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Attorney William Weber (center) won the Universal Chiropractic Foundation's fundraising car giveaway. Dr. Gary DiBenedetto, event coordinator, is at right.
On January 26th, the Universal Chiropractic Foundation (UCF) Inc., a non-profit group dedicated to providing free chiropractic care to children under 13, had its first annual fundraising car giveaway (see "Champion of the Children" in "DC" March 11, 1994). The lucky winner, William Weber Esq., is a strong supporter of chiropractic and currently representing several DCs in an HMO antitrust lawsuit.
The foundation is raising funds that will build a central headquarters for the organization. For more information or to make donations, contact the Universal Chiropractic Foundation Inc., c/o Dr. Todd Herold, DC, 777 West End Avenue Suite 1B, New York, NY 10025, telephone (212) 662-7719.
The J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation of Tulsa, Oklahoma has offered a $20,000 grant challenge to Logan College of Chiropractic which is contingent upon the college reaching a $300,000 campaign goal by July 31, 1995. The $300,000 goal was prompted by an earlier $60,000 grant challenge to Logan from the Foundation for the Advancement of Chiropractic Education (FACE).
The J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation was established in 1948 by the late John E. and Lottie Mabee, both natives of Missouri. The Foundation is one of the top 40 major foundations in the U.S. with assets of over one-half billion dollars.
When I graduated from chiropractic college in 1981 and started practice, I heard it all, and very little was positive. “You are a quack; you do not know what a subluxation is; you couldn’t get into a real health care program, so you chose the one that is slightly above a mail-order degree; you have no proof that chiropractic works; Are you really licensed?”, and so much more.
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