Children's Congress 2009 culminated with today's Capitol Hill Blitz. JDRF's message was surely heard this morning in a senate hearing led by Senators Collins and Lieberman. Also in attendance were Senators Burris, Akaka, Lautenberg, Shaheen and Specter.
Today JDRF announced the celebrities that will be joining us in Washington, D.C., next week.
In addition to our International Chairman, Mary Tyler Moore, we will be joined by Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers, and retired boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard.
You can read more about celebrities taking part in Children's Congress here.
For those of you that won't be able to be in D.C., can follow every hour of CC09, starting on Monday afternoon, through our JDRF Advocacy Twitter account. You can find us at http://www.twitter.com/JDRFAdvocacy.
Also, if you would like to add your name to our list to receive your application for our next Children's Congress event in June 2011, you can text 'CC11' to 56333.
Thanks!
Even though the 2009 Children's Congress is rapidly approaching on June 22, it's never too early to start planning for the next Children’s Congress event in June of 2011.
Our first task is to make sure everyone who wants to apply can get an application conveniently. You can now text 'CC11' to 56333 to sign-up to automatically receive a CC11 application.
No more having to watch our website or check your email waiting for the application to be posted. If you text 'CC11' to 56333, we’ll email you an application on June 22, 2010—exactly one year from the start of this year's Children's Congress and about a month before everyone else will see it.
Remember, the three main criteria for applying for the 2011 Children's Congress are:
If you meet these three criteria, just text 'CC11' to 56333. Standard text messaging rates will apply.
Hope to see you in D.C. in 2011!
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