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- S.O.S. Campaign Launch & Film Screening - Register Now
- SS United States in USA Today
- "Plank Owner" Campaign Gaining Momentum
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New York City S.O.S. Campaign Kick-off and Film Screening
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Still Time to Register Before Thursday March 11, 2010
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 The Conservancy's S.O.S. "Save Our Ship" campaign will get its official kick-off this coming Thursday, March 11, in the home city of the SS United States... New York. The award-winning American Public Television
documentary, SS
United States: Lady in Waiting, will be screened as well. The event will take place at the National Academy
Museum (1083 Fifth Avenue, at 89th Street in Manhattan) on Thursday, March
11th, 7 p.m., followed by a reception and call to action.
A brief presentation and reception will follow the film screening,
including remarks by several members of the
Conservancy's Board of Directors and Advisory Council, including Walter Cronkite IV. The late Walter Cronkite was Honorary Chair of the Conservancy's Advisory Council, and we are delighted that his grandson has embraced the cause!
 'The Big U,' an award-winning photograph by Philly photographer Craig Billow, will be auctioned as well. Printed on museum quality paper, framed, and signed by the artist, this stunning image perfectly captures our national flagship's current plight. Many thanks to Mr. Billow for his generous contribution.
Elaine Kaplan, a New York-born nautical engineer with Gibbs & Cox, the firm
that designed the SS United States, will also be honored in remarks by her daughter,
Susan Caccavale. Ms.
Kaplan was a pioneer in her field in the 1940s and '50s, designing the top
secret propellers which pushed the vessel to break the transatlantic speed
record, maintained to this day.
Registration is via the Conservancy website.
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SS United States in USA Today!
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As the Conservancy's media outreach continue to expand, the plight of our nation's flagship was covered in today's issue of USA Today. To read, please CLICK HERE.
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National Plank Owner Campaign Gains Momentum
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Save our Ship: Building a National Groundswell of Support
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The
Conservancy's new national campaign titled "Save Our Ship"
(SOS) offers a "Plank Owner" certificate for tax-deductible
donations of at least $25 via its new donor website: www.ssusplankowner.org.
Please click on the link and give as generously as you can. If every American gives just $5 or $25 dollars, the SS United States could be saved, but we urgently need your generous contributions NOW. In the few days since the Campaign's launch, individual supporters from around the nation have donated almost $22,000! To those of you who have already become Plank Owners, thank you so much!
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For the latest news about the SS United States, please
visit our Save Our Ship blog
Please visit our bookstore on Blurb.com.
Please support our efforts to save the SS United States by
visiting our store.
SS United States Conservancy
P.O. Box 32115
Washington, DC 20007
(888)-488-7787
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