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California Connection December 08, 2017

Welcome to the California connection for December 8.

CCB Office Update

The new CCB office hours are 9AM-6PM.

We are currently recruiting to fill a vacant VISTA position at the CCB. Contact the office at 800-221-6359 for additional information.

From: President Judy Wilkinson And Governmental Affairs Chair Jeff Thom

The ACB Legislative Seminar is coming up soon. It will be taking place on Monday February 26 and Tuesday February 27. Every year CCB brings an incredible delegation to Capitol Hill and both individuals and chapters help to ensure that it happens. With our advocacy efforts being more important than ever, it is absolutely essential that we have a major presence with our Congressional delegation.

If you intend to attend the Legislative Seminar or your chapter is sponsoring or assisting someone, please let Jeff Thom know either by telephone (916-995-3967) or via e-mail jsthom@comcast.net. We begin preparing for our advocacy efforts in mid-January and it is important to obtain your airline reservations as far ahead as possible so that you can obtain reasonable fares. If you’ve never been on Capitol Hill representing CCB, you have an amazing treat in store and you will return home more of an advocate than you have ever been before. Also, you can fly in early and attend the ACB Board meeting on Saturday, February 24 and/or the ACB Presidents meeting on Sunday February 25, but these are completely optional.

You can make hotel reservations by contacting the Crowne Plaza Alexandria, 901 N. Fairfax St., Alexandria, VA, by calling (703) 683-6000 or on the web at Crowne Plaza Alexandria

We will also assist for those who desire roommates. Our thanks to all of you and your chapters for assisting on this project.

From Jeff Thom:

CCB capitol day:
Thursday March 22 2017:

Participants will either meet at the Capitol or leave the hotel and take light rail directly to the Capitol. We will be there from 9 AM to 1 PM and with appointments that we will make ahead of time, we will demonstrate what amazing advocates CCB members can be. We will return by light rail so that we can get back to the hotel by 2 or 2:30. I would like as many of you as possible to participate. We will have conference calls ahead of time to teach you about the topics selected for Capitol Day and the logistics. I would like to have our first call in late January, so I am asking those of you who think you will be able to participate in our Capitol Day effort to let me know by phone at (916)995-3967 or e-mail jsthom@comcast.net

The more participants we have, the more legislators we can cover. Remember, advocacy is the prime mission of CCB and your efforts will make us successful in improving the lives of persons with vision loss.

Thank you for reading and Have a nice day

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