Urge your U.S Senator to sign on to the Dear Colleague letter by Friday, July 13th! Dear Reeve Foundation Supporter,
We need your help. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) supports the Paralysis Resource Center (PRC) through the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD). Before having access to the PRC, people living with spinal cord injury and paralysis had nowhere to go to find the resources, services and programs necessary to live the quality of life they deserved. Now, over 500,000 individuals impacted by paralysis are using the services provided by the PRC. Right now, the PRC and other critical disability programs supported through the NCBDDD are in great risk. For the second year in a row, CDC has put forward a budget that recommends consolidating funding for all these disability programs versus funding them all individually. Funding these programs in this way could result in a reduction, or possible elimination, of the PRC and other critical disability services. A letter is being circulated in the U.S. Senate asking the Director of the CDC to not move forward with consolidation until the CDC can evaluate the impact these proposed changes will have on the individuals who depend upon them. We need our U.S. Senators to sign onto this letter so we can show CDC the importance of the Paralysis Resource Center. How you can help: CONTACT your U.S. Senator NOW and ask them to sign onto this letter before Friday, July 13th. Link: http://www.christopherreeve.org/site/lookup.asp?c=ddJFKRNoFiG&b=5231939 - Call 202-224-3121 and ask to be connected to your U.S. Senator. - Easily email your U.S. Senator here. Link: http://www.christopherreeve.org/site/lookup.asp?c=ddJFKRNoFiG&b=5231939 - Forward this email to your family and friends and ask them to urge their U.S. Senator to sign onto the letter also. Link: http://www.kintera.org/Autogen/home/default.asp?mid_backup=3265088&campaign_id=48239&ievent=436762 Below are talking points to guide your call: Talking points to guide your conversation: - Hello, as a constituent and someone who (Tell them your personal story) I want you to know how concerned I am about the proposal to consolidate disability programs supported through the National Center on Birth Defects and Disabilities (NCBDDD). - Specifically, the Paralysis Resource Center which is supported by the NCBDDD provides critical services to those living with spinal cord injury and paralysis and consolidation would put the Center at great risk. - Please sign onto the letter being circulated by U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg (NJ) and U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (MS) asking the CDC Director to stop consolidation of these programs until they evaluate the impact these proposed changes will have on people like me. - Contact Kyle Brown in U.S. Senator Lautenberg's office or Sarah Lloyd Allred in U.S. Senator Wicker's office to sign on and join your colleagues in support of disability programs. - The deadline for signing the letter is July 13, 2012. - Thank you for your support. Thank you for taking action! Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation http://www.ChristopherReeve.org/Advocacy Click to view as a web page: http://www.kintera.org/cms.asp?id=3265088&campaign_id=48239 To prevent mailbox filters from deleting mailings from Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, add [email protected] to your address book. To remove yourself from this mailing, please go to http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=9rIIKVPzH7IMJ0NNH&s=hkKWJ6OPLhJRJdP0KxE&m=afLLJXMtFdKTI8L To remove yourself from all mailings from Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, please go to http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=ckKOL4MLJaLSLaM0G&s=hkKWJ6OPLhJRJdP0KxE&m=afLLJXMtFdKTI8L To modify your profile, please go to http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=5dIAIJNjE3KEJQPzA&s=hkKWJ6OPLhJRJdP0KxE&m=afLLJXMtFdKTI8L
