The ALS Internet Petition has received over 800 signatures in the two weeks it has been on the ALS Survival Guide website. We need many more signatures before we take the petition to Washington on May 20th. If you have not signed the petition, please do so. Send e-mails to your family and friends and ask them to sign the petition as well. The internet address for the petition is:
http://www.lougehrigsdisease.net/internet_petition.htmFor those of you who have taken the time to sign the petition, we thank you very much. Congress needs to know that we are a voice that must be reckoned with. The ALS Internet Petition is requesting Congress to pass House Resolution 353 and Senate Resolution 72. For more information about this legislation or about ALS in general, please go to the ALS Survival Guide at:
http://www.lougehrigsdisease.netThank you,
Doug EshlemanPS: Please support SR72, a commemorative bill designating the month of May in both 1999 and 2000 as "National ALS Awareness Month." Additionally, please contact the Office of Senator Robert Torricelli of New Jersey and express your support for this measure he is sponsoring.
A directory of Senators, by state with email links can be found at http://www.senate.gov/contacting/index_by_state.cfm
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