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Win a Starbucks gift card and help the HPS Network

The HPS Network is launching the Names for the Cure program to help develop the mailing list for its annual capital campaign. Names for the Cure will be a monthly contest with a gift card prize every month.

The first drawing will be held June 30th for a $10 Starbucks gift card. Participants can earn a drawing entry for every five names and addresses they submit to the HPS Network for the capital campaign. These names are kept on a separate database, thus they will not receive other mailings from the HPS Network. Anyone can submit names and you can get a head start in May for the June drawing.

A grand prize will be awarded at the 18th Annual HPS Network Family Conference in New York. (You don’t have to be there to win.) The grand prize will be awarded to the contest participant whose names have the highest percentage of responses in the capital campaign. The grand prize is yet to be determined.

The capital campaign is held in conjunction with the holiday season. Letters come directly from the HPS Network. It is vital that the HPS Network expand its funding sources to be able to continue its work. Capital campaign funds are especially valuable because they can be used for anything, whereas often grant money is earmarked for specific expenses.

To submit your entries, e-mail them to:
info@hpsnetwork.org and put the title “capital campaign names” on the e-mail, or mail in your entries to: HPS Network, One South Road, Oyster Bay, NY 11771.

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