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<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Dear Colleagues,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>This Friday, May 15th, is the deadline
for your <ST1:COUNTRY-REGION><ST1:PLACE>U.S.</ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION>
Senators to submit requests for funding for programs they feel are important,
to the Appropriations Committee. The Committee takes these requests into
consideration as they discuss how much to spend on specific programs in the
Fiscal Year 2010 budget.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>I sent a letter to my Senators asking
them to submit a request to the Appropriations Committee for an increase in
diabetes funding at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the
National Institutes of Health.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Will you send a letter too?</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Investing in diabetes
programs and research will produce savings to our country by cutting down on
health care spending in the long run. </span></font></b></strong><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>You can send your letter by clicking on the link below:</span></font></p>
<h4><span class=beanoutputtext><b><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a
href="http://main.diabetes.org/site/Advocacy?id=1694&pagename=homepage"
title="blocked::http://main.diabetes.org/site/Advocacy?id=1694&pagename=homepage">http://main.diabetes.org/site/Advocacy?id=1694&pagename=homepage</a></span></font></b></span></h4>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 color=navy face=Castellar><span lang=PT-BR
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Castellar;color:navy'>Rosa Rojo RN BSN CDE</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=PT-BR style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>Diabetes Nurse Educator</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>Diabetes Program Coordinator</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>Tampa Family Health Centers</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>3402 N 22nd St</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>Tampa, Fl 33605</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>(813)272-6240 ext 123</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>Fax: (813)247-5591</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>email: <a href="mailto:rrojo@hcnetwork.org"
title="blocked::mailto:rrojo@hcnetwork.org"><font color="#0078ad"><span
style='color:#0078AD'>rrojo@hcnetwork.org</span></font></a> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'><a href="http://www.tampachc.com/"
title="blocked::http://www.tampachc.com/">http://www.TampaCHC.com</a></span></font></p>
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