Political Quotes

“the notion of reflecting for a moment at 9:09 a.m. on September 9, to recognize that during the 9 months of a pregnancy a woman should consume no alcohol, originated with three individuals. They weren't lobbyists or public relations consultants or social marketing experts. They were parents raising fetal alcohol children. In February of 1999, Bonnie Buxton and Brian Philcox of Toronto, Canada and Teresa Kellerman of Tuscon, AZ, all parents of fetal alcohol children, asked each other a question. The question was, ``What if a world full of fetal alcohol parents all got together on the ninth hour, of the ninth day of the ninth month of the year and asked the world to remember that during the nine months of pregnancy a woman should not drink alcohol?'' They asked, ``Would the world listen?'' This simple question launched a worldwide, grassroots movement, organized on e-mail list serves and on the World Wide Web to ask that communities everywhere observe Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Day on September 9. The first International Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Day, or FASDAY as it is known, was observed on September 9, 1999. In the ensuing years, the number of communities observing FASDAY has grown and grown. I am proud that my State of Alaska strongly supports the observance of FASDAY and has published a kit of materials to help communities in my State and elsewhere plan their local observances.”