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Theresa Herget

September 07, 2007

This spring, GreenDimes – a Palo Alto, California-based company dedicated to helping consumers do little things that will add up to make a big difference – joined forces with the Untied Nation Foundation’s Nothing But Nets campaign to combat malaria.

Amy Gray

September 04, 2007

I had been trying for awhile to think of a way to get my five year old, Spencer, involved in some kind of philanthropy. One day he saw me looking at the Nothing But Nets website on my computer and asked me about it.

Shannon Raybold

August 28, 2007

Our top spokesperson and inspiration for the campaign, Rick Reilly appeared on CBS' David Letterman last night to talk about his new book, Hate Mail From Cheerleaders

Kevin Starace

August 28, 2007

Two reports released last week underscore the importance of using long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLINs) to fight malaria.

Kent Millard

August 27, 2007

Last January, St. Luke's launched the Nothing But Nets campaign in our congregation to raise funds to buy malaria preventing mosquito nets to help save the lives of some of the one million people (75% of them children) who die of malaria every year.

Kevin Starace

August 22, 2007

How does Nothing But Nets actually save lives? In the case of Chad, it began with you four weeks ago.

K.B. Sharp

August 21, 2007

They called our game against the Connecticut Sun on Wednesday night a must-win. But sometimes games are about more than just the "W"!

Travis Moore

August 20, 2007

Here in the U.S. we’re fortunate—mosquitoes are just annoying. In Africa, mosquitoes kill, but $10 can save a life. This message will soon be hitting the airwaves as Nothing But Nets teams up with VH1 to create a public service announcement (PSA) to spread the word about how easy it is to send nets and save lives.

Elizabeth McKee Gore

August 15, 2007

It's incredible. Just four weeks ago I was with the United Nations Foundation and Luol Deng of the Chicago Bulls making an emergency appeal for nets to cover more than 200,000 refugees in Chad. Without insecticide-treated nets, it was estimated that 25% of these refugees would die from malaria.

Amy DiElsi

August 09, 2007

The Nothing But Nets team recently traveled to Denver to co-host a women's lunch with Major League Soccer's MLS W.O.R.K.S. The event brought together female leaders from the Denver area to talk about malaria prevention and Nothing But Nets.