Issue Number 18

20 December 2006

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Christmas Greetings from The Statue of Responsibility Foundation!!!

I hope this project update finds each of you well.  This message from Foundation headquarters includes a brief report on activities since our last extensive update in June.  I’ll present news on seven initiatives currently underway, and then list some of our new members.

1. PR Steering Committee organized. This new committee is chaired by Tiffany Baron.  Tiffany and the committee have taken ownership of the Foundation’s long planned ‘Coast to Coast’ Educational Awareness Campaign PR tour.  Phase One of the two phase tour will be implemented while we are in our ‘Pre-Launch Phase’ (see attached document, ‘Past, Present & Future’.  The committee’s next conf. call in January will outline their plan to implement this pr campaign nationwide.  We’re very excited about what they will be doing.
2. “Freedom Isn’t Free”, the book. We are pleased to report that our book project is now close to being finished, first printing is due in Feb. 2007.  Each of you will get a special promotional email soon inviting you to order several first edition copies, so plan on buying at least 10 copies for yourself and friends.  The book will be a fantastic promotional item to further advance the cause of building the monument.  We have secured many high profile authors, including foreword by Warren Bennis, preface by Mark Victor Hansen (Chicken Soup for the Soul), and many many more…  I’ve attached here a version of the table of contents you may want to look over.  The authors in red are those who are members of the Foundation.  Final edit will have about 50 authors in the book.
3. Presentations to potential host cities on West Coast. All of you know how important it is for the project to begin to present the monument opportunity to our four ‘A’ list cities (and two ‘B’ list cities) on the West Coast.  Once a city and land is identified, and contracts signed, the project will take on a whole new life of momentum and the feeling that the monument will really be built.  We are most grateful for the team of companies who are now under contract to make these presentations happen.  Headed by JGS out of Omaha, NE, this team consists of very highly respected companies who specialize in presenting and promoting major tourist attractions and facilities throughout the country.  This is the most important action item for our ‘Pre-Launch Phase’ we entered as of May, 2006 (see attached document The Statue of Responsibility Monument Project: Past, Present, and Future).  As soon as we have sufficient funds donated, we will begin the process of presenting.
4. Fundraising -   Tom Schaff, out of St. Louis, MO, is our new ‘Director of Corporate Giving’.  Tom is a successful businessman who approached the Foundation with the offer to assist us in raising money.  Tom has been actively involved in his work in this regard.  We look forward to his success in this important area of the project.  Our goal for the ‘Pre-Launch Phase’ is $5 million in 18 months.  This will allow us to keep moving ahead on several initiatives.
5. Artist Agreement - It is important, from a fundraising perspective, to have our contract in place and signed between the Foundation and Gary Lee Price, commissioned sculptor for the monument.  We have been working on the document over the last 18 months and are happy to say it is finished.  The trustees will be reviewing it in January with signatures to follow.
6. PR Internship Program - Nick Cottle has offered to organized an aggressive college internship program for the Foundation.  He is a PR major, due to graduate in 2007.  Nick will spearhead the work of the interns and will use them to implement the work of the PR Steering Committee.  An outline of work these interns will be tasked with is attached here.  Nick intends to find interns from universities throughout the country.  We are pleased that younger people are being attracted to the monument project.  This will become a major undertaking of involvement by Generation X and Generation Y young adults.  I’ve attached a document here about the tasks that will be worked on by these interns.
7. Speaking Circuit - I have been encouraged (and pushed out the door) by a trusted friend and member of the Foundation to go on the speaking circuit to help promote the monument project.  This trusted friend has also acted as my speech coach.  I’ve prepared a compelling presentation about the Statue of Responsibility.  So now I will begin to line up speaking engagements.  I have one scheduled for Buenos Aries, Argentina this coming summer.  I am thinking that two to three a month is all I will have time for.  If any of you wish to find out more about scheduling me to make a presentation to any groups you are associated with, give me a call.

Welcome to these new Foundation members.

• Spencer Gardner                       Volunteer at Large                                             UT
• Jason Packard                          Volunteer at Large                                             UT
• Darrell Hinz                               Volunteer at Large                                             CA
• Tom Schaff                               Director of Corporate Giving                              MO
• Elliott Frankl                              Volunteer at Large                                             Canada
• Britton Lind                               Volunteer at Large                                             UT
• Vincent Benedict                       Volunteer at Large                                             UT
• Jessica Roberts                        Volunteer at Large                                             UT
• Gary Waterworth Owen              International Honorary Advisory Council              Zimbabwe (living in UK)
• Emmanuel Ofosu Yegoah          International Honorary Advisory Council              Ghana
• Reese Haller                              National Honorary Advisory Council                   MI
• Tiffany Baron                            PR Steering Committee, Chair                            AZ
• DP Gates                                  PR Steering Committee                                     AZ
• MaryPat Kavanagh                    PR Steering Committee                                     UT
• Nick Cottle                                Volunteer at Large                                             CA (living in UT)
• Tammy Hodges                         Volunteer at Large                                             UT
• Tatiana Funari                            Volunteer at Large                                             Italy

That’s about it for now friends.

I wish each of you a peaceful and meaningful Christmas season.

Sincerely,

Daniel L. Bolz

President & CEO

The Statue of Responsibility Foundation

Issue Number 17

27 October 2006

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Greetings to our growing family of ‘friends of freedom’ for the Statue of Responsibility Foundation…

This update will be a departure from my usual format, in that instead of listing specific activities, I am going to draw your attention to a new film from Australia that has had profound impact on me, and I believe will have a profound impact on the monument project…

I invite you to go to the website www.theSecret.tv and purchase a copy of the DVD titled “The Secret”.

I believe that as we in the Foundation implement this universal principle (the law of attraction), more and more success will be attracted to us, and hence we will see the building of the Statue of Responsibility manifest in reality…

Most sincerely,

Daniel L. Bolz

President & CEO

The Statue of Responsibility Foundation

Issue Number 16

14 June 2006

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Greetings to our Friends of the Foundation…

I hope this message from the Statue of Responsibility headquarters finds each of you doing well.  Many advancements have taken place since our last update in March.

• Our commissioned book project is making headway.  Meetings with our editor/publisher are identifying the best ways to promote the book.  We will be offering a pre-sell option to many and hope each of you will place an order for 5 or 10 books once we are ready.  More to come soon…
• We welcome the following new volunteer members to the Foundation:
1. Dr. Paul T. Wong, President and Founder of the International Network of Personal Meaning.  Paul was born in Hong Kong and now lives in Vancouver, BC, Canada.  Check out his organizations website at www.Meaning.ca
2. Randy Garn, President of Prosper, Inc.  Randy’s company won the Earnst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2005.
3. Troy Copling, volunteer at large from Utah.
4. Kevin Kroneberger, volunteer at large, university student from Colorado.
5. Dennis Gallagher, volunteer at large, California native now living in Utah.
6. A new institutional partner to join in our cause is the INPM (International Network on Personal Meaning).
• One of our current ‘front burner’ initiatives is to schedule and make our initial presentation about the monument project to each of the four potential host cities (San Diego, San Francisco, Long Beach and Seattle).  Our goal is to have the city and the land confirmed by the end of 2006.
• The Foundation has received official invitations to present our monument project at two professional conventions in the near future.  The first convention is the 4^th International Conference on Personal Meaning held in Vancouver, BC, Canada.  This convention will draw close to 1,000 professionals in the health sciences fields from all over the world.  The second convention is the 2^nd Annual Latin American Congress on Logotherapy and Existential Analysis held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.  This convention will also draw close to 1,000 professionals in the health sciences fields from all over Latin America, Italy and Spain.   We are honored to be invited to each of these conventions and look forward to officially introducing the monument project to their attendees.
• Regarding the status of visiting Rome and meeting the Pope.  We have received official permission to meet the Pope in what is called a ‘general audience’.  We intend to follow through with this as soon as funding permits.
• On the topic of funding…  Our big initiative in this regard is contained in the following document titled, “Past, Present and Future”.  I’ve provided it in the body of this update as well as included it as an attachment for those of you who wish to print it out and give it to a potential donor.  Essentially we have completed our ‘Start Up’ phase of the project and have now entered our ‘Pre-Launch’ phase.  Here is the document. The Statue of Responsibility Monument Project: Past, Present, and Future
• You will notice in section I, third bullet, a $1.2 million donation in product and services.  This came as the result of a letter sent to all our project partner companies from our chairman, Kevin Hall.  Each of the partner companies were asked to donate their current invoices to the Foundation, and by so doing, allow our fundraising goals to be reached more quickly.   Many thanks to each of these companies who boldly stepped up to the challenge and did so.  The owners of these companies are true ‘friends of freedom’ and are 100% committed to seeing the Statue of Responsibility monument built…  our hats go off to each of them!
• In as much as we are now in our ‘Pre-Launch’ phase, our goal is to raise $5 million in 18 months.  Our short-term goal is to raise $200k by 15 August.  On this topic I would like to extend the following invitation to each of you…  Currently we have 172 volunteers and members of the Foundation.  The following donation examples are presented:
• *if each of us donates $100 that will equal $17,200 towards our short-term goal

• *if each of us donates $500 that will equal $86,000 towards our short-term goal

• *if each of us donates $1,000 that will equal $172,000 towards our short-term goal

• I am confident that the money will be raised.  Many in the Foundation are working to that end.  I also believe that each of us needs to do our own part to make the monument become a reality.  Each of us needs to make a donation of sacrifice to become part of the history we are making.  I invite you to consider the above donation options and choose one.  All donations should be mailed to:

Statue of Responsibility Foundation

Attn:  Donations

2825 East Cottonwood Parkway, Suite 500

SLC, UT 84121

• On the topic of volunteers making ‘buzz’ about the monument project, two examples are shared here.
1. 1. Dr. Alex Pattakos from New Mexico, President of The Innovation Group, is creating quite a stir internationally about the monument project via his Personal Responsibility Dialogue at the Global Dialogue Center.  Check out this link to see what people are saying:  www.globaldialoguecenter.com/responsibility.  Thank you Alex!
2. 2. Mark S. Rogers from Michigan was successful in getting a story about the monument project printed in a local Michigan paper and is now contacting radio talk show hosts, politicians, and even the White House to arrange meetings and interviews.  Way to go Mark!

In conclusion:  We continue to meet people who want to be involved in this historic project.  Many are volunteering their time to help.  A heartfelt “thank you” to each of you who are supporting this worthy and much needed cause.

We will be successful in our quest – of this I am sure.

“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant.”

Robert Louis Stevenson

Sincerely,

Daniel Bolz

President & CEO

The Statue of Responsibility Foundation

Issue Number 15

16 March 2006

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Greetings Friends of the Foundation, and Friends of Freedom!!

Many good developments have happened since our last project update in December 2005. Listed here is a summary of those developments:

• The trustees met in December and among other items, approved a policy that allows the Foundation to acquire new board members as the Foundation grows and the monument project speeds up. Specific terms of service, tasks to be completed, suggested donation amounts etc. are all listed in this policy.
• Thanks to an idea suggested by board member Michael Levine, our commissioned book project is well underway. Our editor has acquired articles from 116 authors who have written about some aspect of responsibility in society. These will be pruned down to a final of count of 50 articles. Design for the book jacket has been completed and arrangements to pre-sell the book and have it distributed are underway. The Foundation will use the book as a public relations tool as well as a fund raising tool. Invitations have been sent to Senator John McCain and Bishop Desmond TuTu to write the foreword for the book.
• New corporate and institutional partners include:
  1. The Good Idea Group, CA
  2. Prosper, Inc., UT
  3. The Center of Logotherapy and Existential Analysis, Argentine Catholic University, Argentina
• New members include:
  1. Paul C. Godfrey, Ph.D, UT
  2. Paul Rusesabagina, Belgium
  3. Dr. Claudio Cesar Garcia Pintos, Argentina
  4. Tom Holdman, UT
  5. Dr. Nabyl Eddahar, Morocco
  6. George S. McGovern, SD

Info on these new members:

1. Paul Godfrey - Paul wrote a major research paper about how valuable giving to philanthropic causes is to corporations. He is advising us on corporations that may be interested in providing sponsorship donations to the monument.

2. Paul Rusesabagina - Paul is the main character portrayed in the movie “Hotel Rwanda”. He will create ‘buzz’ about the monument project as he tours the world speaking out against genocide. If you have not yet seen the movie, I highly recommend it. Paul was directly responsible for saving over 1,200 lives in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, Africa, which ended in the killing of 1 million people in 100 days. Paul was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Bush in November 2005. Paul is a member of our International Honorary Advisory Council.

3. Dr. Pintos - Dr. Pintos is the director of the Logotherapy Institute at the Argentine Catholic University in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Dr. Pintos is also a contributing author for our book. He has invited the Foundation to introduce the monument project at upcoming conventions in Argentina 2007. Dr. Pintos is a member of our International Honorary Advisory Council.

4. Tom Holdman New member of our ‘Building Committee’. - Tom and his company, Holdman Studios, will be responsible for designing the stained glass sections in the Visitors’ Center. Tom is an internationally acclaimed artist.

5. Dr. Nabyl Eddahar - Dr. Eddahar is a Senior Fulbright Scholar living in Morocco. Dr. Eddahar is Muslim and will be a contributing author in our book. Dr. Eddahar is a member of our International Honorary Advisory Council.

6. George S. McGovern (ret. UN Ambassador and US Senator from South Dakota) - George McGovern ran against Richard Nixon in the presidential race of 1972. Still active at age 83, Sen. McGovern is involved in humanitarian causes such as world hunger. George McGovern is a member of our National Honorary Advisory Council.

7. A new fund raising plan, that is designed to attract both new board members and donors (corporate, individual and foundations), has recently been approved by the board of trustees and will soon be implemented.

• Michael Levine, one of our trustees, arranged to have our Statue of Responsibility Foundation website listed on his Levine E-Lert (LBN E-Lert) electronic email service as the ‘Charity of the Week’ on December 17 and 18, 2005. His company’s e-news service is read daily by over 145,000 influential people worldwide.
• Moved to a front burner project, is making our formal presentations to each of the four potential cities where the monument will be built. It is our intent to begin these presentations soon, with the plan to have a community and location confirmed by the end of 2006. The four potential locations are: San Diego Harbor, Los Angeles coastal area (Long Beach Harbor), San Francisco Bay, and Puget Sound (Seattle).

In conclusion: This year, 2006, is the Foundation’s year to turn the corner on fund raising. We have several plans in place now which will begin this turning. Our organization is well represented by dedicated individuals from around the world. I am convinced that we will succeed in our cause to build the ‘most compelling monument of the 21^st Century’.

Thank you for your commitment and dedication to this historic undertaking.

“Success on any major scale requires you to accept responsibility!! In the final analysis, the one quality that all successful people have is the ability to take on responsibility.”- Michael Korda

I extend my personal appreciation to each of you who have taken on this additional responsibility amidst your busy personal lives, to help in ways that only you can, to see that the Statue of Responsibility is built. Every bit of energy, every small task, every donation of time or money, every action to help create ‘buzz’ about the project, has an impact on our ultimate success.

Daniel L. Bolz

President & CEO

The Statue of Responsibility Foundation

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Issue Number 12

10 June 2005

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It is time for another project update.  Much has happened since our last communication on May 6^th, 2005.

Our Foundation is growing in numbers, in influence, in diversity, and in geographic reach.  We now have over 65 Foundation volunteers that span 13 states and 4 foreign countries.  I have attached our updated “Project Statistics” document for your review.  This document is now posted on our web site and is updated monthly.

From the comments we continually get, we are more and more convinced of the need to build the Statue of Responsibility just as soon as we possibly can.  I keep a file on ‘positive vs negative’ comments about building the monument, and on the actual design as sculpted by artist Gary Lee Price.  To date, we have a 14 to 1 ratio, that is 14 in positive support to 1 on the negative side.

We are getting much closer to implementing our three pronged strategy for funding.  As many of you know, one of those prongs is to present the monument project to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.  We now have three contacts to him via various board members.  One of those contacts is involved in an initial meeting with the Governor today.  Please send all your positive thoughts etc. in that direction.

Here is a brief listing of some highlights of the past month or so.

• Jack Canfield, (CA) author, speaker and founder of the Chicken Soup for the Soul book series is now an official member of our Honorary Advisory Board!  Jack has written 57 titles, sold 80 million books in 32 languages.  He brings immense strength to the monument project.  His press release will appear by the end of June.
• Two new board of trustee members:
  1. Michael Levine, (CA).  Author of 16 books and a major public relations figure in the country.  See his press release on our web site.
  2. Dr. Ann Graber, (MO).  Author and past Director of Distant Learning for the Viktor Frankl Institute.  Ann is from Croatia.  See her press release on our web site.
• Other new members include:
  1. Dr. Jeffry Finnigan (WA).  Public Relations Committee.  See his new press release.
  2. Dr. Pamela Zuker (CO).  Co-chair, Human Development Committee.  See her new press release.
  3. Steve Southwick, M.D. (CT).  Member, Public Relations Committee.
  4. Dr. George Rice, (LA).  Member, Education Committee
  5. Louisa Vallejo, MBA, (Columbia).  Co-chair, Student Committee
  6. Amber Esping, (IN).  Student Committee
  7. Dr. Ewert Cousins, (CT).  Co-chair, Religion Committee.  See his new press release.
  8. Rev. Jack Swank, (IL). Co-chair, Military Committee.  Jack is a decorated, retired military chaplain.  His press release will be posted by the end of June.
• New project partner companies:
  1. DirectPointe.  (IT Services).  See new press release
  2. Latham & Watkins, LLP.  (International Law).  Press release will be posted by end of June.
  3. NCW Non-Profit Consultants West.  (fund-raising, grant writing, board training, consulting).
• We have signed a contract with our web site company, World Net Services, Inc. to upgrade our site to be able to take donations online.
• Many new features are now on our web site.  Some of these include; more photos, new home page, DVD and 3-D computer animation of monument viewable on site (just click and view), News Room – many new articles and press releases, Foundation Directory, new donor category, Program Needs page (a break down of funds needed for all aspects of the project – see this under CALL TO ACTION).
• Dr. Covey discussed the monument project at a large ‘hospitality industry’ convention in NYC, held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.
• Presentations were made to Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International Management (AZ) and Life University (GA and CA).  Invitations were extended to these two institutions to become institutional sponsors.
• The Foundation has been invited to officially introduce the monument project at the Viktor Frankl Institute of Logotherapy World Congress convention in Dallas the week of 21-26 June, 2005.  The convention will be attended by professionals from several countries around the world.
• NewsMax Magazine, a national publication, chief reporter Dave Eberhart, interviewed the Foundation and printed a full page article on the monument project.  You can view the article on our web site, NEWS ROOM, Articles.
• Daniel Bolz has been invited to make a formal presentation to Utah state officials and members of Rotary International.  If all goes well, arrangements will be made to meet with national leaders regarding institutional sponsorship.
• Donations are still needed (see letter attachment on Update #11) to keep us on track.  Your financial support is appreciated.
• Our several leased office locations (see CONTACT US on web site) are available to Foundation members to make presentations to potential contributors.  Instructions on the web site explain how. These offices are made available through our project partner company DaVinci Property Management.  Using leased office space is the most cost effective way to make available Class A office space without having to pay to fully staff numerous offices.

Conclusion.

As we gain more and more traction, as more and more people become aware of our cause, as those of influence and means support our mission financially to build the Statue of Responsibility, as those with limited influence and means support the project as they can, the message that ‘Liberty + Responsibility = Our Freedom’ will become instilled in the hearts and minds of society.  Once the message is instilled, the national (and international) dialogue will ensue.  There will be many who will want to discredit our cause.  There will be many naysayers along the way.  At the same time, their will be many who will want to engage in the dialogue and who will support the building of the monument.

As I see it, 100 years from today, each of us will dead.  It is up to each of us to decide today how we will play a part in building a monument that will become known as a bookend to Lady Liberty – a monument of immense purpose and influence.  A monument that will be a symbol of lasting freedom to people around the world.  I believe that life is calling out to everyone who becomes aware of our cause and who wishes to see the task completed – to make it happen.

Each of us must be strong and sure of our objective.  Each of us must choose to be a positive advocate of what we are all about.  Each of us must believe with every fiber of our being that the cause of lasting freedom requires nothing less than total commitment.  As the last scene in ‘BraveHeart’ portrayed, the great Scottish patriot William Wallace gave his last breath in crying out loud for the cause of ‘freedom’.

We may not be called upon to sacrifice our lives for the cause of freedom today, but we must believe in our hearts that the cause of lasting freedom has as much importance and significance today as it did then.

I for one, believe that to be so.

As we say in our brochure, “There comes a time in a nation’s history when its core values must be re-visited, re-energized, and re-enthroned, in order for that nation to endure.”   The Statue of Responsibility, when it is standing proud and tall on the West Coast of America, will become the lightning rod for that review of what we stand for, and for what the principle of freedom means to all who possess it, to all who seek it.

Thank you for all you do in supporting the Foundation in our massive undertaking to build the Statue of Responsibility.  You are forging a legacy of personal commitment that your descendants will revere you for, forever.

Daniel L. Bolz
President & CEO
The Statue of Responsibility Foundation

Issue Number 05

15 September 2004

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HELLO TO ALL PROJECT PARTNERS, CONSULTANTS AND FRIENDS OF THE STATUE OF RESPONSIBILITY PROJECT!!!

FOLLOWING IS A BRIEF UPDATE ON OUR ACTIVITIES AS OF 14 SEPTEMBER ‘04.  IT IS YOUR HELP, GOOD WORK AND COMMITMENT TO THE PROJECT THAT HAS MOVED US ALONG TO THIS POINT.  MY HAT GOES OFF TO EACH OF YOU.

• Our email list of project partners, consultants and friends has grown to 40.
• Our ‘Honorary International Advisory Board’ is officially in place.  Dr. Johann Wondra, past director of the Berg Theatre in Vienna, Austria is our first member.  Dr. Wondra will be introducing the project to the Frankl family and inviting them to sit on that board.  Please send your good vibes and thoughts to him for success in his task.
• Our introductory video is being produced.  We have interviews of Peter Vidmar, Dr. Stephen Covey, Kevin Hall, Gary Lee Price.  Coming are interviews of Bill Cosby, Senator Orrin Hatch, the Frankl’s (hopefully) and a few others.
• Our web site, www.statueofresponsibilityfoundation.org, is up and running.  We are adding a new main menu button called ‘NEWS’ which will feature live photos of the 13 foot prototype and live interviews taken for the video and strategy meetings with senator hatch, our ‘kick-off’ meeting and others.
• VIP letters are going to four living presidents to act as the national spokesman team.  Additional letters are going out from Senator Hatch to potential financial partners.  Other letters are going out from Dr. Covey to several additional VIPs.
• A meeting is in place with Wells Fargo for the first of October.
• Our initial phase of marketing collateral has been printed.  The second phase of materials including kit cover, case for support and several other items are being finalized.
• Firm bid prices are being secured for the monument and base building (visitors center)

I said I would make this a “brief” update so I guess I had better stop here.  Each of you and your companies are to be congratulated for your fine work in moving this national monument project ahead.  We are getting closer on every front.

There have been numerous behind the scenes meetings concerning all aspects of the project.  What I can say is that momentum is continuing to build and we will soon have a financial partner on board.  When our national spokesman team is in place we will be moving at fast forward.

All the very best to each of you!  May success be ours in this most noble project.

Best Regards,

Daniel Bolz

Issue Number 24

05 May 2009

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Greetings Fellow ‘Friends of Freedom’:

In this issue we have chosen to showcase the Foundations’ educational program, “Pennies for Freedom” and spotlight the most recent school that hosted the program.

First, a brief overview of “Pennies for Freedom”.

This educational awareness program was the brainchild of Reese Haller from Michigan. Reese is the youngest published author in America. He is only 12 years old and has written several books and travels the country with his father speaking to school groups about the joy of reading and writing (ReeseHaller.com). While Reese was being interviewed for our new DVD (you can see it on our website), Reese was asked how young school children could help build the monument. Reese then thought that children could collect pennies from home and bring them to school. He suggested that they collect enough so that if stacked up, would reach 300 feet tall, the same height as both the Statue of Liberty and the Statue of Responsibility…

And hence was born the “Pennies for Freedom” program…

Big kudos to Reese!!!

I’ve attached some documents to this Newsletter if any of you want to read about the current structure of the program…

Thus far we have had six schools run the program:

1. Payson Jr. High School

2. Mt. Nebo Jr. High School

3. American Leadership Academy – High School

4. American Leadership Academy – Jr. High School

5. American Leadership Academy – Elementary School

6. Brinley Middle School

And now for our spotlight…

The Brinley Grizzlies…

Brinley Middle School in Las Vegas, NV has 1,088 students. Their student council planned the ‘kick-off’ assembly and promoted the program throughout their school. They held a poster decorating competition, a play, assemblies and rallies, all to create excitement and understanding about the Statue of Responsibility.

Brinley Middle School principal, Sharon Beatty said of the program:

“Students at Brinley Middle School embraced the creation of a Statue of Responsibility as the counterpoint to our nation’s inspiring symbol of freedom, the Statue of Liberty. Our culturally diverse students dedicated themselves to fundraising for Pennies for Freedom so that they could participate in the creation of a compelling monument. Our student Council provided the impetus for the fundraising. Using class to class competitions, assemblies, musical productions, and appeals for lunchtime donations, our students raised $1001.36. Brinley Middle School students were excited about being a part of history.”

The schools student body president, Sandra Larios, said:

“The students at Brinley learned how to commit to promises.”

The student body at Brinley Middle School is a picture of America’s ‘melting pot’ with a broad mix of nationalities and races. The students loved being involved in the program and created excellent posters that spoke to the connection between liberty, responsibility and freedom. Demographics for the school are:

· 51% Hispanic

· 23% African American

· 21% White

Attached to this Newsletter are some selected photos of the students participating in the program.

In conclusion…

The Foundation is inviting several more schools from different areas of the country to participate in the Pennies for Freedom program. In time, our film crew (CreativeMediaGroup.com) will create a documentary film about the program. This documentary will be distributed throughout the country to all school districts who want to let their students participate in the building of the Statue of Responsibility monument…

Until our next Newsletter, thank you to all who have helped our Foundation accomplish what we have to date. We are at a most exciting and pivotal point in the monument project. Our ‘Pre-Launch Phase’, which we are now in, will see us begin to present to the potential host cities on the west coast. Several other initiatives including our internet campaign will let millions of people know about this historic movement to create a monument that speaks to preserving freedom.

If there ever was a time in our history to be about building a monument that speaks to a new era of responsibility, then this is that time… With great liberty comes great responsibility, and by combining the two we will be able to see that our freedoms are enjoyed by future generations…

Thank you to Dr. Viktor E. Frankl, Vienna doctor and Holocaust survivor, and author of ‘Man’s Search for Meaning’, for introducing the idea to build this monument. Even though he died in 1997, we remain committed to seeing his vision become reality. As his widow, Dr. Eleonore Frankl has said, “now is the time to build this monument.”

Reminder, if you have not yet purchased the Foundations new book, ‘Responsibility 911’, go to our website and order some for you and your friends…

Sincerely.

Daniel Bolz

Issue Number 08

23 November 2004

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This is the most important project update thus far…  it represents another major giant step forward towards our ultimate goal of building the Statue of Responsibility monument on the west coast of America.Google Alert - ediscovery

The topic of this update is our just completed trip to Vienna, Austria.  Our delegation included ten members from the U.S. and one from Vienna.  Our group included several trustees, the artist and of course the film crew and photographer.  Our Vienna member was Dr. Johann Wondra.  We spent the past week in Vienna, basically from 15 November to 21 November, 2004.

The bottom line from the trip was that we exceeded each of our listed goals for the trip, and more than that, had several things happen that were ‘icing on the cake’ moments.  We established sincere new friendships with the Frankl family.  We received a solid endorsement of our Foundation, the project, and the design of the monument.   The film crew shot over 3 hours of interviews and ‘b’ footage of Vienna.  Here is an outline form of some of the things we did.

Met with Mrs. Frankl (she is 80 years old) and extended family members and officials from the Frankl Institute, viewed the Dr. Covey personal message video.

Set up and conducted six personal interviews including Mrs. Frankl, her two grandchildren, one university student, two officials from the Frankl Institute.

Attended a wonderful Austrian party in the home/restaurant where Beethoven wrote his 9^th symphony.

Were invited to a private 2 hour visit/tour of the personal residence of Mrs. Frankl where she shared many touching stories about her and Dr. Frankl.  Saw his personal study and his favorite statue, the ‘Suffering Man’.  She talked about how much she thinks the Gary Price design for the Statue of Responsibility is what Viktor would have wanted.

Our meeting with the president of Austria, Dr. Heinz Fischer, was postponed until  today.  Our local board member and an official from the Frankl Institute will make the presentation and deliver project materials, renderings and the 16″ sculpture to him.  Also on the note of Austrian government officials.  I received a call just prior to leaving for Vienna from the Austrian consulate here in Utah.  He has discussed our project with the secretary general for Austria who offices in Los Angeles, CA.  They both urgently want to meet with us upon our return to discuss how Austria can/should be involved with the monument project…

We set a tentative date of mid May, 2005, for a return trip to Vienna.  Here we will meet with President Fischer and attend some more social events with our new friends in Vienna.

It is hard for me to convey the emotion of this trip.  Many very special and very private moments were had by everyone from our delegation as well as from the Frankl group.  It is also hard to properly share the deep friendships we have established with Mrs. Frankl and her family.  They love the project, they love the design of the monument.  They are committed to help us in any way they can to see it completed successfully.  They have agreed to sit on our international honorary advisory board.  Also, Mrs. Frankl gave us a challenge to complete the project in her lifetime.  She wants to attend the dedication with her family.  She said that she believes Viktor is helping us from heaven…

That’s it for now.  We have lots of work to do.  Again, thanks to each of you for your commitment and support.

P.S.  we now have some new photos posted on the web site…  perhaps in a few weeks or so we will post some of our new photos from the Vienna trip…

Best regards,

Daniel Bolz

Issue Number 04

9 July 2004

www.SORfoundation.org

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TO ALL STATUE OF RESPONSIBILITY PROJECT PARNTERS…  A BIG ‘THANK YOU’ FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN OUR HIGLY SUCCESSFUL ‘KICK-OFF’ MEETING ON 7 JULY…

I CONGRATULATE EACH OF YOU FOR DOING SUCH A PROFESSIONAL JOB IN PRESENTING YOUR COMPANY’S CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROJECT, AND FOR YOUR PERSONAL COMMENTS REGARDING THE ENTIRE UNDERTAKING…  WE ARE ALL ABOUT BUILDING A NATIONAL MONUMENT ON THE WEST COAST THAT WILL STAND AS A BOOKEND TO LADY LIBERTY ON THE EAST COAST.  THE MESSAGE OF RESPONSIBILITY IS CLEAR, THE MESSAGE IN NEEDED AND THE MESSAGE VIA THE MONUMENT WILL SOON BECOME REALITY…

THE FILM CREW SHOT PORTIONS OF THE MEETING FOR LATER USE AND ALSO SUCCESSFULLY INTERVIEWED PETER VIDMAR FOR THEIR INTRODUCTORY VIDEO THEY ARE WORKING ON NOW FOR THE PROJECT.

IN ALL WE HAD 18 PEOPLE ATTEND THE MEETING.

MY NEXT STEP IS TO FINALIZE OUR WEB SITE AND PRINT COLLATERIAL.  THIS SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF JULY.  NEXT, I  WILL BEGIN TO MAKE  PRESENTATIONS TO SECURE OUR FINANCIAL PARTNER.  THE FINANCIAL PARTNER WILL OPEN THE BANK ACCOUNT AND DEPOSIT $5 TO $10 MILLION SO THAT THE ORGANIZATION CAN MOVE AHEAD TOWARDS FINDING THE GIFTORS FOR THE $200 MILLION NEEDED TO BUILD THE MONUMENT AND VISITOR’S CENTER, PARK ETC…

CALL ME IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS AS TO WHAT EACH OF YOUR ‘NEXT STEPS’ ARE…

REGARDS,

DANIEL BOLZ

Issue Number 09

26 January 2005

www.SORfoundation.org

Our last update #8, dated 23 November 2004, gave a report on our trip to Vienna to meet and interview the Frankl family and officials of the Viktor Frankl Institute…  this update #9 will bring you the latest news on several fronts…  You will notice an attachment to this update.  It is from the monument sculptor, Gary Lee Price.  He wrote down his thoughts and reflections concerning the monument while we were in Vienna in November.  The attachment also appears on our web site under the “About the Artist’ section.   I encourage you to read it…

• The Foundation officially began our fundraising (prior to having our national fundraising chairman in place) in December 2004.  As a result of meetings in NYC, we have secured a commitment to raise $30 million in a specific industry sector.  One additional cash donation was received in December.
• The Vienna trip resulted in many positive things happening as reported previously.  Additionally, we have obtained official acknowledgement that the President of Austria, Dr. Heinz Fischer, has agreed to sit on our International Honorary Advisory Board.  He is also extending a personal invitation to the President of the Czech Republic, Vaclav Havel and Lech Walesa (a Nobel Peace Prize winner) of Poland, to also sit on that same board.  Both Mr. Havel and Mr. Welesa are ‘friends of freedom’ and will add much to that board.  We are scheduled to take our film crew and photographer back to Vienna in May 2005 to interview President Fischer and hopefully Mr. Havel (in Prague) and Mr. Walesa.
• Dr. Stephen R. Covey, Chairman of the Honorary Advisory Board, sent personal invitation letters to the following:
• James Earl Jones
• Lech Walesa
• Mikhail Gorbachev
• Margaret Thatcher
• Oprah Winfrey
• Dr. Phil McGraw
• General Norman Schwarzkopf
• Paul Harvey
• Nelson Mandela
• Senator Elizabeth Dole
• Edward James Olmos.
• A personal letter and project materials was also sent to Anthony Robbins in California.  Tony has since responded and we are continuing our discussion with him regarding our invitation to sit on our Honorary Advisory Board.
• We currently have over 75 people and companies on our master email directory.
• Our Religion Steering Committee is now chaired by the distinguished Dr. Huston Smith of Berkeley CA, author of “The Worlds Religions”.  Dr. Ann V. Graber of St. Louis also now sits on that committee.  Ann authored a wonderful book titled, “Viktor Frankl’s Logotherapy – Method of Choice in Ecumenical Pastoral Psychology”.
• The Foundation officially received our IRS non-profit corporate status.   The usual turn-around time is 6 months, we got ours in under 2 months!!!
• Additional new members of our Honorary Advisory Board include: Loida Nicolas-Lewis, CEO of Beatrice Foods and Alice Elliot, Pres. & CEO of the Elliot Group.  Both of these women are leaders in their fields and headquarter out of NYC.
• New to our International Honorary Advisory Board, in addition to President Fischer, is Dr. Alexander Batthyany.  Alexander is Director of Archives for the Frankl Institute in Vienna and has been very helpful (along with Alexander Vesely, Dr. Frankl’s grandson) in getting our film company actual footage of Dr. Frankl which will appear in our DVD.
• Olympic Gold Medalist, Peter Vidmar, our chairman of the Sports Steering Committee, is in the process of inviting Olympic Gold Medalist Mary Lou Retton and U.S Men’s hockey team captain and  Gold Medalist, Mike Eruzioni (if you have not yet seen the movie “Miracle”, you need to…) to also sit on that committee.
• Status on our final project presentation collateral.  Our brochure was just printed.  It is great!  Our ‘Case for Support’ is being finalized this week and will then go to press.  Our introductory DVD is in the final editing stage and will be ready in a week or two.
• Web site.  Several new additions appear on the site.  Extended photos now appear under a separate “Photos” main menu button.  Photos from the Vienna trip will be posted within two weeks.  We met with our web site company, World Net Services, Inc. this week and discussed steps to upgrade our site to make it e-commerce capable (that’s for raising money and taking contributions).  Many more dynamic features will be added in the coming months.  Additionally, as soon as the DVD is completed and approved by our friends in Vienna, it will be viewable on our web site.  Also viewable at that time will be the video clips of the 3-D rendering of the monument that has been created for the DVD.  They are called ‘fly throughs’ because you see the monument as if you were flying in a plane or helicopter.  I’ve seen these 3-D views and they are fantastic…
• We are planning our next big meeting in California.  It will be with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife Maria Shriver.
• Also on our web site.  You can now use a shorter URL to access the site.  It is www.sorfoundation.org
• 2005 is our year to launch our national and international pubic relations campaign.  Initially we will partner with all of the Frankl Institute celebrations scheduled around the world to honor the Centennial Celebration of the birth of Dr. Frankl.   These are located in:  Vienna, Salzburg, Mexico City, Dallas,  and Buenos Aires.  Additionally, our PR firm in NYC will coordinate more events in addition to the full page ads in the Wall St. Journal and USA Today.
• We have held meetings with the Austrian Consulate here in the U.S. and continue to hold these.  Topic of discussion is what role Austria should play in the building of the monument…
• As soon as our presentation collateral is completed we will be sending letters of invitation, with our materials, to all the other S.O.R. organizations in the country.  There are five we know of.  We will be inviting them to join with us in making the Statue of Responsibility a reality.
• Also on the web site, you will notice under ‘Contacts’ that we now have offices locations in several cities which can be used by our board members for meetings and to make presentations to prospective donors, the press etc.  These locations are:  Vienna, New York City, Seattle, Salt Lake City, San Diego

A few closing remarks.

1. We need all our project partner companies (who have active web sites of their own), to assist the Foundation appear more aggressively on the internet when someone does a Google or Yahoo search.  We and our web site company are working on many of these ways.  One very important way each of you can help is to post a ‘hot link’ on your site to our site.  We suggest putting this hot link on your home page so it is readily viewable to your customers.  To make this easy for you, we will be sending all of you an email (from WNSI, our web site development company) with a selection of these links to pick from and step by step instructions outlining how to post it.  Please help us with this important item by posting one of these ‘hot links’ on your home page.  More details will follow.
2. I wish to thank each of our project partner companies for their continued support and enthusiasm for this massive project!  We would not be where we are today without their assistance.  These companies have made a serious donation of time, money and materials, which now totals over $400,000.  Thank you.  These companies are:
1. Fillmore Spencer Law Firm
2. Squire & Company CPA’s
3. World Net Services, Inc.
4. Van Schelt Design, L.C.
5. Kenneth Linge Photography
6. Paradigm International, Inc.
7. Gary Lee Price Studios, Inc.
8. Creative Media Group, Inc.
9. Kinateder & Associates
10. Eye To Eye Consulting
11. DAZ Productions
12. Copies Plus Printing
13. Davinci Suites
14. Art Editions Printing
15. Coltrin & Associates

I will be the first to admit that this undertaking is not for the timid or faint-hearted…  The last two years have been a hard and most challenging struggle.  A struggle I might add, that is worth it.  We are about building an agent for change in our country (and others on the planet who thirst after freedom).  This monument is needed in our time.  Soon we will have the support of very influential ‘movers and shakers’ in the form of our National Spokesman and National Fundraising Chairman.  When that happens, each of us will look back to these days and take a pause – a pause of gratitude for having had the distinct honor to do our part.  I have found that extraordinary achievements require extraordinary risk and sacrifice.  Maybe that’s just the way things are…

Thanks Friends,

Daniel Bolz