As some of you know, Lacey & I got an Executive Dept. Proclamation recognizing awareness day from IL. Gov. Blagojevich. Our state rep. has agreed to help get this through the IL. legislature as a permanent declaration. I have an apointment with that rep. Tues. Sept. 2nd to get that process started. We will also discuss getting his office to do a state wide press release about awareness day & our efforts to get it recognized, asbestos banned, etc. Our state rep. is Mike Bost. If any other IL. advocates are interested in this effort send me a msg. on this site. If you can also get your rep. or state Senator behind this give me their name. Maybe if I pass their names on to Mike it can become a collective effort & go through more  easily & or garner more publicity. I will ask Mike about that. Meanwhile, wish me luck! I believe Mike will give this his best effort. He's a good guy, still home town, cares about his neighbors grounded, believing he was elected to serve!   Janet

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Janet, Mom/caregiver of peritoneal survivor dx 12/05

Janet!

You are terrific!  You can tell them that Pennsylvania State Senator John Rafferty is instituting a similar resolution in the state Senate here, and will be getting the state House Reps to do the same. Maybe having back up from a "sister state" will help the effort.

 

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June "Jeb" Breit
Pleural meso dx 2002
Phone: 610-650-0393
Email: junebreit@comcast.net

Janet,

Great work you guys are doing.  I will contact my state rep and state senator about this.