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The Honorable Arien Specter

Chairman
Subcommittee on Labor, HHS and Education
Senate Appropriations Cornmittee
184 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Mr. Chairman:
I am writing to request that the Fiscal Year 2000 Labor, HHS and Education
Appropriations bill include $1 million for the Save A Life Foundation (SALF) in Chicago,
Illinois. The SALF has been influential in training children to save the lives of others.
This organization has trained 35,000 Cook County children since October, 1998, with the
assistance of 150 firefighters, paramedics, and police officers as their instructors. Through "on
sight" instruction, the SALF has been able to utilize the talents of research and rescue teams,
police officers, firefighters and others, by coming into a classroom and teaching.children the
fundamentals and techniques. Furthermore, the SALF has also been instrumental in helping
children better understand the practice of saving lives of other children.
The SALF has fostered a solid working relationship with the Regional Organ Bank of
Illinois and the Secretary of State's office in order to develop a statewide campaign based on the
principal that "life saving skills saves lives."
Thank you in advance for your consideration of this important request.
Sincerely,

Richard J. Durbin
U.S. Senator