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Publication 1391, "Deductibility of Payments made to Charities g Conducting contains a Events," message from IRS Commissioner Lawrence B. Gibbs and reprints Revenue Ruling The ruling sets out the of guideline for deductions contributions made in connection g events and with contains numerous examples of g situations in typical which all or part of a gift is not 'SALT LAKE. fund-raisin- fund-raisin- I More tax-exem- g Fund-Raisin- , 67-24- 6. fund-raisin- I 5 6 fund-raisin- 'Tis The Season QIM OP THP TIMPQ I it tk ubIImi uuu mall itAM 4 nd child knows Christmas Is near. This sign says It all for all ths school young and young In TIipmi heart J deductible. also Gibbs Commissioner announced a special program for the 1988 tax year that will focus g on the practices of charitable organizations to see whether taxpayers are being given enough information about of their tiie deductibility contributions. fund-raisin- - Battle Against Smoking Can Be Won, Say Health Authorities v Americans Are Eannorlung More Caoh To Aid Charity Of Their Own Choosing SALT LAKE. While Americans may have given their vote to a conservative in president, increasing numbers they ' are giving parts of their paychecks to bankroll progressive programs. That is the conclusion from a new report, The Great Charity Drive Expansion, released by the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP), an umbrella organization y for progressive charities. The report offers national context for evaluating the performance fo Salt Lake's own fund, Community SharesUtah. to the report, According alternatives to United Way will pass the $100 million milestone this fall, riding a rising trend of payroll deductions earmarked to support a liberal agenda ranging from services for children and the elderly, shelters for the homeless and battered women, environmental protection and advocacy for a wide variety of social justice causes. "In Salt Lake, as around the with country, people are voting their paychecks in ' favor of progressive local programs," said Barbara Chair of Tobmer, Community SharesUtah.- - "Here we are seeing increased support for the programs that Community SharesUtah supports: feeding the hungry, preserving the environment, working with neighborhoods, protecting the wild beauty of Utah, providing rescue dogs for lost persons, and counseling troubled teens.' "Since we are less than a year old, we were unable to mount a full so fledged campaign, to donations Community SharesUtah this year are made through the use of "Donor Option" al non-traditio- . low-inco- cards filled out with Community SharesUtah's address at 347 So. 400 East, SLC, UT 84111," said Ms. Toomer. She emphasized that the cards can be obtained through the present workplace fall giving campaign, and that Community SharesUtah offers the giver a choice of where your money goes and what it will be used for. ' fund drives are Workplace currently underway not only in Salt Lake, but also in Boston, Cleveland, Los Angeles Chicago other cities with a total of now open to these worksites 4,000 These funds. funds have grown tremendously despite the supposed conservative climate and strident opposition from United Ways, long the sole proprietor of charity drives. and 21 al Contrary to the United Way's claims, multi-charit- y fundraising boosts overall employee giving. In a sample of 227 such campaigns at 50 worksites in 10 states and the District of Columbia, NCRP found that giving to United Way increased annually in 75 percent of the campaigns, once they were opened to other groups, and increased more than 10 percent annually in 55 percent of the charity drives. The campaigns in which United Way had the most control over the campaign the least' and management, competition from other charities were the ones in which United Way fared the poorest. In general, joint campaigns managed by the employer or employees led to the greatest increase in total giving, an average of 32.7 percent annually, compared to average overall private giving increases of 10 percent annually. A new generation of givers has come of age," notes Ms. Toomer. "And these new philanthropies mean business when it comes to earmarking their paychecks for progressive causes. It's clear that alternative funds are where the future of philanthropy ties, and Community SharesUtah in the vanguard," she concluded. Great Charity Drive The Expansion offers a geographic listing of all 38 alternative funds, their growth in payroll deductions from 1982 to 1987, as well as a wealth of information on "sterling performers" in the group, such as the Environmental Federation of California which earned a total of $373,000 last year and secured access to such corporate leaders as Apple Computers. There are several distinct types of funds includes in the report There are national funds (2) and local funds (36). Among the latter, there are Black United Funds women's funds (2), (11), environmental funds (2) and social action funds (21). Social action funds provide money for a great variety of issues such as those represented by Community SharesUtah. In addition, there are key data on 53 traditional funds supporting established health, international and arts . agencies. Lines From LaRee A good pattern to follow is to try goodness in someone else's life every single day. You can life a lagging spirit, reassure a disappointed persons, comfort one who is hurting or make someone laugh. In so doing you can leave your thumb print in the clay of their thinking and attitudes for a long time to come. to put a little SALT LAKE. Although tobacco of a collision, with no survivors, of is still the major health problem two jumbo jets every day.. in the UJS., the battle against Dr. Elizabeth M. Whelan, smoking can be won. That's the thesis of a newly released public affairs television 'Tobacco: The documentary, WinnableWar." Featuring commentary from U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop and other health authorities in the UJ3., Canada, Great Britain and Australia, the production concludes that the tobacco plague can only be conquered if "ordinary citizens" band together and "do something about it." The program is a production of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints and is intended for use cn television and by schools and community organizations. "The fight against tobacco use is still the number one public health problem in the United States, if you talk about the people affected," says Surgeon General Koop. "AIDS has taken our attention because of its great potential for death," Koop says, but he places the comparison between the two health problems in perspective by pointing out that tobacco kills as many Americans every month as have died of AIDS in the past seven years. is joined in the Koop production by a host of other authorities. Also featured in the production is Dr. Alexander Morrison, a Canadian advisor to the World Health Organization. "It's amazing to me," says Morrison, "how after all these years of educational efforts, there are still a lot of people who don't seem to know how much they put themselves at risk when they anti-smokin- g director, American Council on Science and Health, says women mixing smoking with executive oral contraceptives is "a heart attack waiting to happen, or a stroke." She says women who smoke also "have more difficulty becoming pregnant, they have a higher miscarriage rate, lower birthweight babies, and a higher of Sudden Infant Percentage after the child is born.": In addition, Morrison blames tobacco for the increase in lung cancer among Canadian women. The documentary also focuses on the youthful smoker. Tobacco companies deny the $2 billion a year they spend on advertising is aimed at attracting new young smokers, but Dr. Kenneth E. Warner, chairman of the Dept. of Public Health Policy, University of Michigan, scoffs at that claim. "It's a simple fact of life," he says. "If the industry doesn't get the kids, they don't have a market. "Ninety percent of everyone who ever smokes starts the habit before the age of 20," he says, "and 60 percent start before the age of 14 or 15. So we are talking about a very addictive behavior that is initiated in the childhood years." Koop says the greatest weapon society has against smoking is "the militant "He is the person that carries the cudgel," he say. The "goes out and rings the doorbells. He takes part with non-smoke- non-smok- er -- 1 st V ) ! rV ) CTherl3octor to the American Lung, American Heart, American Cancer societies. He goes to schools, he talks to kids, and I think it's much better smoke." "I don't think the public reallv to keep a youngster from starting than it is to try to get him to quit fully comprehends how dangerous after he's become addicted." a habit is," cigarette smoking added Dr. Ronald M. Davis, director of the Office on Smoking and Health for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. According to statistics presented in this program, in the United States alone 350,000 people die annually from diseases caused by tobacco use. That's the equivalent One of the experts who believe war against tobacco is winnable is Warner. "In the developed world, tobacco is on its way out," he says. "It's going slowly. It's going kicking and screaming and it will be with us for a lot of years, but it is the going." Finding a good doctor is as easy as child's play when you call the Physician Referral Service at Holy Cross Jordan Valley Hospital. You see, we make getting a line on a qualified physician as simple as making a phone call. At Holy Cross Jordan Valley Hospital we'll give you neighborly advice on finding a physician who's just right for your family's needs. Whether you need a specialist or a family physician, we'll recommend a caring professional right here in our community. Holy Cross doctors are carefully screened to measure up to our high standards. 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