Re: Neither NTMC or NTMF are nonprofit organizations

[Guest guest]

wow guess I missed this post. I seem to always miss some. I dont know why that is. Are we fighting again?

I would like to think we all want the same thing.Its hard to know whos doing what. We all want help and relief and the mold sickness gone from our bodies. I would like to think that EVERYONE is working in that direction. Maybe I am too optimistic and I dont really know facts, but just had to write that I guess.

Thanks,

Janet

[Guest guest]

Dear ,

I will try and answer you point for point:

MCB: " Your questions you say are very relevant. May I ask relevant

to whom? "

VL: I am a consumer reporter. The answers to my questions should be

relevant to every consumer and to every person who wants to see the

mold issue gain and retain the credibility it deserves. As we all

know, there is too much fraud. If people (not just victims, ANYONE)

is asked to give money to a nonprofit organization, it should be

one.

MCB: " The Foundation on the other hand was formed for donations and

I wrote a letter to the State of Missouri some time back advising

that we had never recieved any donations in the State of Missouri

for the Foundation. I will not establish it as a non-profit until we

recieve notice of donation. "

VL: To me this sounds like you are putting the cart before the

horse. I find it hard to believe that you have not had one single

donation despite all your hard work and efforts on behalf of mold

victims. Not one person has responded to your requests for

donations? Not even after the floods? (See post below.)

, I have no problem with you helping mold victims. If you spend

hours on the phone helping or consoling them, that is wonderful. My

concern is when you solicit money from people who assume you are a

nonprofit organization when you are not. My concern is when people

are chagred a " membership " and they receive nothing for that

membership. There is no way for people to tell if the money you

collect for memberships goes to newsletters, filing lawsuits, or

your own pocket.

If you work with Congress to get emergency appropriations for

families, that's wonderful. My question is, however, is how is that

money to be distributed? I would be uncomfortable seeing any of it

wind up in Foundation hands as it is NOT a nonprofit organization.

Vicki

A word to others in this group. This is not " fighting. " This is a

discourse that directly impacts you. While it would be nice if

everyone could hold hands and sing " Kumbya, " the fact of the matter

is that someone needs to ask the tough questions in order for

victims' credibility to be maintained.

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MAry Carrol Bowers post:

SNB NEWS, ABI AFFILIATE, NEWSBRIEF, 5/20/03

>

> With over 412 tornadoes across the midwest in six days, there

was plenty of stories and photos to cover. Carroll-Bower, free-

lance writer got the shots and stories that made the May 20th issue

of National Enquirer. Cow flying through the Air, The Wizard of Oz

flew in from Kanas, the dog that landed safely in his kennel, the

hymnal page blew to the Church as it was spared, FOR EVERY STORM

WIND

THAT BLOWS, as titled. All in all spent 4 days working disaster

relief as an EMT/SS, with American Red Cross, and in the office

signing in hundreds of Relief Workers from across the U.S. " It was

and still is devasting what has happened in the Ozarks " a few days

ago, says .

>

> W. Bush, U.S. President spent the day in Pierce City being

drenched in torrential rains, a small reminder of what had happened

only days before.

>

> " Yesterday, I recieved a call that a young Arkansas woman is dying

from Lung disease and destroyed bronchial tubes from Stachybotrus!

We need donations to help victims. Every little bit helps and no

donation is too small. " says Carroll-Bower, President of NTMC,

National Toxic Mold Coalition and Foundation, http://ntmc0.tripod.com

>

> To donate contact us at (417) 883-9553, or call for a list of

victim needs.

> " We realize that many will be added to the Mold lists from the

Tornado devastation and heavy flooding. It is imperative that people

bind to help each other. I have given out of my own pocket, shared

my home, spent thousands of hours consulting victims, and giving

referrals, I can't do it alone! " says Carroll-Bower.

[Guest guest]

When I found out about this mycotoxin effect, I felt it was my " civic

duty " to help out others who were having their lives destroyed.

I found many hundreds of people in varying stages of mold reactivity.

I described the effects and the clues that led me to my conclusions,

and how I had fought with all the local doctors about the

impossibility of this phenomenon.

I hear people tell their stories that are full of the same clues that

told me that it truly was mold that was affecting me.

I explain the whole deal to them and then they go to their doctors,

are told that this is impossible and drop any idea of connecting mold

to their complaints.

My friends tell me I lack credibility because " You ain't Da Doctor " .

I would have thought that people would respond to the clues that they

get from their own bodies and that any further verification would be

unnecessary.

I thought that people would trust their own reactions before the word

of a doctor who contradicts their very complaints and tell them " It's

all in your head " .

I am stunned and amazed at just how wrong I was.

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