“I knew we were at the right place when

they brought him back to his room and

the Heart Center nurse calmly assured

me that everything was going to be OK.

We’ve been in love with Children’s and

the staff who work there ever since.”

—Laurie Jones

gifts At her 20-week ultrasound, Laurie Jones and her husband Kevin found out there was a problem with their baby’s heart. A fetal echocardiogram confirmed that Isaac, who was born on February 16, 2009, had hypoplastic left heart syndrome. This congenital defect is characterized by a severely underdeveloped left side of the heart. Laurie and Kevin braced themselves for surgeries Isaac would need to create normal blood flow in and out of his heart. At 4 days old, Isaac sailed through his first surgery at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. “I knew we were at the right place when they brought him back to his room and the Heart Center nurse calmly assured me that everything was going to be OK,” Laurie says. “We’ve been in love with Children’s and the staff who work there ever since.” Isaac had his second open heart surgery at 4 months old and his third at 4 years old. Plus, he required a cardiac catheterization after a check-

up revealed a narrowing of his aorta, and he still visits the Heart Center clinic on a regular basis. Somewhere along the line, Isaac’s older sister Jasmine discovered the donor-funded Sibling Playroom. “She actually looks forward to coming to the hospital with her little brother,” Laurie says. Isaac turned 7 years old in February and already looks forward to his third visit to donor-funded Camp Rhythm as a mini camper. “He asks me on a regular basis when he can go back to camp,” Laurie says. “We feel so very fortunate to have a place he can go where the other kids have scars on their chests, too.” Laurie and Kevin, who both work full time

and must juggle the activities of two children, look for ways to pay that

fortune forward. “We’ve been told that Isaac may need a heart transplant one day,” Laurie says. “We just hope that, before that happens, research and new technology will lead to new, less-invasive options.”

Meet IsaacHe’s an amazing little boy with a magnetic personality and unparalleled bravery.

? DID YOU KNOW? In July 2015, the team that administers extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) treatment celebrated its 30th anniversary and provided its 1,000th treatment. Extracorporeal means ‘outside the body,’ and ECMO is most often used in infants and children who are sick due to breathing or heart problems.

A publication of St. Louis Children’s Hospital Foundation • Showing the positive impact your gifts make in the lives of children.

Spring 2016

In this issue:3 | Guardians of ChildhoodSt. Louis Children’s Hospital introduces new branding that exemplifies mission to “do what’s right for kids” by protecting their right to be one.

5 | Play Date Smashing SuccessGuests brought their best game to the second annual totally-not-boring fundraiser for St. Louis Children’s Hospital, helping raise more than $350,000.

6 | A License to VolunteerThe “Volunteer Spotlight” is on Don Morton, a friend to St. Louis Children’s Hospital Foundation who takes his love for volunteering on the road.

? DID YOU KNOW? Since 2005, St. Louis Children’s Hospital has been among three percent of the nation’s hospitals designated as a Magnet® hospital, which recognizes excellence in nursing.2

Trades workers and employees from local construction and design companies across the area came together to raise $265,000

to support programs and services at St. Louis

Children’s Hospital during the 2015 KIDstruction Week in August. Along the way, they exceeded the

campaign’s goal by $15,000. Participating

companies asked their employees to donate $1 or

more for every hour they worked during that week. Of the 126 participating companies, 46 matched their employees’ gifts dollar-for-dollar or made a corporate donation of $10,000 or more. “The St. Louis regional construction and design community stepped up again in 2015,” says Pat Kozeny, president of Kozeny-Wagner, Inc. and chair of KIDstruction Week. “As an industry, we have contributed more than $1 million since 2011 to key programs that make St. Louis Children’s Hospital a leader in pediatric healthcare.” Funds raised through KIDstruction Week help Children’s Hospital fulfill its promise of providing a superior patient experience through such programs as music and art therapy, pediatric neurocritical care, the Family Resource Center and Sibling Playroom, Healthy Kids Express mobile health program and more.

KIDstruction Soars to New HeightsLocal companies shatter campaign goal

KIDstruction Week committee members present a check to St. Louis Children’s Hospital for $265,000. (L-R: Robert Trask, Tom Finan, Jeff Faust, Rich Ledbetter, Rico Bertucci and Patrick Kozney)

Sponsors:Platinum Alberici ConstructorsParic Corporation

Gold:ACW AllianceAmerican Subcontractors Association—Midwest CouncilLighting Associates, Inc.Society for Marketing Professionals Services (SMPS)-St. LouisTarlton CorporationWaterhout Construction

Silver:BR+ACivil Engineering Design Consultants, Inc.Color Art Integrated Interiors G.H. Voss Co., Inc. Goodwin Brothers Construction Co.KCI ConstructionThyssenKrupp Elevator CorporationTreanor Architects

Bronze:ArcturisCode Consultants, Inc.Drilling Service Co.Duct Systems, Inc. Environmental Consultants, LLCGlasper Professional Services, Inc. Haberberger, Inc.Jarrell Mechanical ContractorsKAI Design and BuildKONELawrence GroupOzark Steel Fabricators, Inc. Rhodey ConstructionR.V. Wagner, Inc.TSOI/KOBUS & Associates

Corporate Donors:ABS Consulting Air Masters Corporation AME Constructors, Inc. Bell Electrical Contractors Bussen QuarriesCMIT Solutions of St. Charles/ ChesterfieldFlooring Systems, Inc. Golterman & Sabo, Inc.Heitkamp Masonry, Inc. Ideas4promosIL Petroleum Marketers Association JW Bommarito ConstructionLizmark Branded SolutionsMDU Resources FoundationMeyer Painting Co.Morrow Equipment Co., LLCNuWayOptimal Engineering Solutions Ottolino Winters Huebner, Inc. Pipe Systems MechanicalRamair, Inc. Red Tree ConsultingTimothy E. Hayes & Associates L.C.United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 1596Wallis CompaniesWoodard Cleaning & Restoration, Inc. Zumwalt Corporation

Participating Companies: ACME Constructors, Inc. ADB Companies, Inc.*AECOM CorporationAlper Audi, Inc.*American Subcontractors Association—Midwest CouncilBazan Painting Co.*Beckerle Consultants, Inc.Bell Electrical Contractors Bi-State Fire ProtectionC & R Mechanical CompanyCarpenters’ District Council of Greater St. Louis & Vicinity*CASCO Architecture and Engineering*Castle Building Group*Castle Contracting*Castle GPS* Century Fire Sprinklers, Inc.* Christner*Civil Design, Inc.*Clayco* Concrete Strategies*

Corrigan Company DTLS Landscape Architects*Engineered Fire Protection, Inc. *Environmental Consultants, LLC* Farnsworth GroupFerguson Enterprises, Inc.-St. Louis*FGM ArchitectsForum Studio* Geotechnology, Inc.*Goodwin Brothers Construction Co.*Grant Masonry Contracting*Guarantee Electrical Company*Hastings + Chivetta Architects Hayden Wrecking * Helmkamp Construction Co.*HOKHolland Construction Servicesicon MechanicalInterface Construction Corporation*Johnson Controls, Inc. Kaemmerlen ElectricKozeny-Wagner, Inc.*L. Keeley CompaniesM+H Architects*Martin ConstructionMassman Construction Co.*McCarthy Building Cos., Inc.* McGrath & Associates, Inc. Murphy CompanyNiehaus Building Services*O’Toole Design Associates, Inc.*Paric Corporation*Parkway Construction Services* PayneCrest ElectricPoettker Construction*RF Meeh CompanyRhodey Construction*Rock Hill Mechanical Corp.*Sachs Electric Company*Schaeffer Electric Company, Inc.Schnabel Foundation Co.SCI Engineering, Inc.Simms Building Group*S.M. Wilson & Co.Superior Equipment Co.Taylor Excavating Co., Inc.* Thomas Industrial Coatings*T.J. Wies Contracting, Inc.*Vision Electric and Systems*Volk Construction Company*Wiegmann Associates*Wies Drywall & Construction Corp.*

* Cornerstone companies matched employee giving at 100%

Thanks to our 2015 KIDstruction Week companies and sponsors:

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Making Saves for Kids Update

Table Tops Spring Luncheon at the Ritz-Carlton—Tuesday, April 19This annual luncheon and shopping experience features unique and beautiful displays of table-top decorations by some of St. Louis’ finest florists, decorators and

vendors. The 2016 theme, “Once Upon a Table Top,” is sure to delight guests who share a love for children’s books.

Joe Buck Golf Classic at Old Warson Country Club— Monday, May 16Joe Buck, internationally-renowned sportscaster and proud supporter of St. Louis Children’s Hospital, hosts this annual event, which has become one of the nation’s premier charity golf tournaments.

33rd Annual Day at Six Flags St. Louis—Friday, June 3An event like no other! This special experience allows our guests to enjoy Six Flags all to themselves after the public leaves at 7 p.m. A catered dinner and unlimited snacks also are provided throughout the park. And the best part? No lines for rides!

Pedal the Cause at Chesterfield Amphitheater—Sunday, September 25Pedal the Cause is a community-wide fundraising bike challenge for riders of all ages and abilities. All proceeds stay in St. Louis to fund cancer research through

the Children’s Discovery Institute at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and the Cancer Frontier Fund benefiting the Siteman Cancer Center.

Play Date at St. Louis Union Station—Saturday, November 19For one night, adults are invited to be kids again. Get ready for surprises around every corner at this totally-not-boring fundraising event for Children’s Hospital.

Supporting St. Louis Children’s Hospital is easy and fun when you support one of our fundraising events. Visit StLouisChildrens.org for full event details.

The St. Louis Blues make saves on the ice. St. Louis Children’s Hospital makes saves on the road through its Mobile Intensive Care Units. In the second year of a partnership between Children’s Hospital and the Blues, we’re directing all donations from the Making Saves for Kids campaign during the 2015-16 Blues season toward the purchase of a much-needed Mobile Intensive Care Unit (MICU). All four MICUs in the current fleet have been made possible through generous donations to St. Louis Children’s Hospital. St. Louis Children’s Hospital’s Mobile Intensive Care Unit enables a transport physician, nurse and paramedics to provide a bridge of newborn and pediatric intensive care between hospitals within a 300-mile service area. Most intensive care procedures can be performed during transport because the MICU carries the latest equipment and

supplies for airway management, artificial ventilation, oxygenation, suction and patient monitoring. St. Louis Children’s Hospital relies on donor funding to purchase and maintain these sophisticated units at the highest level. So, we’ve made it easier than ever for anyone to join our Making Saves for Kids team. Visit MakingSaves.org, create your own

team and account, and give your support. It’s easy to create a team or join an existing team. Every donation will bring us closer to putting another life-saving MICU on the road!

Guardians of Childhood Children’s Hospital Introduces New Branding Efforts

When a child is sick or injured, parents’ only thought is to get them better. But kids have a different perspective. They think about missing their soccer game, or whether their scar will show at the dance. Sickness

does not just threaten children’s health— it threatens to rob them of their childhood. That is why St. Louis Children’s Hospital is excited to introduce its new branding, Guardians of Childhood™. “This movement emphasizes the fact that we care about keeping kids healthy just as much as we care for kids who are sick and need our hospital,” says Janice Bailey, vice president, St. Louis Children’s Hospital Foundation. “We want the community to join our efforts to be Guardians of Childhood, and become part of Children’s Hospital’s larger mission to protect every child’s right to childhood moments.” This spring, the hospital will debut new television commercials, billboards, print and digital advertisements that include the Guardians of Childhood tagline. “Our mission will always be, ‘to do what’s right for kids,’” says Bailey. “Only now, we are promising our patients, families and community that we will ‘do what’s right for kids by protecting their right to be one.’”

Wonder was at Work at 2015 CDI Symposium

Riding for RiekerA Children’s Hospital Pedal the Cause team rides in honor of a special friend and retiree

Just before the holidays, representatives from Pedal the Cause gave St. Louis Children Hospital a check for $944,100, part of the $3.1 million raised through the organization’s 2015 campaign and cycling event, held at the Chesterfield Amphitheater. On the heels of the announced gift, the Children’s Discovery Institute (CDI), a partnership between Children’s Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine, announced its intent to award funds to its cancer researchers.• Drs. Karen Gauvain and David Limbrick

will take on one of the biggest obstacles to treating pediatric brain tumors: the blood-brain barrier, which keeps chemotherapy drugs from penetrating the brain.

• Dr. Rob Mitra will use his CDI funding to study glioblastoma, the most devastating form of brain cancer, along with co-investigator Dr. Joshua Rubin, who has made great strides in understanding sex differences in cancer development.

• Reprogramming pediatric brain tumor cells into normal neurons is the ultimate goal of an innovative grant led by Drs. Qin Yang and Dennis Hallahan. If successful, their research will lead to novel ways to extend the lives of, and potentially cure, children with brain tumors.

• Dr. Suman Mondal will use his CDI funding to develop a prototype of goggles that enable more precise fluorescence-guided surgery. The technology has the potential to increase survival rates and decrease the need for follow-up chemotherapy and radiation.

For more information about these and other pediatric research studies funded by the CDI, visit childrensdiscovery.org.

Pedal the Cause has had a space reserved on Stacy Maly-Rodgers’ calendar every year since it started. The St. Louis Children’s Hospital Foundation manager has worked for the organization for 13 years, long enough to know the importance of raising money to fund cancer research. But this year was different. “It makes a difference when you’re that vested,” Maly-Rodgers says. This year, she and several other Foundation and hospital employees were especially vested, because, while they were riding for the hospital, they were riding in honor of one of their own. In February, weeks before Karen Rieker was set to retire from the Foundation, she decided to see her doctor about a persistent cough. Shortly after that visit, she received the diagnosis: lung cancer. Mikel Ollech, a former SLCH patient and now a volunteer, had grown close to Rieker over the years. “He calls her Granny Karen,” Maly-Rodgers says. She called to give him the news.

? DID YOU KNOW? The Children’s Discovery Institute turns 10 years old in 2016! This multidisciplinary, innovation-based research partnership between St. Louis Children’s Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine continues to focus on accelerating discoveries in pediatric research to ultimately find answers for the most devastating childhood diseases and disorders.

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“He was incredibly upset. He texted me at 2:30 in the morning saying, ‘I can’t sleep; I can’t think. What can we do?’” That morning, she came up with an idea. They would create an “affiliate team” for Pedal the Cause—a team of riders who would be pedaling for SLCH. “After working more than 40 years at the hospital, Karen wouldn’t have it any other way,” Maly-Rodgers says. But they would ride in Rieker’s name. Maly-Rodgers served as the team captain of “Karen’s Krew.” When the morning of Pedal arrived, they had a total of 23 members, including virtual riders, spinners and those pedaling the routes. Rieker completed her chemotherapy treatment in August, and with the exception of regular appointments at Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital, she hadn’t left the house for long periods of time. But she wasn’t about to miss Pedal.“I was just so touched,” Rieker says of the team. “I knew I had support, but to see it all together in matching jerseys—it was so special.”

The Sigma-Aldrich Life Science and High Technology Center in St. Louis served as the backdrop for the eighth annual Children’s Discovery Institute (CDI) Symposium, November 18, 2015. Reflecting the evening’s theme, “Wonder at Work,” CDI researchers used panel discussions and interactive presentations to describe the breakthroughs their CDI-funded studies hope to achieve.

Pictured above: CDI researcher Dr. Jessica Pittman, a pediatric pulmonary specialist at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, showcased the advanced techniques she and her colleagues are using to study lung disease in children with cystic fibrosis.

Pedal the Cause: On a Roll to End Cancer

St. Louis Children’s Hospital’s “Karen’s Krew” gathers for a photo.

She arrived in Chesterfield with one goal: She wanted to see each of the riders on her team cross the finish line. “I wanted to thank each of them personally,” she says. And she did. She was there until the last 75-miler crossed the finish line. “It was an amazing thing,” Maly-Rodgers says. Karen’s Krew is hoping for even more amazing results in the future. “Karen has a huge heart, and she’s touched so many people over the years,” Maly-Rodgers says. “I’m grateful we’ve had this opportunity to show her how loved she is.”

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Thank You, St. Louis! For the past few years, St. Louis Children’s Hospital has embarked on a mission to increase the St. Louis region’s recognition of the hospital as a charitable cause worthy of support. Judging by the amount of in-kind gifts raised through holiday drives all around town, that message is resonating in a big way. Now it’s time to say thank you to a few of you…• Container Store for your Holiday Hugs

Sacks, filled with toys, books, games, toiletries and gift cards.

Holiday Gratitude

• Barnes & Noble for hosting the meet-and-greet event that raised awareness about the hospital’s donor-funded school teachers, who make sure our hospitalized kids can keep up with their classmates.

• IKEA St. Louis for asking your customers to purchase soft toys and children’s books and donate them to the hospital.

• PetSmart for giving your holiday shoppers the opportunity to purchase Chance and Lucky stuffed pals for our patients. They are now throughout the hospital spreading comfort everywhere they land.

• Wal-Mart for coming through for our patients again with donated toys for teens and infants.

• Mosby Building Arts for delivering tons of toys from its “Stuff the Truck” event.

• St. Louis non-profit, Fire Truck O’ Toys, for your incredible efforts to deliver toys to hospitalized kids throughout the region.

• Daugherty Business Solutions for delivering stuffed elves to our newborn intensive care unit, in support of the non-profit Catherine Cares. Our tiniest patients and their grateful parents found great comfort in the cheer team Daugherty spread.

Thanks to the support of various organizations and individuals, the holiday season brought joy and hope to patients at Children’s Hospital.

It takes great playmates to make a great Play Date. And St. Louis Children’s Hospital’s 2015 Play Date had just that. In fact, more than 450 friends of the hospital bounced into Union Station ready for a night of fun, games and heaping servings of generosity. They not only supported the event through

their presence, they raised nearly $50,000 through auction items. From the race track to the Barbie Dreamhouse bar, there was something for everyone to remember those days of carefree child’s play. But, as Melissa Rowe, Emme’s mom, reminded the audience, this fundraiser is serious business—and no one gets kids like Children’s Hospital. “From the medical staff to Child Life specialists, everyone is focused on making hospital stays bearable. And we are so grateful for that.”

Play Date Supporters Brought Their Best GameMore than $350,000 raised to support mission-critical programs and services at Children’s Hospital

Guests pose in front of a giant Connect Four® game.

Featured patient, Emme and her mom, Melissa

? DID YOU KNOW? St. Louis Children’s Hospital is home to one of the largest multi-disciplinary research programs on complications of sickle cell disease. 6

Volunteer Spotlight

Silverman Named Head of Pediatrics

Gary A. Silverman, MD, PhD, has been named the Harriet B. Spoehrer Professor and head of the Department of Pediatrics at Washington University School of Med-icine in St. Louis. With the new appoint-ment, effective in April, Silverman will become pediatrician-in-chief at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and executive director of the Children’s Discovery Institute, a

research partnership of the school and hospital. A highly regarded neonatologist, Silverman comes to St. Louis from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, where he is vice chair for basic research in the school’s Department of Pediatrics and at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Silverman succeeds Alan L. Schwartz, PhD, MD, who has led the Department of Pediatrics since 1995. Schwartz will remain on the faculty and devote more time to national leadership commit-ments, mentoring faculty and trainees, and to his research. “I hope to expand upon the delivery of exceptional cut-ting-edge care to all children in need and to continue this institu-tion’s excellence in medical education and community outreach,” Silverman says. “Another crucial mission is to build upon the expertise of the Children’s Discovery Institute while leveraging the entire Washington University biomedical research enterprise to help usher in a transformative era of child health care.”

By looking at the license plate of Don Morton, a volunteer for 21 years at the St. Louis Children’s Hospital Foundation offices, you’d learn his passion pretty quickly. “I VLNTR” (which translates to “I Volunteer”) is the statement Don makes when he is on the road, and it’s a statement he lives to the fullest. Don was first introduced to Children’s Hospital and the Foundation, the hospital’s charitable arm, in 1995, while volunteering at the Hale Irwin Golf Tournament. After retiring from IBM in 1992, he began volunteering on the charity golf tournament circuit, an interest he formed after working the IBM tent at the PGA Tour. Don has two grown children and doesn’t recall needing Children’s Hospital during their childhoods; however, he notes his grandchildren have used hospital services.

But learning about the Foundation at the Hale Irwin Golf Tournament and how many programs and services at the hospital rely on donations was eye-opening. He knew he wanted to get more involved so he began volunteering at the Foundation offices. Don likes the flexibility and variety of projects he has supported over the years. “I prefer to do the things that free up time of others who are raising money for the important stuff at the hospital,” he says. From putting stamps on mailings, to gathering donated bears for the Heart Center, he enjoys “knowing other people are benefiting from the little things I do.” Indeed the Foundation benefits from Don’s incredible generosity and gift of time. “If it weren’t a good experience,” he says, “you wouldn’t see me!”

A volunteer “jack of all trades,” Don stands with a tricycle he assembled, a donation to the hospital from a board member in memory of her son.

Love Lights Our Hearts In 1984, Woody and Jean Woods

turned the tragedy of losing their son into the hopeful tradition of Love Light. And thanks to the Friends and Young Friends of St. Louis Children’s Hospital, the festive lighting ceremony and party remains part of the hospital’s fabric. The Friends and Young Friends work throughout the year to share the hospital’s mission

with the community through service projects and fundraising events. The annual Love Light Festival punctuates the importance of their partnership with the hospital.

Pictured here: St. Louis Children’s Hospital President Joan Magruder joins 2015 Love Light volunteers during patient room visits, bringing gifts and smiles.

A License to Volunteer

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Permanent IRA Charitable Rollover ApprovedImprove the lives of children and enjoy tax benefits by rolling over a portion of your IRA to St. Louis Children’s Hospital Foundation.

In late December 2015, Congress signed into law the IRA Charitable Rollover provision—and now it’s permanent! This law allows donors to contribute a portion of their IRA to a charity, such as St. Louis Children’s Hospital Foundation, and avoid paying any income tax on it.

Who is eligible?Anyone with an IRA who is 70½ years of age or older.

How much can I donate using my IRA?Up to $100,000 in a year.

Does this count toward my minimum distribution that I am required to take from my IRA?Yes. And you will not pay income tax on this distribution when you make a direct transfer from your IRA to St. Louis Children’s Hospital Foundation.

What should I do next?• Talk to your financial advisors.• Begin planning now for 2016

distributions.• Notify your IRA administrator

and tell them you want to make an IRA Charitable Rollover gift to St. Louis Children’s Hospital Foundation.

Questions?Contact Jan Rogers at 314-286-0981 or jbrogers@bjc.org.

NOTE: This is not professional tax or legal advice. Donors should consult their tax and legal advisors regarding their specific situation.

John and Kelly Whicker

Values-Based Estate Planning Your values, your priorities, your intentions. They are yours and yours alone. You can make sure they will always be reflected and protected through values-based estate planning, a free personalized and confidential service offered through St. Louis Children’s Hospital Foundation.

As a no-cost, no-obligation service to our friends and donors, St. Louis Children’s Hospital Foundation offers confidential and comprehensive estate planning consultation services. To ensure your satisfaction, we’ve partnered with one of the nation’s leaders in charitable estate planning, Thompson & Associates. Our advisor Michael Geis will personally guide you through a thorough and thoughtful process to help structure your estate plans according to your wishes. “We have recommended Michael’s services to others and are happy to continue to do so,” says former St. Louis Children’s Hospital Foundation Board Member, John Whicker. “If nothing else, he gets people thinking, and more importantly, preparing for the future.” For more information about the Values-Based Estate Planning process, or to set up your appointment with Michael Geis, please contact Jan Rogers, gift planning manager, at jbrogers@bjc.org or by phone at 314.286.0981.

“We have recommended Michael’s

services to others and are happy to

continue to do so. If nothing else, he

gets people thinking, and more

importantly, preparing for the future.”

—John Whicker

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? DID YOU KNOW? For the second year in a row, St. Louis Children’s Hospital has been recognized as a “Leader in LGBT Healthcare Equality” by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of the country’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization.8

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