---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sandie Rutherford <Sandie.Rutherford@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 7:38 PM Subject: Re: The Clock is Ticking – Let's #Rally4Babies and End the Shutdown! To: Kerisa Spears <Kerisa.Spears@xxxxxxxxxx>, Claudia Jeffrey < Claudia.Jeffrey@xxxxxxxxxx>, Kristy Cusher <kcusher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Bill Slater <bslater@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Please forward to Coalition members! *Sent from my U.S. Cellular® smartphone* Patricia Cole <policycenter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: [image: Zero to Three Policy Network: Take Action! Be a Big Voice for Little Kids (tm)]<http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=fclvBAAYp1TdlyttSM%2F8sMRlS3EPa%2BwM> *The Clock is Ticking – Let's #Rally4Babies and End the Shutdown!* Thanks to all of you who have made phone calls or sent tweets to your Members of Congress urging them to vote for a clean CR (the bill to continue government funding) and reopen the Federal government. We know that babies’ development doesn’t shut down just because the government does– they need the important supports for healthy growth these programs provide. For more information about how the government shutdown can affect infants and toddlers, read the latest entry of the Baby Policy Blog<http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=8E7xPspLj5WKwY7SHOl1Z8RlS3EPa%2BwM>. The clock is ticking and the nation’s babies and families have much at stake. Let’s keep the phone calls and tweets going! Here's how: *SOCIAL MEDIA * <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=VxDovIMv%2FcbCpHRPAkEYcsRlS3EPa%2BwM> <http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=wD2HvxMVjT3QpnsSlQg4hcRlS3EPa%2BwM> We’ve developed an infographic, available in English<http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=5MMKQvsD0pn4zCRWl8zk1MRlS3EPa%2BwM>and en español<http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=JZy2KE7SHp1j%2BKwGCq1j%2BsRlS3EPa%2BwM>, to help you get the message across. Send the graphics to your Members of Congress (MOC) and the President via social media. [Click here<http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=FJQ0RFqswBIVILirNKZ5mcRlS3EPa%2BwM>to look up their social media accounts.] *Suggested messages: * [*Insert MOC/President Twitter handle*] Babies can’t *#shutdown* their development. Pass a clean CR:bit.ly/1ag2hcj<http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=pR%2FQnFKmTKzVlg1Adl7Sn8RlS3EPa%2BwM> *#JustVote* *#Rally4Babies* [*Insert MOC/President Twitter handle*]* #QueridoCongreso* Los bebés no pueden paralizar su desarrollo: bit.ly/1fpYMaE<http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=U3uy1InqpL1YqS%2FiwLJVr8RlS3EPa%2BwM> *#JustVote #Rally4Babies** * *CALL* The toll-free number to the Capitol Switchboard (*generously provided by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees*) will remain open through next week. *Call 1-888-659-9562* and ask to be connected to your Representative. 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