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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dear Independent Media Center (UIUC Chapter),
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The University of Illinois Counseling Center and McKinley Health Center are partnering with the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) to host our
first annual NEDA Walk and we need your support! The National Eating Disorders Association organizes NEDA Walks in support of its mission and programs. Proceeds support critical programs and services that work to eliminate eating disorders and improve prevention,
treatment, and research. Eating disorders are potentially life-threatening illnesses that afflict more than 30 million Americans, but they are also treatable with your help.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">We are excited to be joining this nationwide effort by hosting a local NEDA Walk right here in Champaign-Urbana! The walk will be held on October 5, 2013
on the University of Illinois Main Quad. I have attached our NEDA Walk poster for more information. You can also find more details by visiting the national NEDA Walk website (<span style="color:red">NEDAWalks.org</span>) or our local website:
<span style="color:red">NEDAWalks.org/champaignurbana2013</span>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">We hope to make this a community-wide event with the help of University of Illinois students and staff, local school districts, businesses, and organizations.
The success of this event depends <i>greatly</i> on support from local businesses and university departments. Here are some important ways your RSO could contribute/co-sponsor:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Make an online donation! NEDAWalks.org/champaignurbana2013<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Recruit people in your RSO to participate as a team!</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">You can register your team on the website<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>and then begin fundraising.<span style="color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Register for the NEDA Walk as an individual walker!<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Help us spread the word! Announce the NEDA Walk in newsletters, on your website, and through social media pages. Search for “C-U NEDA Walk” on Facebook and share
our event page. Print the attached poster and help us flyer the campus and community.<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">We need volunteers! The help of volunteers during the planning, promotion, and fundraising stage (i.e., now) and on the day of the walk would be immensely appreciated!
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">By supporting the NEDA Walk and helping us raise funds, you will be supporting all of NEDA’s lifesaving programs. For example, the NEDA Helpline connects
millions of people to help and treatment. The Solutions Through Advocacy & Reform (STAR) Program advocates for prevention, funding for research, and access to care at the state and federal level. NEDA Navigators act as personalized guides through recovery
and the Parents, Friends, & Family (PFN) Network connects, informs, and supports families of those who struggle. And NEDAwareness Week educates millions on signs and symptoms for early detection and intervention.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">I want to
<b>thank you</b> for taking the time to read through this letter and considering how the Independent Media Center can support this cause! If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me or the local walk coordinator, Beth Frasca (<a href="mailto:efrasca@mckinley.illinois.edu" target="_blank">efrasca@mckinley.illinois.edu</a>).
You can also direct questions to the National Walk Manager (<a href="mailto:walks@nationaleatingdisorders.org">walks@nationaleatingdisorders.org</a>) at NEDA’s headquarters.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Once again, thank you for your consideration in becoming a part of the effort in the fight against eating disorders!
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Sincerely,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Melanie Marklein, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Clinical Counselor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">UIUC Counseling Center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;color:#92D050">Did You Know?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">In the United States,
<b>20 million women and 10 million men </b>suffer from a clinically significant eating disorder at some time in their life.
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<p class="Default" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:1.2pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The number of people who struggle with an eating disorder has been increasing significantly since 1950.
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Eating disorders don’t discriminate.
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">They affect non-Hispanic whites, Hispanics, African-Americans, and Asians at similar rates.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Most people with an eating disorder
<b>also struggle with one or more other psychiatric disorders </b>which can complicate treatment and make recovery more difficult.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Dieting & body dissatisfaction are among the greatest risk factors for the development of an eating disorder.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Eating disorders affect over 30 million people, but only receive $28 million in government funding for research.
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">In contrast, Alzheimer’s affects 5.1 million people and receives $450 million.
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The treatment cost of an eating disorder in the United States ranges from
<b>$500 to $2,000 a day. </b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">35-57% of adolescent girls</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> engage in crash dieting, fasting, self-induced vomiting,
diet pills, or laxatives. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">One-third of teenage boys
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">use unhealthy weight control behaviors such as skipping meals, fasting, smoking cigarettes, vomiting, and taking laxatives.
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