Autism Awareness Stamp --- support letter

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Hello Listmembers! Unlocking Autism has provided this below sample letter

for us to copy and send to them in support of this very important Autism

Awareness Stamp! Please please please do this!!

Thank you!

Guppy

This stamp would be at the regular postal

rate. If we can get 220 Congressmen signed on by October they can pass it

easily. Right now we have only 46 who have co-signed or about 10% of the

House of Representatives. There are a lot of people to write!

You can find your representatives at www.house.gov/writerep.

Thanks so much!

SAMPLE LETTER: BE SURE TO FILL IN THE APPROPRIATE PLACES WITH YOUR OWN

PERSONAL INFORMATION WHEN SENDING THIS LETTER. OR USE THIS ONE TO HELP YOU

CONSTRUCT YOUR OWN.

Dear Congressman (NAME):

I am writing you to ask you for your support of H.RES.458 by Congressman

Baker (Baton Rouge, LA - R) which would express the sense of the US

House of Representatives that:

(1) a commemorative postage stamp should be issued by the United States

Postal Service on the subject of autism awareness; and

(2) the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend to the

Postmaster General that such a postage stamp be issued and a Sense of

Congress that the USPS should strongly consider issuing an autism awareness

stamp.

Recognition of this disorder in the form of a stamp would mean so much to

our

family because (FILL IN YOUR PERSONAL REASON HERE) ......

Rates of autism have risen dramatically over the last ten years and are

continuing to rise. It is conservatively estimated that one in 250 children

in the country are diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. Only ten

years ago, one child in 10,000 was being diagnosed. It is time for this

country to become aware of the disorder that affects more children than any

other. This stamp, among other things, would greatly assist our community

in

doing so.

Despite the epidemic increase of autism throughout this country and the

world, the USPS has repeatedly denied our community of a stamp indicating

that they believe that not enough people are affected by autism to make it

worth their while.

Surely the children of this nation and the families, professionals and

friends that care for them deserve this much recognition for the daily

struggles that they have.

I am asking that you would please make it worth your while and cosponsor

H.RES.458. In passing such a resolution, you would be able to help us let

the USPS know that there is a large enough community out there to warrant

their time and effort in this manner.

I would like to have a response to this email regarding your position on

this

proposed resolution.

With greatest respect,

YOUR NAME

YOUR ADDRESS

YOUR CITY, STATE, ZIP

YOUR PHONE NUMBER

YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS