Finally, American Cancer So-ciety So-ciety volunteers over the past 75 years are largely responsible for the facts that over three million people nationwide have survived cancer, mat 40 million people have quit us- . ing tobacco (which account for30 percent of all cancer) and that speci-, fie cases, like uterine cancer, cause 70 percent fewer deaths than 30 ; years ago through earlycheck-ups like the' Pap. Smear and better-understanding better-understanding of the causes. In speciaTuppreciation-tC'- Ms. -Mahi, MorrisAslr Mr. Foster . Travel Service awarded her with a "free trip to Mexico. 1 T srHfT I 1,"va "fti ' i'" ' ly'V8" ifiUlffT iiij i nnnun The top 'jailbird in Davis County has finally gotten what she . deserved. Having served time for the American Cancer Society's Jail-' a-thon, Charlotte Mahi, manager of the Davis County Clipper, has been . recognized as the 'most wanted' ci- : tizen in. the county by raising $1350 to support American Cancer, Society programs in research, edu-. edu-. cation, and service to patients. Ms. Mahi's efforts, which continued far beyond The 1-hour 'sentence she spent in alnock jail at the Layton Hills MalL also made her one of the two top 'jailbirds' in the state. JoAnn Jacobson-Wells, medical writer for the Deseret News, raised , , $1550 in a Salt Lake City 'jail. The : annual Jail-a-thon raised over - $10,000 in Davis County last year .and over $85,000 throughout the staterwith somrpledgeytilttom- ing. ... The truer importance of the money raised by Ms. Mahi and hundreds of others can be measured - in what these dollars can buy in the fight against cancer. For example, $1,350 can provide, all of the fol- lOWing: ' . y::-: One wheelchair arid one com-jnode com-jnode for a cancer patient to use free ) of charge- while recuperating at home. - ".v.:, ' ( . Two summer' camp scholarships for a child with cancer. Thirty teaching kits for local elementary schools. One hundred twenty-five stop smoking packets to help people quit. -r . '. ,; Clipper manager Charlotte Mahi was awarded the "most wanted"" citizen award by Davis County Jailhouse Chairman Russel Williams. Ms. Mahi won the award by raising ,$1350 during the American Cancer Society's jail-a-thon. |