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FAMB members are
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, The Abbott Fund
announced today that it is providing $1.abbott.com . In the past year
membership increased by almost 50%. The FAMB Foundation was formed
in 2000, to offer educational programs to Mortgage Professionals and
Consumers alike.

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More than 20,000 Afghan women a year die from pregnancy-related
causes, and an estimated 25 percent of Afghan children die before their fifth
birthday, mostly from preventable illnesses and malnutrition. DRI has partnered with the Afghanistan Institute of
Learning (AIL) since 2002."
Founded in 1960, the Florida Association of Mortgage Brokers is
the nation 's oldest and largest professional Mortgage Brokers
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The Foundation's
ongoing dedication to learning and developmentally disabled children
and their families is to be commended.famb. For more information
about FAMB contact Executive Director Karen Wordell-Smith at
800-289-9983.

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"Training Afghan female health professionals is key to increasing access
to quality health care for women and children," said Sakena Yacoobi, founder,
President and Executive Director of AIL.

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ABBOTT PARK, Ill. The KIND Foundation is a
non-profit volunteer organization which assists teachers, parents and
professionals to help developmentally delayed and disabled children.

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"With Abbott Fund's support, we are
significantly expanding our health care training programs for women, as well
as providing critical nutritional supplements and medical care for mothers and
children.
The Abbott Fund is a not-for-profit, philanthropic foundation established
by Abbott, a global, broad-based health care company devoted to the discovery,
development, manufacture and marketing of pharmaceuticals and medical
products, including nutritionals, devices and diagnostics .famb.

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Working in partnership with Direct Relief International (DRI)
and the Afghanistan Institute of Learning (AIL), the Abbott Fund support will
provide training for female health providers and nutritional and
pharmaceutical products for maternal, infant and child health.
AIL serves more than 300,000 women and girls annually.

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Abbott Fund Supports Pioneering Programs Improving the Health of Women and Children

Abbott also is donating $1. In 2004, Abbott and the Abbott Fund donated
more than $300 million in products and funds to non-profit organizations,
philanthropic programs and relief efforts throughout the world. We represent almost 50,000 Mortgage Industry
Professionals and have members all over Florida.org.

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5 million in funding and product
donations to programs aimed at improving the health of women and children in
Afghanistan.

About Abbott and the Abbott Fund
Abbott (NYSE: ABT) has a long history of supporting programs dedicated to
expanding access to health care. The Palm Beach Chapter found
the Run and Fun Walk experience to be very gratifying . The web site allows you to
search for an FAMB member in your area.

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Afghanistan's maternal and infant mortality rates are among the highest in
the world.

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Visit the Foundation Web Site at
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AIL is an Afghan women's non-governmental
organization that was founded in 1995 to assist Afghan women and children.

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4 million in donated products to
directly improve maternal and child health, including Pedialyte(R) rehydration
solution; multivitamins and the nutritional supplements Formance(R) and Ensure
Healthy Mom(R); and the antibiotic Biaxin(R) (clarithromycin).

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The company
employs 60,000 people and markets its products in more than 130 countries .

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The Florida Association of Mortgage Brokers Palm Beach Chapter Participates in KIND Foundation Run

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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.
Palm Beach Chapter President, Kelly Rogers, expressed her chapter's
commitment to the KIND Foundation by stating, "I am extremely proud of
our chapter's affiliation with the KIND Foundation.

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Van Johnson of Deland is the
President and his email is vjohnson@famb.net

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An initial $100,000 grant from the Abbott Fund will support training of
female nurses, birth attendants and health educators to provide skilled
assistance during labor and delivery, as well as care for infants and
children.
Abbott's news releases and other information are available on the
company's Web site at http://www.org. You may email her at famb@supernet.

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About DRI and AIL
Founded in 1948, Direct Relief International (DRI) is a non-profit,
non-sectarian humanitarian assistance organization that has a long history of
working in Afghanistan.----The Palm
Beach Chapter of the Florida Association of Mortgage Brokers (FAMB)
recently sponsored and participated in the 8th Annual KIND (Kids In
Need Developmentally ) Foundation Run and Fun Walk for KIND's Kids
which was held on January 15, 2005.