ACA Names National APPLL Campaign Director

ACA Names National APPLL Campaign Director

Meredith Goins

1/19/2006

Amputee Coalition of America (ACA) :: Press Release
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Meredith P. Goins
Marketing/Outreach Coordinator
888/AMP-KNOW ext. 8135
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January 17, 2006

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Amputee Coalition of America

900 E. Hill Avenue, Suite 285

Knoxville, TN 37915-2568

 

Contact: Meredith P. Goins

                        Marketing/Outreach Coordinator

                        888/267-5669 ext. 8135

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ACA Names National APPLL Campaign Director

 

Sheets to Spearhead Action Plan for People with Limb Loss


 

Knoxville, Tennessee - The Amputee Coalition of America is proud to
announce the hiring of Morgan Sheets as campaign director for the Action
Plan for People with Limb Loss (APPLL).



The APPLL campaign will work with stakeholders, activists and coalition
partners throughout the country to develop policy recommendations to
address the healthcare needs of people with limb loss.


With Morgan in place, the ACA will be able to offer strategic planning,
guidance and assistance in parity legislation to grassroots activists
and industry partners nationwide, states Paddy Rossbach, ACA
President/CEO.


ACA has grown to a point where it needs to expand its national presence.
Therefore, the ACA national campaign policy office will be located in
Washington, D.C.


An office in Washington will provide the ACA with a higher profile and
will allow us to advance federal legislation in the long-term, adds
Sheets.


Morgan Sheets is no stranger to state and federal advocacy efforts. She
managed a national field program around women's health issues, and ran a
statewide political organization involving access to care and equitable
insurance coverage.


Sheets also coordinated a national training program which included
strategic planning, a mentoring program, nonprofit staff development,
and training grassroots activists' organization skills.

 

Sheets states, I am excited to join the Amputee Coalition of America
and build on their amazing work in empowering amputees to improve their
quality of life.


Activists and those interested in supporting ACA's parity efforts may
contact Sheets by calling the ACA's headquarters toll-free at
888/267-5669, directly at 202/302-4373 or via e-mail at
<Email Address Redacted> <mailto:<Email Address Redacted>> .


To learn more about APPLL, please visit the web site at
www.amputee-coalition.org/aca_advocacy.html
< <URL Redacted>> or call the ACA
toll-free 888/AMP-KNOW (888/267-5669).





Founded in 1986, the Amputee Coalition of America (ACA) is a national
501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee.
The ACA's mission is to reach out to people with limb loss and to
empower them through education, support and advocacy. The ACA is
partially supported by cooperative agreement No. E11/CCE419270 from the
National Center on Birth Defects and Disabilities, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC). No funding from the CDC is used to support
ACA advocacy efforts

 

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