Crohn's Sufferer Urges Postmaster to Approve Stamp

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Gideon Sofer, in his room at the University of California-Berkeley, shows a Web site he has built to publicize his Inflammatory Bowel Disease Stamp Campaign. Bonnie Powell/UC Berkeley hide caption

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Gideon Sofer, in his room at the University of California-Berkeley, shows a Web site he has built to publicize his Inflammatory Bowel Disease Stamp Campaign.

Bonnie Powell/UC Berkeley

Gideon Sofer, a freshman at the University of California-Berkeley who suffers from Crohn's disease, meets with the U.S. Postmaster General to discuss a U.S. stamp that would highlight Inflammatory Bowel Disease. The meeting was set up through New Jersey's Make-A-Wish Foundation.

It has taken Sofer years to develop the idea, garner support, and to arrange the meeting.

As a stamp collector, Sofer says he realizes that out of tens of thousands of proposals, only 20 are accepted each year.

But he tells Michele Norris that he still hopes his proposal can change things for the better.