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No Child Left Inside Coalition Adds its 1000th Member!

 

The NCLI Coalition recently passed a major milestone as we welcomed our 1,000th member.  We reached this remarkable accomplishment as part of an amazing Chicago wave of support for NCLI. In recent weeks, a dozen organizations from the Chicago area have joined and today the Coalition has 46 member groups from the state of Illinois.

 

Indeed, it has been a remarkable year. In December 2007, the Coalition's membership totaled just over 100 organizations. Since then, we have grown ten-fold as more and more people hear about our mission.

 

Today our membership reflects the involvement of groups interested in the environment, education, conservation, outdoor recreation and public health, as well as many businesses and faith-based groups.

 

In all, our member organizations represent a whopping 47.5 million Americans!

 

It is that broad representation that has propelled our success. Thanks to all of you, we won passage in the House of Representatives for the No Child Left Inside Act this fall.  This victory gives us critical momentum toward winning final passage of the Act in the next Congress.

 

As always, we thank Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island and Rep. John Sarbanes of Maryland, our lead Senate and House sponsors, for their tireless work to improve environmental education in America.

 

"The No Child Left Inside Coalition has brought together a diverse group of individuals and organizations from across the country to help us strengthen and expand environmental education in America's classrooms," said Senator Reed.  "I am pleased the coalition continues to grow and build support for passing the No Child Left Inside Act. In a tough economy and an even tougher appropriations process, we'll need a strong effort from coalition members nationwide."

 

Congressman Sarbanes also added his congratulations: "I would like to congratulate the No Child Left Inside Coalition on achieving this extraordinary milestone. You were the driving force behind all of our progress this year.  With one thousand members and growing, we will have an army of advocates to sustain our momentum during the 111th Congress.  I look forward to working with the coalition to see No Child Left Inside Act through to law."

 

With the leadership of our sponsors and the support of more than 1,000 committed organizations, we are confident that our message will continue to be heard loud and clear.

 

Abby Ybarra
Lucas Johnson

Grassroots Coordinator

No Child Left Inside Coalition

 

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