Please sign this e-Petition - NOEWAIT

NOEWAIT NEEDS PETITION HELP FROM FOLKS IN ILLINOIS

(Please excuse all the capital letters. That's how I got it.)

Illinois has one of the long wait lists for services to those with Developmental Disabilities in the United States. Yet, we have only 257 folks in Illinois who have signed the NOEWAIT petition to End the Wait List. In comparison, the state of Florida has over 2,500 folks who have signed the petition, and Colorado has over 1,000!

We need to have 10,000 signatures by September 30, 2009. Right now, we have 7,500. Can you help us out?

1. Do you know why Illinois has had such a small response? How can we increase that response? Please write us at noewait@noewait.net with suggestions.
2. Could you help by sending the following message to all of the listservs, Arc's, organizations, friends and neighbors you know in Illinois? Please include businesses that deliver services, the Texas state departments of disabilities - anything you might think of.

PLEASE CIRCULATE THIS MESSAGE, INCLUDING THIS REQUEST TO CIRCULATE IT FURTHER, TO ALL LISTSERVS IN WHICH YOU ARE INVOLVED AND TO ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS. We need help from Illinois!!

Over 300,000 individuals with disabilities are on years-long waiting lists for vital services.

NOEWAIT'S PETITION TO THE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF CONGRESS

The National Organization to End the Waitlist (NOEWAIT) has a petition directed to the President and Members of Congress: "Health Care Reform Must Eliminate Waitlists and Allow for the Continuation/Portability of Services Across State Lines"

1. PLEASE GO TO THIS WEB SITE AND SIGN THE PETITION www.gopetition.com/petitions/noewait.html
2. PLEASE CIRCULATE THIS MESSAGE, INCLUDING THIS REQUEST TO CIRCULATE IT FURTHER, TO ALL LISTSERVS IN WHICH YOU ARE INVOLVED AND TO ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS.
3. PLEASE PLACE THIS NOTICE IN ALL NEWSLETTERS AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS
Please email noewait@noewait.net to keep updated as to the progress of this petition. Circulate this in any way you can. Copy it and take it to conferences and meetings.

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