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Why is a retired nurse raising awareness about valley fever?

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Why is a retired nurse raising awareness about valley fever?

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Lois Weston always said that if she ever had enough money, she would start a foundation to try to help others. Last month, the 81-year-old retired nurse decided she wasn’t going to wait until she got rich. She turned her efforts to helping an established group get what it needs. That’s how Weston began raising money and awareness for the Valley Fever Corridor Project, an initiative from the University of Arizona’s Valley Fever Center for Excellence. Weston read in a June 8 editorial in The Arizona Republic that the project was raising $60,000 to cover its operating budget for the upcoming year. So she sprang into action. She already had a personal connection to the disease: Her daughter-in-law was diagnosed with the condition in 2006. “I had told my one special friend I would like to win enough money to help people,” Weston said. “He said, ‘Why don’t you start a foundation.’ That went right past me like nothing. I just said, ‘That takes money.’ But I would see young people who had star

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Lois Weston always said that if she ever had enough money, she would start a foundation to try to help others. Last month, the 81-year-old retired nurse decided she wasn’t going to wait until she got rich. She turned her efforts to helping an established group get what it needs. That’s how Weston began raising money and awareness for the Valley Fever Corridor Project, an initiative from the University of Arizona’s Valley Fever Center for Excellence. Weston read in a June 8 editorial in The Arizona Republic that the project was raising $60,000 to cover its operating budget for the upcoming year. So she sprang into action. She already had a personal connection to the disease: Her daughter-in-law was diagnosed with the condition in 2006. “I had told my one special friend I would like to win enough money to help people,” Weston said. “He said, ‘Why don’t you start a foundation.’ That went right past me like nothing. I just said, ‘That takes money.’ But I would see young people who had star

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Lois Weston always said that if she ever had enough money, she would start a foundation to try to help others. Last month, the 81-year-old retired nurse decided she wasn’t going to wait until she got rich. She turned her efforts to helping an established group get what it needs. That’s how Weston began raising money and awareness for the Valley Fever Corridor Project, an initiative from the University of Arizona’s Valley Fever Center for Excellence. Sources: http://www.azcentral.com/community/chandler/articles/2009/07/24/20090724cr-valleyfever0724.

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