November|NNP 27|CD ,|, 1995|CD 

Dear|RB Friend|NNP :|: 

What|WP kind|NN of|IN people|NNS benefit|VBP by|IN your|PRP$ contribution|NN to|TO Pleasant|NNP Run|NNP Children|NNP 's|POS Homes|NNPS ?|. 

Little|JJ ones|NNS ,|, like|IN Baby|NNP Jessica|NNP ,|, caught|VBN in|IN the|DT struggle|NN between|IN adoptive|JJ and|CC birth|NN parents|NNS .|. 
Older|JJR kids|NNS ,|, like|IN Tracy|NNP and|CC Kerry|NNP ,|, left|VBD homeless|JJ after|IN a|DT recent|JJ murder-suicide|JJ in|IN Indianapolis|NNP claimed|VBD Mom|NN and|CC Dad|NNP .|. 
Young|JJ adults|NNS ,|, like|IN Mary|NNP T.|NN ,|, a|DT jobless|JJ mother|NN of|IN three|CD ,|, trying|VBG desperately|RB to|TO keep|VB her|PRP$ kids|NNS out|IN of|IN trouble|NN in|IN a|DT crime-ridden|JJ neighborhood|NN .|. 
Real|JJ people|NNS !|. 

There|EX are|VBP thousands|NNS more|JJR .|. 
Families|NNS are|VBP being|VBG torn|VBN apart|RB ,|, and|CC too|RB often|RB ,|, children|NNS are|VBP the|DT victims|NNS .|. 
Kids|NNS like|IN Tommie|NNP J.|NN ,|, made|VBD a|DT ward|NN of|IN the|DT court|NN because|IN of|IN repeated|VBN beatings|NNS by|IN an|DT alcoholic|JJ father|NN ;|: 
Alice|NNP ,|, sent|VBD to|TO a|DT group|NN home|NN to|TO get|VB help|VB because|IN of|IN severe|JJ behavior|NN disorders|NNS ;|: 
and|CC John|NNP H.|NN ,|, a|DT recovering|VBG alcoholic|JJ ,|, rebuilding|VBG a|DT relationships|NNS with|IN his|PRP$ family|NN so|IN they|PRP can|MD live|VB together|RB again|RB .|. 

Pleasant|NNP Run|NNP Children|NNP 's|POS Homes|NNPS began|VBD serving|VBG children|NNS nearly|RB 130|CD years|NNS ago|RB .|. 
Then|RB the|DT task|NN was|VBD to|TO help|VB children|NNS who|WP lost|VBD parents|NNS in|IN the|DT Civil|NNP War|NNP .|. 
Today|NN ,|, we|PRP serve|VBP children|NNS and|CC families|NNS with|IN a|DT multitude|NN of|IN problems|NNS :|: emotional|JJ ,|, physical|JJ ,|, psychological|JJ and|CC sexual|JJ abuse|NN .|. 
Some|DT come|VBP from|IN families|NNS where|WRB ,|, through|IN therapy|NN ,|, there|EX is|VBZ hope|VBP for|IN reunification|NN .|. 
For|IN others|NNS ,|, "|'' families|NNS "|'' are|VBP the|DT counselors|NNS are|VBP housemates|NNS at|IN the|DT group|NN homes|NNS where|WRB they|PRP live|VBP .|. 

The|DT biggest|JJS tragedy|NN is|VBZ that|IN the|DT problems|NNS do|VBP n't|RB go|VB away|RB ;|: they|PRP only|RB grow|VBP .|. 
In|IN 1994|CD Pleasant|NNP Run|NNP served|VBD 346|CD children|NNS and|CC 125|CD families|NNS .|. 
In|IN 1995|CD we|PRP will|MD serve|VB over|IN 850|CD children|NNS and|CC 340|CD families|NNS .|. 
In|IN 1996|CD ,|, these|DT figures|NNS will|MD triple|VB .|. 
The|DT children|NNS and|CC families|NNS who|WP come|VBP to|TO Pleasant|NNP Run|NNP are|VBP given|VBN the|DT opportunity|NN to|TO become|VB happy|JJ ,|, loving|JJ ,|, and|CC productive|JJ members|NNS of|IN our|PRP$ society|NN .|. 
They|PRP welcome|VB the|DT chance|NN to|TO belong|VB ,|, to|TO become|VB self-|NN sufficient|JJ ,|, to|TO regain|VB their|PRP$ self-esteem|NN and|CC confidence|NN .|. 
Often|RB it|PRP is|VBZ a|DT long|JJ ,|, hard|JJ struggle|NN ,|, but|CC the|DT results|NNS are|VBP well|RB worth|JJ it|PRP .|. 

For|IN Pleasant|NNP Run|NNP to|TO continue|VB to|TO serve|VB abused|VBN and|CC neglected|VBN children|NNS and|CC their|PRP$ families|NNS ,|, we|PRP need|VBP your|PRP$ support|NN .|. 
The|DT Funding|NNP sources|NNS are|VBP shrinking|VBG ,|, but|CC the|DT needs|NNS grow|VB explosively|RB .|. 
Please|VB "|'' help|VB good|JJ kids|NNS get|VBP better|JJR "|'' by|IN sending|VBG us|PRP a|DT contribution|NN today|NN .|. 
Your|PRP$ gift|NN will|MD give|VB children|NNS and|CC families|NNS hope|VBP for|IN improved|VBN tomorrows|NNS .|. 

Sincerely|NNP ,|, 

Mary|NNP Roth|NNP 

