Purpose Statement: I want to inspire good will and admiration in the minds and hearts of
the audience toward ?Mother? Hale.
A. Motivating Devices: ?A True American Hero? Ronald Reagan, 1985, Visual Aid: Picture of Mother Hale. B. Thesis Statement: Despite overwhelming odds Mother Hale founded and maintained a successful organization to help drug addicted and AIDS infected babies. A. Age : According to www.Halehouse.org: Hale was 64 when she took in first heroin addicted baby. 2. Subpoint: 22 babies in months. Hands on caring and love instead of drug therapy. 1. According to the book Hale House by Lorraine Hale: Mother Hale used her own money initially. 2. According to NY Newsday , 10/26/90, Mother Hale stripped of
A. Mother Hale?s fierce independence and devotion to service despite her age and lack of public funding made Hale House a success. B. Closing Statement: Visual Aid: Hale doesn?t look like a hero but is one.
