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Baseball Appeals Test Donations by Text Message

Baseball fans with mobile phones who watched the Washington Nationals play the Houston Astros last week were invited to support Children's National Medical Center's work to fight pediatric diabetes by sending a text message to make an instant $5 donation, which was then charged to their wireless-phone bill.

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