Academy News: You Can Help O&P Schools
Tom Gorski, CAE
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Title:
Academy News: You Can Help O&P Schools
Creator:
Tom Gorski, CAE
Date:
4/25/2002
Text:
As you know, a $1M grant has been earmarked for the Academy's Consortium
for Orthotic and Prosthetic Education and Research. This will fund
several activities within Project Quantum Leap, specifically some
desperately needed money for the O&P schools. The money from the initial
grant hasn't arrived yet, but already we need to act to set the stage
for next year. We need your help in sending a few letters to the right
people. It's important that we:
1. Thank Sen. Harkin for his help with the initial grant.
2. Ask (your) Representative to support continued funding for
education, research and recruitment.
3. Ask both of your Senators to also support the funding.
4. Send a copy of your letters to Katie Clarke at Arent-Fox either via
fax at 202-857-6395 or email <Email Address Redacted>
5. After all your work you should make sure the letters arrived via
fax, by making a quick phone call to the house staffer in charge of
healthcare issues, giving them a heads up the letter is there.
We've made it easy for you. A draft text for each of those three
letters is available on the Academy website (www.oandp.org) or you may
send me an email ( <Email Address Redacted> ) and I'll attach them to my
response.
Please fax your letter to each of them NO LATER THAN MAY 7. Also please
remember to have copies of the letters faxed to our Washington law firm,
attention Katie Clarke at Arent Fox at 202-857-6395.
If you don't know (or want to confirm) who your elected Representative
or Senators are, go to www.capwiz.com and type in your zip code to find
out.
While we continue to wait for feedback on the initial grant, there is no
time to waste in our efforts to ensure funding is maintained for O&P
education, research and recruitment. We must act now.
Thank you for reading this and please, send a letter on behalf of the
schools. It will only take you a few minutes, but it could mean a lot
toward continuing this funding.
Tom Gorski, CAE
Executive Director
American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists
<Email Address Redacted>
for Orthotic and Prosthetic Education and Research. This will fund
several activities within Project Quantum Leap, specifically some
desperately needed money for the O&P schools. The money from the initial
grant hasn't arrived yet, but already we need to act to set the stage
for next year. We need your help in sending a few letters to the right
people. It's important that we:
1. Thank Sen. Harkin for his help with the initial grant.
2. Ask (your) Representative to support continued funding for
education, research and recruitment.
3. Ask both of your Senators to also support the funding.
4. Send a copy of your letters to Katie Clarke at Arent-Fox either via
fax at 202-857-6395 or email <Email Address Redacted>
5. After all your work you should make sure the letters arrived via
fax, by making a quick phone call to the house staffer in charge of
healthcare issues, giving them a heads up the letter is there.
We've made it easy for you. A draft text for each of those three
letters is available on the Academy website (www.oandp.org) or you may
send me an email ( <Email Address Redacted> ) and I'll attach them to my
response.
Please fax your letter to each of them NO LATER THAN MAY 7. Also please
remember to have copies of the letters faxed to our Washington law firm,
attention Katie Clarke at Arent Fox at 202-857-6395.
If you don't know (or want to confirm) who your elected Representative
or Senators are, go to www.capwiz.com and type in your zip code to find
out.
While we continue to wait for feedback on the initial grant, there is no
time to waste in our efforts to ensure funding is maintained for O&P
education, research and recruitment. We must act now.
Thank you for reading this and please, send a letter on behalf of the
schools. It will only take you a few minutes, but it could mean a lot
toward continuing this funding.
Tom Gorski, CAE
Executive Director
American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists
<Email Address Redacted>
Citation
Tom Gorski, CAE, “Academy News: You Can Help O&P Schools,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 1, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/218723.
