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( VBF LOGO) VBF Team Marathon September 5, 2006

Dear Friend of the VBF: I want to first start off with thanking you for your continued support to the Vascular Birthmark Foundation. We were able to raise over 10,000 dollars in 2005 from your contributions in supporting us in the 2005 Boston Marathon which contributed in helping Children with Cancer and Children affected Vascular Birthmarks.

I pleased to announce that on Oct 29th 2006 the “VBF Team Marathon” will be lining up to run 26.2 miles in the Marine Corps Marathon, this is the first team that has been formed dedicated to raising awareness and essential funding directly for the Vascular Birthmark Foundation.

To help us in our mission, we’ve recruited a crew of Coast Guard volunteers from a Training Center Yorktown, VA, along with my devoted friend and supporter of the VBF, Jessica Obst. Jessica as many of you know ran by my side in the 2005 Boston Marathon. Please join me in wishing the below list of runners luck on this challenging venture:

Jessica Obst, - Baltimore, MD LCDR

Tim Haws - Training Center Yorktown, VA MSTC

Tony McDade - Training Center Yorktown, VA LT

Mick Scott - Sector Los Angeles - Long Beach, CA LT

Jason Stamper - Training Center Yorktown VA

Our goal is to raise funding that will improve the lives of thousands of children affected by vascular birthmarks- we want more parents to rest easy knowing that they are not alone and that life-changing treatment exists for their challenging medical cases.

Please join me in supporting the VBF and its runners, your support will directly impact children suffering with vascular deformities. Your donations will help to support the important work of the Vascular Birthmark Foundation. VBF is an international charitable organization that provides support and informational resources for individuals affected by Hemangiomas, port wine stains, other vascular birthmarks and tumors, sponsors relevant research and promotes physician education. To learn more about our work, visit us on the web at www.birthmark.org.

Below is before and after pictures of the work the VBF does to help children living with disfiguring and life threatening vascular birthmarks. Speaking from a parent whose child had a vascular birthmark it is truly an amazing miracle that the VBF provided for us, we will be forever grateful.

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I hope you will look over this opportunity and choose to support us, please accept in advance my sincere gratitude and know you will be helping us to continue our important work. If you have any questions, please email me at DVlahos@rcn.com. I look forward to you favorable response.

On behalf or the VBF, and our runners, I thank you.

Special thanks go out to the Stamper family for the organization and execution of this event.

Kind regards,

Danielle Vlahos

VBF, Board Treasurer

How to Donate

To support the effort you can either write a check or use your debit or credit card through PayPal https://www.paypal.com/. In either case, your donation to the VBF is tax deductible and you will receive a receipt.

If you decide to send a check:

1. Please make the check out to Yorktown Officers' Association.

2. In the memo line at the bottom left of your check please indicate Jessica Obst as the runner you would like to support.

3. On a separate piece of paper please include your email address.

4. Please mail check to :

Danielle Vlahos

41 Paradise Ln.

Dedham, Ma 02026

If you prefer credit or debit: Please visit PayPal https://www.paypal.com/.

1. Sign up for an account (it's easy and secure).

2. Click the “Send Money” tab.

3. Enter Jason.M.Stamper@uscg.mil as recipient’s email.