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2889 South Main Street

Redding, CA 96002

October 7, 1997

4 Enters

Mr. Bill Eggert

Enterprise High School

3411 Churn Creek Road

Redding, CA 96002

Dear Mr. Eggert:

For my project I chose to do something that I have not done before. I will be exploring herbal medicine as a positive alternative to prescription drugs. I feel drawn to this subject due to the overwhelming amount of herbs that are available. I want to know if they can do what expert’s claim they can do. By completing this project, I will have been exposed to a part of the medical field which I might learn to enjoy. I might even want to make a career out of it.

My research paper will consist of a history of herbal medicine and the effectiveness of herbal medicine. I hope to be able to include a wide variety of herbs to cure various ailments, especially common ones. I will be using several home remedy and botany books for my reference materials. The Internet will also be used for some of my references.

My physical project will be directly involved with my research paper in the sense that I will job shadow in a health food store. While job shadowing I will learn how to use many forms of alternative medicine. My mentor will be Mrs. Jane Pryde, who sells herbs and does herbal consulting. The cost of my project will be relatively low, probably no more than fifty dollars. The time it will take to complete my project will be approximately twenty hours.

I understand plagiarism and its repercussions. I will credit all sources.

Sincerely,

David Blythe-Bettes