Variety Day at Sesame Place for “A Very Furry Christmas”

We are hard at work planning our kick-off for the 2014 March for Babies.  Please keep an eye out for the invitation. In the meantime, we wanted to extend an invitation from the Variety Club to children who were born prematurely or with physical and developmental disabilities and their families an exclusive day at the park during A Very Furry Christmas.

Throughout Variety Days, park officials make special accommodations to ensure that every child will have an unforgettable experience no matter their abilities.

Variety Club members can register here for complimentary admission to the park. It will be at It’s A Very Furry Christmas at Sesame Place! Join the Variety Club for a one-of-a-kind family-friendly celebration with everyone’s favorite furry friends on Friday, December 6th from 4PM to 8PM. The fun starts with three special Christmas shows, dry rides, awesome music and twinkling lights all around. Our street will glow with festivities and come to life at night with our illuminated Neighborhood Street Party Christmas Parade. The fun continues with a special Christmas menu, super holiday shopping and of course, a visit with Santa. Select rides will also be open, weather permitting.

 

This event is open to Variety children and up to four additional family members (which can include a TSS/aide as the fifth accompanying member). If you are from somewhere outside of our service area, which includes the Greater Philadelphia Region, Delaware and Southern New Jersey, you are still invited to attend!

 

To register, please follow the online ticketing process. Families will NEED to submit a Variety Member Identification Number when completing the online ticketing process. No family will be able to register if they have not submitted an Application for Enrollment and received a number from Variety. Click here to learn about the Application for Enrollment/Intake Form process for “Variety at Play” events.*

 

A few updates were made to the Sesame Place ticketing process. If you’re having trouble registering, please check out our step-by-step guide for registration HERE!

PLEASE READ THROUGH THE INFORMATION BELOW:

• Please click here to be taken to the Sesame Place website to register for tickets to A Very Furry Christmas Variety Day on Friday, December 6, 2013 from 4-8 PM.

• After selecting the number of tickets you would like (up to 6 total), you will need to enter your child’s Member ID Number in the exact format as it was given to you (xx-xxxxx).

• After submitting the required information, you will be prompted to print your e-tickets, so please make sure you register on a computer connected to a printer.

• The printed e- tickets can be taken directly to the front gate at Sesame Place and are the only way to gain access to A Very Furry Christmas Variety Day on December 6, 2013.

• There are no admission fees for “A Very Furry Christmas.” However, parking will be $25 per vehicle. Advance parking reservations will not be accepted on December 6, 2013. All guests must pay the parking fee on the day of the event, at Sesame Place parking toll booths.

Again, *please make sure that you have completed and submitted an Intake Form or you will not be able to request tickets for this event. If you have not done so, click here to download the form.

Having issues registering? Click "Download Forms" below to download our troubleshooting packet!

Sesame Place is committed to being accessible to guests with disabilities and to providing a safe and enjoyable environment to all guests. To get full program details, please visit here or download the Accessibility Guide. Since this event is only open to Variety families, Sesame Place will not offer front of the line access to guests enrolled in the Ride Accessibility Program.

• When: Friday, December 6, 2013 at 4:00 PM
• Where: Sesame Place
• Cost: There are no admission or registration fees; however, parking will be $25 per vehicle

Help Us win $20,000

From United Concordia Dental

 

For an expectant mom, taking good care of her gums and teeth during pregnancy can help her and her baby be healthy. The March of Dimes Pennsylvania is proud to be working with United Concordia Dental to share these important messages.

 

We have been selected as one of three charities competing in the “Champions for Wellness” charity program. The winning organization receives $20,000! The second place winner will receive $3,000 and Third Place will receive $2,000. Here’s how you can help. 

 

Just “like” the United Concordia Facebook page and cast your vote for the March of Dimes, up to once per day at: https://www.facebook.com/UnitedConcordiaDental/app_654492097894776

 

This information is also posted on thePennsylvania Facebook page.The contest runs from October 1 through 30, so don’t forget to vote every day!

 

Delaware County March for Babies

 

September 29, 2013

Registration 8:00 am | Start 9:00 am

 

Media Elementary School

 

FREE parking available in the parking

garage at State & Radnor

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Take 5 easy steps to march for babies

 

1) Sign up at marchforbabies.org

join a team or start your own, in honor of a baby you love

 

2) Set your dollar goal

Aim High! Many walkers raise $200 to $300

 - some more than $1,000

 

3) Invite people to raise money and walk with you

Together you'll raise more money and share a meaningful experience

 

4) RAISE money

send out e-mails and use our Facebook or smartphone

app to ask everyone you know for a donation.

It's easier than you think when it's for a great cause.

 

5) Lace up your shoes

get out there on March for Babies day and enjoy every step you take,

together with thousands of other caring people helping babies!

 

 

Gastroschisis

an abdominal wall defect

A new study published this week in Obstetrics and Gynecology reports on the rise in the incidence of a birth defect called gastroschisis, an abdominal wall defect. The study was large, reviewing over 4700 cases of gastroschisis occurring in 15 states from 1995-2005. While the condition is still relatively uncommon, the number of cases nearly doubled in the ten year period (from 2.32 to 4.42 per 10,000 live births). The highest rates (11.45 per 10,000) proved to be in non-Hispanic white teen mothers. Women younger than age 20 were over seven times more likely to have a baby with gastroschisis compared with women aged 25-29.

Why? We don’t yet know.

In gastroschisis, the baby has an opening in the abdominal wall, usually on the right side near the belly button. During pregnancy, part or all of the baby’s intestines come out through the opening. Sometimes the baby’s stomach and liver also may be outside the body.

The intestines and other organs float in the amniotic fluid that surrounds the baby in the uterus. The amniotic fluid can irritate the baby’s intestines, sometimes causing them to swell, twist or get shorter. As a result, some babies have lasting intestinal problems. Babies with gastroschisis usually don’t have any other birth defects.

If a baby has a small abdominal wall defect (only part of the intestine is outside the body), he will probably have surgery within 12 to 24 hours of birth. The surgeon will place the intestine back inside the abdomen and close the opening.

If a baby has a larger defect, however, the surgery may take place in stages. In some cases, the baby’s intestines may be swollen or the abdomen may not have grown enough to hold them. The surgeon may place the intestines in a tall plastic container called a“silo.” The silo is positioned over the opening in the abdomen. Over several days or weeks, the surgeon will gradually tighten the silo. This helps to push the intestines and other organs back inside the abdomen. Once all the organs are inside, the surgeon will remove the silo and close the opening.

While life starts for these little ones with what seems an intense ordeal, most babies with gastroschisis recover and develop normally. Some have feeding problems that last at least through early childhood but most eventually outgrow these problems.

More research is needed into the cause of gastroschisis. The March of Dimes has and is funding a number of grants on research involving abdominal wall defects and we will continue to look into the causes so that hopefully one day these defects can be prevented.

Benefit Beef and Beer

in Honor of Austin's 1st Birthday

 

We first became involved in March for Babies in 2013 after our son,

Austin, was born 7 weeks premature but a healthy 4 lbs 7 oz on

September 6, 2012. He spent two weeks in the NICU, then went

home and did tremendously well. At nearly five months old,

on February 5, 2013 he was called to be with the angels in heaven

for a reason god only knows. Our experiences taught us many things,

 and showed us what we can do to help ensure other families

don't have to go through the same things we did.

 

Saturday September 7, 2013

7:00 - 11:00 pm

 

Philadelphia Fire Hall Local 22

415 N. 5th Street

Philadelphia, PA 19123

 

Tickets are $35 ahead of time

$40 at the door (limited amount)

 

There will be basket raffles and 50/50

All proceeds will benefit the March of Dimes

 

Contact Melissa for tickets and more details.

Phone: (215) 493-3769 or E-mail: ivanat127@yahoo.com

www.MorningSicknessUSA.com

The March of Dimes and Duchesnay USA, are partnering to help educate women about the impact of nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (NVP), also known as morning sickness. On Wednesday, July 17 from 8:00 a.m. to 12 noon (ET), Duchesnay conducted a satellite media tour (SMT) emphasizing that morning sickness is a real medical condition that affects millions of women. Dr. Siobhan Dolan, medical advisor to the March of Dimes, acted as the medical expert. She was joined by Kate Cleary, a former March of Dimes volunteer, now a Family Team Specialist with our Pennsylvania chapter, who experienced nausea during her pregnancy five years ago with her premature twins.

Kate and Dr. Dolan directed the audiences to visit www.MorningSicknessUSA.com for more information. This is a new resource for pregnant women with NVP created by Duchesnay, featuring symptom trackers, recipes, lifestyle management ideas, and expert articles.

WDAZ Interview

Philadelphia NBC 10 Interview

 

Variety Club Philadelphia receives $20,000 grant from Comcast Foundation

Variety – The Children’s Charity of Greater Philadelphia has been granted $20,000 to purchase tablet computers and applications for use in their Direct Care for Kids program.
Variety’s “Direct Care for Kids” program provides special needs children with durable medical equipment such as wheelchairs, walkers, braces and therapeutic bicycles at no cost to the families.
Through this grant, Variety will partner with Temple University’s Institute on Disabilities to provide training sessions for tablet recipients, specifically children with special needs in low income communities.
The training sessions will include instruction on using the tablets as well as providing projects that the children can work on during the training. Variety anticipates that the use of these new devices will help the children improve in speech, sociability, sensory/cognitive awareness and overall behavior. Amy Goldman, Co-Executive Director, Institute on Disabilities at Temple University, shared:
“Mary Pat Radabaugh, Director of IBM National Support Center for Persons with Disabilities said, ‘For Americans without disabilities, technology makes things easier. For American with disabilities, technology makes things possible.’ We are excited to work with Variety to help open doors for children with disabilities. Kids have so much potential! If we give people technology needed when they are children, we hope that will lead to higher school achievement, employment and independence.”
To be eligible, applicants must meet all of the criteria: 
Have a household income at 400% of Federal Poverty Guidelines or less
Have access or ability to access the internet
Have the ability to purchase recommended durability case
Print and complete attached application (See below)
Complete the pre- and post- Autism Treatment Evaluation Checklist (ATEC) available here
Be able to attend specified trainings at Temple University’s Institute on Disabilities

If you would like to request a demo of apps, please feel free to contact PIAT at ATinfo@temple.edu or 800-204-7428!
ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2013!
Please know that we cannot accept incomplete or late submissions.
All completed forms may be mailed to:

Variety - The Children’s Charity
ATTN: Direct Care for Kids
1520 Locust Street, 2nd Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19102
or faxed to (215) 735-2450 with a cover letter with the attention for Nicole Simon.
For more information on “Direct Care for Kids” at Variety – The Children’s Charity, or more on the grant, please contact Nicole Simon at nicolesimon@varietyphila.org or (215) 735-0803 ext. 13.
To download the application, please click here or the “Download Forms” link below.

Variety Direct Care Application Comast Grant

Stay safe during summer travel

It’s officially summer – YAY! If you’re from the Northeast, this summer is greatly welcomed after the winter we’ve had! Summer is a great time to travel and lots of people use this time to travel overseas. If you’re pregnant and healthy, chances are you can safely travelwith your provider’s OK. But there are some things you should do to take extra care and be safe when traveling abroad.

Talk with your provider before taking any big trips. She can tell you if your pregnancy is healthy enough to travel and what steps you can take to stay healthy. Your provider may also talk to you about vaccinations during pregnancy to help keep you and your baby healthy.

Also, check out the Center’s for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) website for any travel advisories. The CDC just issued an advisory for travel to Japanand Poland due to a Rubella outbreak. Rubella, also called German measles, is an infection that causes mild flu-like symptoms and a rash on the skin. It can cause serious problems for your baby during pregnancy.

Contact your health insurance carrier to be sure you’re covered for medical care if you’re overseas. Most insurance plans cover emergency medical care no matter where you are. But you need to know what your plan means by “emergency” to know exactly what it will pay for.

If you’re traveling by air, check with your airline to see if they have a cut-off time for traveling during pregnancy. You can fly on most airlines up to 36 weeks of pregnancy. But if you’re flying out of the country, the cut-off time may be earlier.

Was you child born weighing below 2 pounds, 10 ounces or with a disability?

Was you child born weighing below 2 pounds, 10 ounces or with a disability?

 

You may be entitled to immediate SSI payments to your child. It can take three to five months for the state agency to decide if your child is disabled. However, for some medical conditions, SSI will make payments right away and for up to six months while the state agency decides if your child is disabled.

Following are some conditions that may qualify:

• HIV infection;

• Total blindness;

• Total deafness;

• Cerebral palsy;

• Down syndrome;

• Muscular dystrophy;

• Severe intellectual disorder

(child age 7 or older); and

• Birth weight below 2 pounds, 10 ounces.

If your child has one of the qualifying conditions, he or she will get SSI payments right away. However, the state agency may finally decide that your child’s disability is not severe enough for SSI. If that happens, you will not have to pay back the SSI payments that your child got.

 

Click here for more information: http://www.ssa.gov/pubs/EN-05-10026.pdf

Learn more about how to apply here: http://www.pawic.com/howtoapply.html

Apply for benefits here: https://www.compass.state.pa.us/compass.web/CMHOM.aspx

 

Contact Kate Cleary with any further questions at 610-945-6050 or KCleary@marchofdimes.com 

 

 

 

 

See if your company has a matching gift program

Below is a list of companies who have matching gif programs. Is your company on the list?

AAI Corp.
Abbott Laboratories
ABN AMBRO North America Inc.

Accenture
ACF Industries, Inc.
Acuson
ADC Telecommunications
Addison Weley Longman
Adobe Systems, Inc.
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

AEGON USA, Inc.
Aetna, Inc.
AGL Resources, Inc.
AIM Management Group, Inc.
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

Akzo Nobel, Inc.
Alaska Airlines
Albany International Corp.

Albemarle Corp.
Albertson's Inc.
Alcan Aluminum Corp.
Alcoa, Inc.
Alexander and Baldwin, Inc.

Alexander Haas Martin and Partners
Allegro MicroSystems, Inc.
Allfirst Financial, Inc.
Alliance Capital Management, LP
Alliant Energy Corp.
Alliant Techsystems
Allstate Insurance Co.
Altria Group, Inc.
Amerada Hess Corp.
Ameren Corp.
American Electric Power
American Express Co.
American General Corp.
American Honda Motor Corp., Inc.
American International Group, Inc.
American National Bank
American Optical Corp.
American Standard, Inc.
American States Insurance, Co.
American Stock Exchange
American United Life Insurance Co.
Amerisure Mutual Insurance, Co.
AmerUs Group
Amgen, Inc.
AmSouth BanCorp. Foundation
AMSTED Industries, Inc.
Anadarko Petroleum, Corp.
Analog Devices, Inc.
Anchor/Russell Capital Advisor, Inc.
Andersons, Inc.
Anheuser-Busch Cos., Inc.
Aon Corp.
Appleton Paper, Inc.
Aqua Alliance, Inc.
Aquarion , Co.
ARAMARK, Corp.
Arch Chemicals, Inc.
Archer Daniels Midland
Ares Advanced Tech.
Argonaut Group. Inc.
Ariel Capital Management, LLC.
Aristokraft, Inc.
Arkema, Inc.
Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
Armtek, Corp.
Arrow Electronics, Inc.
Ashland, Inc.
Aspect Telecommunications Associates Corp. of North America
Assurant Health
Astoria Federal Savings
AstraZenca
At&T
Atlantic City Electric Co.
Atlantic Data Services, Inc.
Autodest, Inc.
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
AVAYA, Inc.
Avery Dennison, Corp.
Avon Products, Inc.
AXA Financial
Baker Hughes, Inc.
Ball Corp.
Bancroft-Whitney
Bank of America Corp.
Bank of California, NA
Bank of Montreal
Bank of New York Co., Inc.
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd.
Bank One Corp.
Bank South Corp.
Bankers Life and Casualty
Banta Crop. Foundation, Inc.
Barclays Capital
Barclays Global Investors (Canada)
Barclays Global Investors (U.S.)
C.R. Bard, Inc.
Barnes Group, Inc.
Barnett Associates, Inc.
Barrett Technology, Inc./
Barrett Communications, Inc.
BASF Corp.
Bass, Berry and Sims, PLC
Baxter International Inc.
Bay Networks
BEA Systems, Inc.
Bechtel Group, Inc.
Becton Dickinson and Co.
Belden Wire and Cable Co.
BellSouth Corp.
Bemis Co., Inc.
BeneTemps, Inc.
L.M. Berry and Co.
BHP Minerals International, Inc.
Binney and Smith, Inc.
Bituminous Casualty Corp.
Black and Decker Corp.
Blount Foundation, Inc.
Blue Bell, Inc.
BMC Industries, Inc.
BMO Financial Group, US
BOC Group, Inc.
Boeing Co.
Bonneville International Corp.
Borden Family of Cos.
Boston Gear
Boston Mutual Life Insurance Co.
Bowater, Inc.
Bowater Newsprint, Calhoun Operations
BP
BRAKELEY Briscoe, Inc.
Branch Banking & Trust, Co.
Bridgestone Americans Holding, Inc.
Brink's Co.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
Bronco Wine Co.
Brown Shoe Co., Inc.
Brown-Forman Corp.
Brush Engineered Materials, Inc.
BTR Sealing Systems Group
Buell Industries, Inc.
Bunge North America, Inc.
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.
Business and Legal Reports, Inc.
Butler Manufacturing Co.
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Calex Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Calpine, Corp.
CambridgeSoft
Campbell Soup Foundation
Canadian Pacific Railway
Capital Group Cos.
Capital One Services, Inc.
Cardinal Health
Cargill, Inc.
Caranegie Corp. of New York
Castrol North America
Carson Products Co.
Catalina Marketing, Corp.
Catepillar, Inc.
Central Illinois Light Co.
Chesapeake Corp.
ChevronTexaco Corp.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Title and Trust Co.
Chicago Tribune Co.
Chiquita Brands International
Chubb and Sone, Inc.
Church and Dwight Co., Inc.
Church Mutual Insurance Co.
Ciba Specialty Chemical Corp.
CIGNA Corp.
Cincinnati Bell, Inc.
Cinergy Corp.
Cingular Wireless
Circuit City Stores, Inc.
CIT Group, Inc.
CITGO Petroleum Corp.
Citigroup
Citrix Systems, Inc.
Clariant Corp.
Clark Construction Group, Inc.
Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. and Associated Co.
Clopay Corp.
Clorox Co.
CNA
Coca-Cola Co.
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
Collins and Aikman Corp.
Colonial Management Association, Inc.
Colinial Penn Group, Inc.
Columbia Energy Group Service Corp.
Columbus Life Insurance Co.
Comerica, Inc.
Commonwealth Edison Co.
Commonwealth Fund
Community Bank System, Inc.
Computer Associates International, Inc.
Computer Network Technology Crop.
ConAgra Foods, Inc.
Conexant
Congoleum Corp.
Connecticut Natural Gas Corp.
Conocco, Inc.
CONRAIL, Inc.
Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc.
Constellation Energy
Consumer Programs, Inc.
Co-Op Banking Group Co's.
Cooper Industries
Copley Press, Inc.
Corning, Inc.
CPI Corp.
Crane Co.
Cranston Print Works Co.
Crow, Chizek, and Co., LLC
CRT Properties, Inc.
Crum & Forster CSC Index
CSG Systems, Inc. CSX Corp.
CUNA Mutual Group D&B
DaimlerChrysler Corp. Dana Corp.
Danforth Foundation
Darden Resturant
Data Services Direct
Datatel, Inc.
David and Lucile Packard Foundation
David L. Babson and Co., Inc.
Deloitte and Touche
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Deluxe Crop.
Demont and Associates, Inc.
DENSO International America, Inc.
Dental Service of Massachusetts
Deutsche Bank Americas
A.W.G. Dewar, Inc.
Dictaphone Corp.
Diebold, Inc.
Difco Laboratories
Digital Sciences Corp.
Dole Food Co., Inc.
Dominion
Dominion Foundation
Donaldson Co., Inc.
R.R. Donnelley and Sons Co.
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Dow AgroSciences, LLC
Dow Corning Corp.
Dow Jones and Co., Inc.
Dresser Industries, Inc.
Dresser-Rand Co.
DSM Engineering Plastics, Inc.
DTE Energy
Duff-Norton Co.
Duke Energy
Duracell International, Inc.
Eastern Bank
Eastern Mountain Sports
Eaton Crop.
Eaton Vance Management
eBay, Inc.
Ecolab, Inc.
Eddie Bauer
Edison International
EducationQuest Foundation, Inc.
Educators Mutual Life Insurance Co.
El Paso Energy Corp.
Eli Lilly and Co.
Emerson Electric Co.
Endo Pharmaceutical
Energen Corp.
Enesco Group
Engelhard Corp.
Entergy
Equifax, Inc.
Equitable Resources, Inc.
Equiva Services, LLC
ERE Yarmouth
Erie Insurance Group
Ernst and Young, LLP
Essex Industries
Esterline Corp.
Ethyl Corp.
ExxonMobil (Education)
Factory Mutual Insurance Co.
Fannie Mae and the Fannie Mae Foundation
Federated Department Stores, Inc.
Feingold and Feidgold Insurance
Ferro Corp.
Fidelity Investments
Fiduciary Trust Co., Boston
Jamee and Marshall Field Foundation
Fifth Third Bancorp.
First Allmerica Financial Life Insurance Co.
First Data Crop.
First Hawaiian Bank
First Horizion National Corp.
First National Bank of Hudson
FirstEnergy Corp.
Fluor Corp.
FMC Corp.
Follett Corp.
Ford Foundation -Legal Services Ford Motor Co.
Ford Motor Co. of Canada, Ltd. Fortis Woodbury
Fortis Health
Fortune Brands, Inc.
Foster Wheeler Corp.
Foxboro Co.
FPL Group, Inc.
Freddie Mac
Frederic W. Wook and Co., Inc.
Freeport-McMoRan
H.B. Fuller Co.
Fulton Financial Corp.
E. and J. Gallo Winery
Gannett Co., Inc.
Gap Inc.
Gartner Group
Gary-Williams Co./Piton Foundation
GATX Corp.
GE Osmonics, Inc.
GenCorp
General Cable Co.
General Defense Corp.
General Electric Canada, Inc.
General Electric Co.
General Mills, Inc.
General Motors Corp.
General Re Corp.
M. Arthur Gensler, Jr., and Associates, Inc.
Geon Co.
Georgia-Pacific Co.
Georgia Power Co.
Gerber Products Co.
Gerber Scientific, Inc.
J. Paul Getty Trust
Gilbane Building Co.
Gillette Co.
GKN America Corp.
GlaxoSmithKline
Glenmede Corp.
Globe Newspaper Co.
Gnat, Inc.
Goldman Sachs Group, Ltd.
Good Value Homes, Inc.
Goodrich Corp.
Gould Electronics, Inc.
Goulds Pumps, Inc.
Government Employees Insurance Co.
GPU, Inc.
W.R. Grance and Co.
Graco, Inc.
W.W. Grainger, Inc.
Grant Thornton, LLP
Grantham Mayo, Van Otterloo and Co., LLC
Graphics Controls Corp.
Great West Casualty Co.
Greenleaf Enterprises, LLC
GreenPoint Bank
Gregory Poole Equipment Co.
Grenzebach, Glier and Associates, Inc.
Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co.
GTECH Corp.
Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America Guidant Corp.
Guide One Insurance
Gulf Power Co.
H & R Block, Inc.
Halliburton Co.
Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Hambrecht and Quist, LLC
Hampton and Harper, Inc.
M.A. Hanno Co.
Hanover Insurance Co.
Harley-Davidson Motor Co.
Harleysville Mutual Insurance Co.
Harrah's Entertainment, Inc.
Harris Crop.
Hartford Financial Services Group
Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co.
HSB Group, Inc.
Hartmarx Corp.
Hasbro, Inc.
Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.
Haworth, Inc.
HBO
H.J. Heinz Co.
Heller Financial, Inc.
Henry Luce Foundation
Herold and Associates
Hershey Foods Corp.
Heublein Foundation, Inc.
Hewitt Associates, LLC
Hewlett-Packard Co.
Hibernia National Bank
Higher Education Publications, Inc.
Hillman Co.
Hoffmann-LaRoche, Inc.
Holmes and Narver, Inc.
Holyoke Mutual Insurance Co. in Salem
Homestake Mining Co.
Honeywell International
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
Hormel Foods Corp.
Houghton Chemical Corp.
Houghton Mifflin Co.
HSB Group
HSBC - North America
HSB-Industrial Risk Insurers
Hubbell, Inc.
J.M. Huber Corp.
Huffy Corp.
Hughes Electronics Crop.
ICI Americas, Inc.
IDEX Corp.
IKON Office Solutions
Illinois Tool Works, Inc.
Inco United States, Inc.
Independence Investment Associates, Inc.
Information Technology Systems
InfoSpace
Ingersoll-Rand Co.
Intron Corp.
Integon Corp.
Intel Foundation
International Business Machines Corp.
International Flavors and Fragrances, Inc.
International Textile Group, Inc.
International Student Exchange Cards, Inc.
Invensys Building Systems
IPALCO Enterpises, Inc.
J. Walter Thompson Co.
J.P. Morgan Chase and Co.
Jefferies Group, Inc.
Jefferson-Pilot Communications Co.
John Brown, Inc.
John Hancock Funds
John Hancock Life Insurance Co.
John Wilen and Sons Inc., Publishers
Johns Manville Corp.
Johnson Controls, Inc.
Johnson and Johnson Family of Cos.
S.C. Johnson and Son, Inc.
JSJ Corp.
Juniper Networks
Kansas City Southern
Karmazin Products Corp.
Kearney-National, Inc.
Keefe, Bruyette and Woods, Inc.
Kellogg Co.
M.W. Kellogg Co.
Kennametal, Inc.
Kennedy Associates Real Estate Counsel, Inc.
Kerr-McGee Corp.
KeyCorp
Keyspan Energy
Keystone Associates, Inc.
Kimberly Clark Foundation
Kingsbury Corp.
Kiplinger Washington Editors
KN Energy, Inc.
Knight-Ridder
Koch Enterprises, Inc.
Koehler Building Co., Inc.
H. Kohnstamm and Co., Inc.
Korte Construction Co.
KPMG, LLP
Laboratory Corp. of America
Lam Research Corp.
Lamson and Sessions Co.
Lan O'Lakes Foundation
LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc.
Law Co., Inc.
Law Co's. Group, Inc.
Lehigh Cement Co.
Lehman Brothers
Leo Burnett Co., Inc.
Levi Strauss and Co.
LEXIS-NEXIS
Lexmark International, Inc.
Libbey-Owens Ford Co.
Lincoln Financial Advisors
Link Engineering Co., Inc.
Thomas J. Lipton Co.
Litton Irek Optical Systems
Liz Claiborne, Inc.
Lockheed Martin Crop.
Loews Corp.
Lojack Corp.
Lubrizol Corp.
Lucky Stores, Inc.
Lukens, Inc.
Lumina Foundation for Education
Lyondell Chemical Co.
M/A/R/C Group
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
MacLean-Fogg Co.
Joshia Macy, Jr. Foundation
Maguire Oil Co.
Mallinckrodt, Inc.
Management Compensation Group/Dulworth, Inc.
Manu life Financial
Marathon Oil Co.
Mairtz, Inc.
Marley Co.
Marsh and McLennan Co's., Inc.
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co.
Massachusetts Port Authority
MasterCard International, Inc.
Mattel, Inc.
Maxus Energy Crop.
May Department Stores Co.
Maytag Corp.
Mazda (North America), Inc.
McAfee, Inc.
McCormick and Co., Inc.
McDonald's Corp.
McGraw-Hill Co's.
McKesson Corp.
McKnight Foundation
MEADWestvaco Crop.
Mebane Packaging Corp.
MedPointe
Medtronic, Inc.
Mellon Financial Corp. Menasha Corp.
Mentor Graphics Merck and Co., Inc.
Meredith Corp.
Meridian Insurance Co.
Merit Oil Corp.
Merrill Lynch and Co., Inc.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
Metso Automation
Mettler-Toiledo, Inc.
Microsoft Corp.
Midlane Life Insurance Co.
Miehl-Gross-Dexter, Inc.
Milliken and Co.
Millipore Corp.
Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp.
Minerals Technologies, Inc.
Mississippi Power Co.
Mitsubishi Electric and Electronics U.S.
Mitsubishi International Corp.
Mizuho Financial Group
Mobil Retirees
Moen, Inc.
Monroe Auto Equipment Co.
Monsanto Co.
Moody's Corp.
MOOG, Inc.
Morgan Construction Co.
Morgan Stanley
Morrison & Foerster, LLP
Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corp.
Motorola, Inc.
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
MSI Insurance
MTS Systems Corp.
Murphy Oil Corp.
Mutual of America
Mutual of Omaha
NACCO Industries, Inc
National City
National City Bank of Pennsylvania
National Grid Cos.
National Gypsum Co.
National Semiconductor Corp.
National Starch and Chemical Co.
Nationwide
NCR Corp.
NetOptix Corp.
New England Business Service, Inc.
New England Electric System Cos.
New Jersey Natural Gas Co.
New York Life Insurance
New York State and Electric & Gas Corp.
New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
New York Times Co.
Newmont Mining Corp.
Nicor Gas
Nielsen Media Research
NIKE, Inc.
Nissan North America, Inc.
Nordson Corp.
Norfolk and Dedham Group
Norfolk Southern Corp.
North Jersey Media Group, Inc.
Northern States Power Co.
Northern Telecom, Inc.
Northern Trust Co.
Northrop Grumman
Northwestern Mutual
W.W. Norton and Co., Inc.
Novartis Corp.
Novell, Inc.
NSTAR
Nuveen Investments
Office Depot
Ohio National Financial Services
Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co.
Old Mutual Asset Management Charitable Foundation
Olin Corp.
OMNOVA Solutions, Inc.
Ondeo Nalco Co.
One Beacon Insurance
Openaka Corp, Inc.
OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
Oracle Corp.
Organon International, Inc.
OSRAM SYLVANIA
Otter Tail Power Co.
Owens-Illinois, Inc.
Oxford Industries, Inc.
PACCAR, Inc.
Pacific Life Insurance Co.
Palm, Inc.
Pan-American Life Insurance Co.
Parker Hannifin Corp.
Paul Revere Co's.
PCL Construction, Inc.
Pella Corp.
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co.
Pentair, Inc.
Penzoil Co.
People's Bank
PepsiCo Foundation
Peterson Consulting, Ltd. Partnership
Pew Charitable Trusts
Pfizer, Inc.
PG and E Corp.
P.H. Gladfelter Co.
Philips Electronics North America Corp.
Phoenix Co's., Inc.
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
Pioneer Investments
Pitney Bowes, Inc.
PJM Interconnection, LLC
Playboy Enterprises, Inc.
Plymouth Rock Foundation
PNC Financial Services Group
PNM
Pogo Producting Co.
Polaroid Corp.
Pope and Talbot, Inc.
Potlach Corp.
PPG Industries, Inc.
PPL Corp.
PQ Corp.
Preformed Line Products Co.
Price and Pierce International, Inc.
Principal Financial Group
Procter and Gamble Co.
Progress Energy
Proskauer Rose, LLP
Provident Co's., Inc.
Providian Crop.
Providian Financial
Prudential Financial
Public Service Electric and Gas Co.
Percolator Products, Inc.
Quaker Chemical Corp.
Quest Diagnostics, Inc.
Radio Shack
Random House Rayonier Foundation
Raytheon Co.
RBC Dain Rauscher, Inc.
Reader's Digest Association, Inc.
RealNetworks, Inc.
Reebok International, Ltd.
Reliable Life Insurance Co.
Reuter America, Inc.
Revlon, Inc.
Rexam, Inc.
Rexnord Corp.
Rhodia, Inc.
Riviana Foods Inc.
RLI Insurance Co.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Rochester Midland Corp.
Rockefeller Brother Fund, Inc.
Rockefeller Family and Associates
Rockefeller Group
Rockwell Automation
RONIN Development Corp.
Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance Ryco Divison,
Reilly-Whiteman, Inc.
SAFECO Corp.
Saint-Gobain Corp. Foundation
Sallie Mae
Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc.
Sara Lee Corp.
SBC Communications, Inc.
Schering-Plough Corp.
Charles Schwab and Co., Inc.
Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.
Scientific Brake and Equipment Co.
Scott, Foresman and Co.
E.W. Scipps Co.
Scudder-Kemper Investments
Sealed Air Corp.
Securian Financial Group
Sensient Technology Corp.
Sempra Energy
Sealright Co., Inc.
Sentry Insurance Foundation, Inc.
Seton Co.
SGL Carbon Corp.
Shaklee Corp.
Sheldahl, Inc.
Shell Oil Co.
Shenandoah Life Insurance Co.
Sherwin-Williams Co.
Showa Denko Carbon, Inc.
Sierra Pacific Resources
Sifco Industries, Inc.
Skystone Ryan
Smith International, Inc.
Softsheen/Carson Products
Sonoco Products Co.
Sony Corp. of America
Southwest Gas Corp.
Spelman and Johnson Group
Spiegel, Inc.
Springs Industries, Inc.
Sprint Corp.
SPS Technoligies, Inc.
SPX Corp.
St. Paul Travelers
Sta-Rite Industries, Inc.
A.E. Staley Manufacturing Co.
Standard Insurance Co.
Standard Products Co.
Stanley Works
State Farm Insurance Co's.
State Street Corp.
Stauffer Communications, Inc.
Steel Heddle Manufacturing Co.
Steelcase, Inc.
StorageTek
STREM Chemicals
Subaru of America, Inc.
Sun Life Assurance Co of Canada
Sun Microsystem, Inc.
SunTrust Bank, Atlanta
SUPERALU, INC.
Susquehanna Investment Group
Swank, Inc.
Swedish Match
Swisher International Group, Inc.
Swiss Bank Corp.
SYSCO Corp.
3Com Corp.
3M
TCF National Bank, Minnesota
Teagle Foundation, Inc.
Technimetrics, Inc.
Tektronix, Inc.
Telcordia Technologies
Teledyne Technologies, Inc.
Tellabs, Inc.
Temple-Inland, Inc.
Tenet Healthcare Crop.
TENNANT
Tesoro Hawaii Crop.
Tesoro Petroleum Corp
Tetley USA, Inc.
Texas Instruments, Inc.
Texon International
Textron, Inc.
THAT Corp.
Thomson Corp.
Thomson Professional & Regulatory, Inc.
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
Tietex International, Ltd.
Time, Inc.
Time Warner
Times Publishing Co.
Tomkins Corp. Foundation
Toro Co.
Towers, Perin, Forster and Crosby
Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc.
Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.
Travelers Express Co., Inc.
T.Rowe Price Group, Inc.
TTX Co.
Turner Broadcasting
Turner Corp.
Tyco International, Ltd.
UGI Corp.
Unilever United States, Inc.
Union Central Life Insurance Co.
Union Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
Union Pacific Corp.
Unisource Foundation
United Fire and Casualty Co.
United Parcel Service
United States Automobile Association
United Technologies Corp.
Unitrin, Inc.
Universal Studios
U.S. Bancorp.
U.S. Borax, Inc.
USG Corp.
UST, Inc.
Utica National Insurance Group
Valero Energy Corp.
Vanguard Group, Inc.
Verizon Corp.
Vitaluic Co. of America
Virginia Power/North Carolina Power
Vulcan Materials Co.
Wachovia Bank, NA
Wallace and Wallace, Ltd.
Walt Disney Co. Foundation Warnaco
Warner Brothers
Washington Dental Service
Washington Group International, Inc.
Washington Mutual
Washington Post Co.
C.J. Webb, Inc.
Welch Foods, Inc., a Cooperative
Wells Fargo and Co.
West Group
Westar Energy, Ind.
Weyerhaeuser Co.
Whirlpool Corp.
Whitaker Corp.
Williams
Williams Gas Pipeline/Transco Energy Co.
Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.
Winter Wyman And Co.
Wiremold Co.
Wisconsin Energy Corp.
WJ Communications, Inc.
Wolverine World Wide, Inc.
Words At Work, Inc.
Wyeth
Wyman-Gordon Co.
Xerox Corp.
Xtra Corp., Charitable Foundation
Zurich-American Insurance Group