's motd Tuesday July 29, 2008

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LETTER-WRITING CAMPAIGN 2

Tuesday, 29 July 2008

Let me start off by saying thank you again for all of your past support in helping me get Physical Education back into our public school system. I asked you once before to send E-mails to Congress and now I'm asking you to do it again.

As you know, the Fit Kids Bill is alive in Congress and I am so happy about that fact. Many people have asked me what exactly the bill is all about. Well, the Fit Kids Bill will guarantee quality physical education for every child, no matter what his or her abilities are.After my testimony in Washington last week, I sat down and talked with Congressmen Wamp and Kind and we strategized some more about the future of the bill. I found out from them that there are many, many bills that are presented to Congress each year and most of them never even make it out of a committee hearing, let along come up for a vote.It took me and my team two years of working together to make this happen and, guess what? The Fit Kids Bill now has a very good chance of going up for a vote in the house! And I mean possibly even before the new Presidential administration takes office. I'm so excited!

We currently have 71 members of Congress on board to sponsor this Bill. We really need to get that number up into the triple digits. So I am once again asking all of you to use your powerful voices and join with me in sending Congress an even stronger message. We are so close, everybody.On the Clubhouse Home Page, please click on Write To Congress which you will see in the PE Crusade block on the page. There, you will find my new letter to Congress and to Chairman . (I like to refer to Chairman as the "Gatekeeper.") You can send this E-mail not only to Chairman but to your own local Congressman as well as your own state's Senators.And also, let's not forget to send that E-mail to the Presidential candidates, Senators Barack Obama and McCain.

Can you imagine, if the Fit Kids Bill passes, we're gonna get America's children more fit! And remember, this bill is not to turn kids into jocks. This Bill's goal is to get every child in America to really move their bodies in school, every day!By doing that, we would see the rate of Juvenile Diabetes and other medical problems haunting our kids at earlier and earlier ages really go down.So please make time to get these E-mails out and ask your friends and family members to join us by doing the same.Love,