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The annual NOFAS awards benefit, advocate’s Hill Day and gathering of affiliates will take place this year on June 12th and 13th in Washington, D.C. The sixteen current NOFAS affiliates and several organizations expected to join the network in 2007 will meet on Tuesday, June 12 to feature current programs and set the coalition’s priorities. Hill Day activities will kick of the 13th with a breakfast orientation leading into a full day of FASD constituent meetings with lawmakers and Congressional staff. The fifteenth annual awards reception hosted by United States Senator Lisa Murkowski and NOFAS founding members the Honorable Tom Daschle and Linda Hall Daschle will begin at 6:00 p.m. on Capitol Hill.
Benefit underwriters Schering-Plough Corporation and BAE Systems will welcome FASD families, advocates, researchers and invited honorees including Senators Tom Harkin, Orrin Hatch and Max Baucus. This is the most important fundraising event of the year for NOFAS. Tickets and sponsorships are tax deductible and available from $100 to $25,000+ Trustees and Underwriters. All proceeds support NOFAS public health services such as information dissemination, professional education and curricula, public awareness campaigns and support and direct services for families living with FASD.
The Hill Day is an opportunity for advocates to tell their stories and urge greater Congressional interest and investment in FASD. NOFAS will develop legislative priorities for constituents and schedule meetings with members of their state delegation.
Anyone interested in advancing the cause on Capitol Hill is encouraged to participate.
NOFAS is working tirelessly to make each of these events even larger than last year’s best ever attended Affiliates Summit, Hill Day and Benefit, and we need your help! Donors and advocates please contact Tom Donaldson at NOFAS for more information, donaldson@nofas.org or (202) 785-4585. Thank you for your support and we look forward to seeing you in June!
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