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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Trying again, got the addresses wrong the first time.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>_____<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hello fellow Diabetics,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I just signed the American Diabetes Association petition to make diabetes a national priority . Please join me in sending a message to Congress to do what they can do in the efforts of stopping this horrible disease that we deal with on a regular basis. Please access:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://diabetes.org/diabetesresearch">http://diabetes.org/diabetesresearch</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It is time for our efforts to join with other diabetes advocacy groups to make a difference in the quality of life that we can expect! <span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto;color:#221B11'>Every spring, the ADA convenes Call to Congress -- bringing hundreds of Diabetes Advocates to Capitol Hill to educate their members of Congress about the impact of diabetes, share their personal stories, and advocate for key federal priorities like federal funding to support diabetes research and access to healthcare.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.8pt'><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto;color:#221B11'><br>Call to Congress is the premier advocacy campaign for ADAs Diabetes Advocates to drive positive change among congressional champions and key influencers. It is scheduled for March, 27-29, 2019. Maybe we can consider sending a delegation from the DAN of Ohio. I feel strongly about expressing the blindness aspects in a forum of this magnitude. I hope that we can add this to the agenda of our Febuary meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.8pt'><span lang=EN style='font-family:Roboto;color:#221B11'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Walter Mitchell<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>V-President, Ohio Diabetes Action Network<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Board member, National Diabetes Action Network<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>(513) 582-8606<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:Walterl.mitch2@gmail.com">Walterl.mitch2@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>