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Last week’s Oregonian story about cigarette butt litter being the most-picked-up item during the SOLV beach clean-up got us thinking about ways to leverage this sobering statistic.<BR>
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Attached please find a sample letter to the editor linking to this news, and tying in the need to create tobacco-free outdoor spaces for the good of our children. It’s written to apply in every Oregon community, from the coast to the mountains. We hope you can recruit a local signer and submit this to your local paper.<BR>
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Your MG TA team, HPCDP liaisons and Jonathan Modie are standing by to help if you need suggestions for signers or ways to localize this piece.<BR>
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Thanks,<BR>
Jennifer and the MG team<BR>
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Jennifer Messenger Heilbronner<BR>
Metropolitan Group <BR>
Direct: 503 517 3725 <BR>
Twitter: @metgroup and @jmessenger<BR>
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