April, 2010

Dear Coalition Members,

Thank you for all of your efforts. The last minute push really helped. Here is the final list.

Senate
John Kerry (D-MA)
Chris Dodd (D-CT)
Ben Cardin (D-MD)
Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
John Cornyn (R-TX)
Chuck Schumer (D-NY)
Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
Dick Durbin (D-IL)
Russ Feingold (D-WI)
Bob Casey (D-PA)

House
Ed Markey (D-MA)
Mike McCaul (R-TX)
Jim McGovern (D-MA)
William Delahunt (D-MA)
John Tierney (D-MA)
Barney Frank (D-MA)
Mike Capuano (D-MA)
Steve Lynch (D-MA)
Edolphus Towns (D-NY)
Niki Tsongas (D-MA)
Steve Israel (D-NY)
John Conyers (D-MI).

Please be sure to thank them for their support. Betsy.

Thank you so much,
Betsy L. McGinnity
Campaign Coordinator
National Coalition on Deafblindness
betsy.mcginnity@perkins.org
617-972-7519
http://dbcoalition.org

Since the mid 1980s the number of children who are deafblind needing services has nearly tripled - increasing from roughly 4,000 to more than 10,000 today. At the same time the amount of federal funding for this group has remained unchanged.

The National Coalition on Deafblindness is a 2,000 member organization of parents, professionals, deafblind people and agencies serving the population who are deafblind. We have been collectively advocating for the needs of deafblind children since 1987

See, How Can I Help? to find out how you can make a difference.