The presentation jumpstarting a USPS October campaign included, from left, Dimiter Topchev, Carol Threatt, Kim Kirk and Jerry Flaxman.

Presentation recognized LIBT’s breast cancer awareness efforts

 

Jerry Flaxman, co-producer of the Atlantic City In-Water Boat Show, participated in a recognition event, Friday, September 5, as Carol Threatt, manager, Margate Post Office, and Dimiter Topchev, acting postmaster of Atlantic City Post Office, presented Kim Kirk with a poster of the first USPS semipostal stamp.

It supports a cause that is also the focus of the Ladies Bluefish Invitational Tournament, of which Kim is president.

Each year LIBT and its women anglers fish for a breast cancer cure. And for several years Carol has coordinated Operation: Code Pink, an October breast cancer awareness campaign held throughout South Jersey and Delaware post offices.

Both the USPS and LIBT were at the show to promote awareness of the disease. On Friday, the Tournament’s Booth 72 was a one-day USPS Station, where attendees received a specially designed cancellation stamp when they purchased the semipostal stamp. There to help was Michele Brubaker, sales and service associate at the Margate post office.

Money raised
The LIBT logo is a mermaid with attitude. And that’s appropriate. Because even though the Ladies Invitational Bluefish Tournament enjoy a good time, they are serious about fighting breast cancer. Over 10 years, the LIBT has raised $380,000.

The stamp, too, is significant in the fight against breast cancer. The extra 13 cents that the stamp costs goes toward research for a cure. To date, $54 million has been raised in the U.S., with 70% going to the National Institutes of Health and 30% to the Medical Research Program at the Department of Defense. Issued on July 29, 1998, the stamp is the first semipostal in U.S. history. 

The stamp also is part of an international campaign, The Global Journey. Romania and the Philippines soon will join a list of 1ist of 12 countries that issue the stamp to raise money for education, outreach and treatment of women diagnosed with breast cancer. Notably, every penny stays in the country that issues that stamp.

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For more info about the Ladies Invitational Bluefish Tournament, go to: http://www.fishlibt.com

 

 

For more info about the breast cancer semipostal stamp, go to: http://www.usps.com/communications/community/semipostals.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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