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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=aybarra@cbf.org href="mailto:aybarra@cbf.org">Abby Ybarra</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=aybarra@cbf.org href="mailto:aybarra@cbf.org">Abby
Ybarra</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 25, 2008 5:24 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Please Send Letters to Congress for NCLI</DIV></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Send Letters to Congress
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">After House Approval of
NCLI</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 0pt 9pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The House of Representatives
approval of the No Child Left Inside Act of 2008 was an important victory. Now
<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">it’s time for members of the Coalition
to let members of Congress know how we feel </B>about the vote. <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></B></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 0pt 9pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We urge each of our members – now
totaling more than 777 groups – to <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">take
a few minutes now to send a letter to Congress</B>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 0pt 9pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We have attached two sample letters
– one thanking members who voted for the bill; and one urging those who voted
“no” to reconsider their positions next year. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 0pt 9pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We are also planning to send a
second set of letters from the entire Coalition – one to those who supported
NCLI and a second one to those who voted “no.” We hope all members of the
Coalition will be comfortable having their names on both of these
letters.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 0pt 9pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">So please take the following
steps:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 0pt 9pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">1. <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Check the NCLI Coalition <A
href="http://owenpshaw.net/congress/house/110_2/roll614.html"><FONT
color=#800080>website</FONT></A> to see how your member of Congress voted.
</B><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 0pt 9pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">2. Depending on how your member
voted, <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">customize one of the attached
letters, on your organization’s letterhead, and fax it to your member of
Congress</B>. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Click <A
href="https://forms.house.gov/wyr/welcome.shtml">here</A> to find your
Representative’s contact information.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Please be sure to send a copy of the letter to both of your Senators as
well, to let them know how much we care about this issue.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 0pt 9pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">3. <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Review the two attached Coalition
letters</B>, one of which will be sent to all members of the House, depending on
whether they voted for or against NCLI. If you are comfortable having your
organization’s name on these letters, you don’t need to do anything. If <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">you do NOT want your organization listed on
either of these Coalition letters, please alert me</B>, <A
href="mailto:aybarra@cbf.org">Abby Ybarra</A>, by <st1:time Minute="0" Hour="17"
w:st="on">5 p.m. <st1:stockticker w:st="on">EDT</st1:stockticker></st1:time> on
Monday, <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">September
29</B>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 0pt 9pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">This post-vote follow-up is
important as it reminds members of Congress and their staffs that we care and we
are staying involved.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 0pt 9pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">If you have any questions, please
contact me. As always, thank you for all your hard work on behalf of
environmental education.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><A
href="mailto:aybarra@cbf.org">Abby Ybarra</A>, Grassroots
Coordinator<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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Child Left Inside Coalition</SPAN></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>