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The Department of Defense, Military Postal Service Agency, and the Veterans
of Foreign Wars (VFW) and their Ladies Auxiliaries are cooperating in a letter
writing campaign, "Tell them You Care." The project allows Americans
to send cards and letters to service members deployed to the former area of
Yugoslavia. If you are interested in this project, contact your local VFW unit
or contact 1st Lt. Craig Erlanger at 703-325-7851 or craig.erlanger@hqda.army.mil.
American Demographics reported on a study by Nielsen/Net Ratings on the percent of people with Internet access. Find your city in the US to see if building an Internet presence is worth it!
| San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose | 61% |
| San Diego | 58% |
| Washington, DC | 56% |
| Seattle-Tacoma | 55% |
| Portland, OR | 54% |
| Boston | 51% |
| Dallas-Ft. Worth | 47.6% |
| Denver | 47.3% |
| Atlanta | 46% |
| Los Angeles | 43% |
| Phoenix | 42% |
| Chicago | 41.7% |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Sarasota | 41.5% |
| New York | 41.3% |
| Houston | 41% |
| Detroit | 40% |
| Philadelphia | 40% |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul | 38% |
| Miami-Ft. Lauderdale | 36.9% |
| Cleveland | 36.8% |
According the US Internal Revenue Service, the number of nonprofit charities that filed informational tax returns rose from 180,931 in 1995 to 192,059 in 1996. Total revenue reported was $704 billion.