Patrick Henry is most famous for a speech he gave in seventeen seventy-five to support his proposal to raise forces to defend the colony of Virginia against the British.

VOA: special.2009.04.24

A North Carolina lawyer named Phil Evans organized a group called the First Colony Foundation to raise money for this purpose.

VOA: special.2009.08.17

She also began to raise money for her dream of a permanent, non-profit school for the higher education of women.

VOA: special.2010.06.27

Last week,government scientists in the United States announced the discovery of two antibodies that raise hopes for an AIDS vaccine.

VOA: special.2010.07.14

People walked thirty-two kilometers a day for three days to increase public awareness and raise money to fight breast cancer.

VOA: special.2009.11.02

Pink is commonly used by groups that try to raise money to search for a cure for the disease.

VOA: special.2009.03.29

Two years later, an American group was formed to raise money to pay for a pedestal to support the statue.

VOA: special.2009.06.29

Yet France may raise the age limit for beer and wine sales to eighteen, the same as for hard liquor there.

VOA: special.2009.04.02

GAC,a cable television network for country music, broadcast a program May sixteenth to raise money for relief efforts.

VOA: special.2010.05.17

After the earthquake, President Obama asked former presidents Bill Clinton and George W.Bush to raise money for Haiti.

VOA: special.2010.02.01

The Global Initiative for Asthma,or GINA, was formed in nineteen ninety-three to raise attention about the growing problem.

VOA: special.2009.07.28

Proposals to raise their taxes to help pay for the plan face objections, and not just from the Republican minority in Congress.

VOA: special.2009.07.25

She made the announcement May sixth during a local television program to raise money for flood relief.

VOA: special.2010.05.17

Charity groups use walks, runs and other sporting events to raise money for a number of diseases.

VOA: special.2009.11.02