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| Free breakfast? Yay! |
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| passed the security screening, cleared to lobby! |
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| on the 14th floor of the house of representatives office building, capitol in the background |
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| great view |
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| Capitol Building |
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| Delivering our folders full of info to all the lawmakers |
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| state capitol tradition, lay on the glass floor |
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| I ran up to the 4th florr to get the shot! |
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| the view from the floor! |
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Representative Bill Rogers with our group
me,Danny, AD MaryJane, Becca, Molly,Charlotte, and Kylee |
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| Danny loved this guys name! |
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| A beautiful day spent lobbying for a good cause |
The day began in Lansing at 7:45 am, with breakfast and briefings. Then all the Special Olympics athletes,coaches and family members fanned out around the capitol to lobby the senators and house reps to support bill 381-382. This bill would allow Special Olympics to have a check-off box on the state tax return, and allow folks to designate $5/$10 from their return to benefit SO. This would be a great thing and help the funding of the programs statewide. We had a great time talking to everyone. The 4 of us would go in, Molly would say, "Good Morning, we are here from Special Olympics", Charlotte would say nothing! Danny would pass the folder and explain what bill 381-382 was, and I would add pertinent comments. I think it was a good experience for them and they got to see politics in action. The day was warm and sunny and we ate a lunch on the capitol lawn and watched sports demonstrations by SO Athletes.
Finished up, shot home by 3pm, made dinner, fed dinner, hosted book club! Whew!!! Busy day!
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