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From: Lesley Groff <
Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 6:01 PM
To: Epstein Jeffrey
Subject: Bill Speak
Attachments: ProposedMethodologyforResearch.doc; Untitled attachment 00829.htm;
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Bill =pear has called again re his charity. He says he would love to arrange =o speak with you or your foundation director
...could you please give =im a call or advise who he should speak with?
ell
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From: William Spear =lt
Subject: qb>letter of Intent from Fortunate =lessings
Date: November 12, 2013 4:07:19 PM EST
To: Jeffrey Epstein =lt
Dear =effrey:
I've tried a =umber of times through Leslie to see you but it looks as if our paths =eep moving in different
directions. I hope she communicated to you that =ost of all I simply wanted to catch up, as a friend with birthday =ishes
and mutual interests. Perhaps we can find a time before the end =f the year to meet. By the way, I did arrange for a
family to meet with =ndres Serrano but he failed to return my =alls.
I am writing to =ou today wearing my disaster response hat and reaching out to you as a =ossible source of
funding. I am sending this letter of =ntent in advance of a phone conversation I hope to schedule =ith either you or your
foundation's director this =eek.
As you know, =eyond my work in feng shui and end-of-life care, for =he past nine years, the Foundation my wife
Joan and I founded has =orked globally to prevent PTSD in children traumatized by natural =isasters and tragic events.
This is really the heart of my =ork.
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Through an =nitiative we call Second Response, our teams implement =imple, body-centered and proven
therapeutic events offered as =93RAYshops" with two specific =oals:
Reduce the PTS (Post Traumatic =tress) that exists in the affected population after a disaster and =revent the
onset of full-blown PTSD;
• Build on-the-ground capacity that is =oth cost-effective and easily replicated through pre-emptive trainings
=f local providers before a disaster strikes.
We have seen =emarkable results and recently retained a mental health care researcher =o further investigate
the efficacy of our method that makes a =easurable difference in preventing PTSD.
This past year, =ur Board of Directors, Advisory Council and staff — including =hysicians, clinical psychologists,
entrepreneurs and PhD educators — =ave guided our efforts to develop and position Second =esponse as a "best practice
methodology", the broader, =wo-year goal of which is collaboration with larger disaster response =rganizations. Toward
this end, we have begun accumulating past =esearch that will become a "White Paper" further authenticating our
=pproach; in addition, we are developing a proposed research =ethodology, a copy of which is attached =elow.
This effort will result in a significant expense that we estimate to be $100,000 covering =taff salaries and
infrastructure needs to underwrite the two-year =tudy. Michelle Wang, PsyD, currently Program Director for the San
=rancisco Veteran's Administration PTSD Clinic, is developing and will =versee the specific methodology under guidance
of our Board of =irectors and Advisory Council.
All of us feel =hat this is an opportunity to significantly reduce the extraordinary =urden that full-blown PTS0
places upon an affected population. Our =ime-tested interventions commence shortly after first responders =tabilize
communities at the conclusion of the emergency phase of =isaster response. For example, in the case of the current
disaster in =he Philippines, this would mean getting on the ground there sometime in =id-December.
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Costs of our =nterventions are a fraction of those incurred by local mental health =roviders and municipalities as
a result of currently deployed =alliative care — interventions that have never been proven to reduce =ncidences of PTSD
in populations.
It =s not our intent to develop a larger infrastructure as = disaster response agency but rather to continue to
focus on developing =ffective intervention methodologies that can be incorporated within =xisting organizations. Upon
the completion of this study, it is our =ntent to collaborate with groups like Doctors Without Borders, Mercy =orps, Save
the Children and others with whom we have worked closely and =ho would incorporate our methodologies to create
their =wn Second =esponse units.
Second =esponse PLAYshops provide a unique approach and invaluable =pportunity that is otherwise not
available in disaster response. = very much look forward to speaking further with you about our =roposal. I will contact
Leslie for direction in this =egard.
In Health and =eace,
Bill
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