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From: SB3 <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 8:59 AM
Subject: Charlie Sheen and TRIO
To: [log in to unmask], Nor Cal WESTOP <[log in to unmask]>


There is no relationship between Charlie Sheen and TRIO (very good thing)...but imagine if we had the same publicity as he has had these past few weeks....

BUT WE CAN !!!  We have many of our colleagues right now who have sacrificed their time, money, and feet to Walk The Hill TODAY, to have TRIO's voice HEARD !!!

Here is where YOU come in and what you do:

Take 3 minutes to CALL 3 people and explain how you have seen TRiO work: CALL the Washington, DC offices of your 2 Senators and Congressional Representative. Explain to them how you have received educational support from a TRiO program and that increased funding from Congress is needed to maintain these vital services. As you are calling the DC offices TODAY, TRiO supporters could actually be in their offices right now as you talk to their aides.

Everyone's voice is needed!!!!

Here is how you can call:

US House of Reps:  http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/ttd.html
(Calls from outside the Capitol complex can be made by dialing (202) 22 plus the five-digit number listed in this directory).
Message: "Please support President Obama's 67 Million dollar increase for TRIO programs."

Senate:  http://www.theorator.com/senate.html
Message: "Please support President Obama's 67 Million dollar increase for TRIO programs and to OPPOSE H.R. 1 (which results in a $24.9 mil cut for TRIO and 50,000 students lost and counting."


REMEMBER: DC is 3 hours ahead of us, so CALL NOW and use your cell phones to call, IT ONLY TAKES 3 minutes.

thanks,

Sam Blanco (SB3)
Public Relations
WESTOP