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Friday August 21, 2009
Stand Up for Kids - Say No To Cuts - Come To A Rally
Today thousands of children are at risk of losing their child care, their health care, their educational progress, their child welfare funding, their autism services, their families’ housing supports, their afterschool programs, their libraries, their behavioral health services, their community safety net.
If you care -- don’t be silent.
1. Call one of these Senators TODAY and let them know that you oppose cuts to children’s services and support a fully funded budget for children:
• Senator Dominic Pileggi’s office at (717) 787-4712
• Senator Edwin Erickson’s office at (717) 787-1350
• Senator John Rafferty’s office at (717) 787-1389
• Senator Charles McIlhinney’s office at (717) 787-7305
• Senator Robert Tomlinson’s office at (717) 787-5072
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2. JOIN with other Pennsylvanians in the fight for essential services.
We Need a Fair and Equitable Budget Now!!!
When: Wednesday, August 26th at Noon
Where: Media Courthouse (201 West Front Street, Media PA)
Why: Because everyone around the state is impacted!
Contact: For more information or to add your name as a rally sponsor, contact Jennine Miller jmiller@projecthome.org or 215-232-7272
Take one action that will make a difference in the lives of Pennsylvania’s most vulnerable children. Don’t be silent – stand up for kids!
Thank you for your continued efforts,
Shelly Yanoff, Executive Director
Public Citizens for Children and Youth, (PCCY)
About this E-Alert
PCCY is making changes to our E-Alerts and to our Website in order to serve you, and the children and families in our region, a little better. We thank you for being patient as we implement these changes.
For frequent updates go to www.pccychildwatch.blogspot.com or PCCY on Facebook
. For downloadable budget flyers, emails and background information the Advocacy Tool Kit on our website at www.pccy.org.
In an effort to keep our friends and colleagues up-to-date on what’s going on with children and families in our region, PCCY will, from time to time, issue an E-Alert on an issue that we need YOU to take action on!
We will: provide you with the information on the issues
We need YOU to: take the action step(s) that are listed
We hope that you will join us in helping to protect the lives and life chances of children and families in our region by doing something TODAY to help protect their tomorrows.
* END ALERT *
President: James Martin
Executive Director: Shelly D. Yanoff
Communications Director: Sid Holmes
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