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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a name="OLE_LINK2"></a><a
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>ACTION
ALERT<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>November 8, 2007<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>We need your help immediately! </span></font></b>The
House Education and Labor Committee is expected to make final decisions next
week, either accepting or rejecting the No Child Left Inside Act, with the
Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee also moving swiftly.<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> We need your help NOW in contacting your
senators and representatives to get their support for the No Child Left Inside
Act.</span></b> <o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The No Child Left Inside Act is an historic step towards ensuring that
the next generation of graduates from the nation’s schools will be
environmentally literate. Please contact your federal representatives
immediately to let them know you care about our environment, our schools, and
our children’s health.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The No Child Left Behind reauthorization bill is currently being
written in the Senate and House committees. A long list of co-sponsors of the
NCLI Act will indicate strong support for including the NCLI Act’s
language in the NCLB bills.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Please contact your representative
and senators immediately to ask that they co-sponsor the No Child Left Inside
Act. Each email, fax, and phone call counts!</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Fax
or e-mail a letter urging your senators and representative to co-sponsor the No
Child Left Inside Act of 2007 (S.1981, H.R.3036). <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Go
to <a href="http://www.eenclb.org/">http://www.eenclb.org</a> and click
on Contact Your Congressperson to email a letter. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>To
find fax numbers, go to <a
href="http://www.congress.org/congressorg/directory/congdir.tt"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>http://www.congress.org/congressorg/directory/congdir.tt</span></font></a>
.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>After
sending your e-mail or fax, call your senators’ and
representative’s offices and ask to speak to the education staff person.
Tell him or her how important it is that the senator or representative
co-sponsor the No Child Left Inside Act and support its inclusion in the No
Child Left Behind bill. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]>Send
this action alert to your friends, family, and colleagues and ask them to
contact their senators and representative.<o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>If you believe that children should be spending more time outside,
learning and playing, be better prepared to address increasingly complex
environmental issues, and that the nation’s public schools have a
critical role ensuring that both of these goals are met, then <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>contact your federal legislators immediately!</span></b>
Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Note: “No Child Left Inside<sup>SM</sup>” is used with
permission from the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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