Dear Children's Action Network member,

You are invited to a community meeting for members and friends of the Children's Alliance in the Yakima area.

Thursday, August 30th from 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
Yakima Neigborhood Health Services-Paddock Community Room*
12 South 8th Street
Yakima, WA *Map

*Enter from the YNHS 7th Street (Blue) Entrance. Take the elevator to the 3rd floor.

Please RSVP by clicking the button below:

You may also respond by contacting Sarah Cherin at (800) 854-KIDS x15 or sarah@childrensalliance.org. Light refreshments will be provided.

If you can't make it to the meeting, we would still like to hear from you. Please take a couple of minutes to fill out our online survey.

Please join us and share your thoughts about what children and families need in your community. These listening sessions are a key part of our process to set an agenda for the 2008 legislative session and to ensure that we are listening to our members in our ongoing policy work.
   
The 2008 session of the state legislature starts in early January and will go for sixty days. Legislators will be making critical decisions about services that impact children and families in your community. Please come and share your thoughts, ideas and concerns with us and other child advocates. We depend on our community partners around the state to keep us informed about the issues that matter to children so that we can communicate that message to the folks in Olympia. We will be asking you the following: 

• What are the priorities for kids and families in your community?
• How can state policies and investments make a positive difference in the lives of children and families?
• What policy and budget issues would you like the Children’s Alliance to work on in the 2008 legislative session?
• How can the Children’s Alliance best support the advocacy already going on in your community?

Be sure to check out our News blog for updates and interesting links. Thank you for speaking up for kids!

Jon Gould, Deputy Director
1-800-854-KIDS, x19