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Nothing is more important to a grandparent, mother, father, caregiver or community then young children – they are our future. Sometimes lawmakers need to be reminded of this and need to be made aware of the issues, importance and how their constituents’ feel about early childhood. To make things easy as pie for you we want to give you the tools to reach out and be heard.

Download our complete advocacy/education tool kit by clicking on this link:  

Advocacy/Education Packet

What Can You Do?

Contact your legislator today:

105^th State Representative

Rep. Greg MacMaster

gregmacmaster@house.mi.gov

LANSING OFFICE:

Anderson House Office Building

124 N. Capitol

S-1389 House Office Building

Lansing, MI 48933

(Located at the corner of Ottawa and Capitol Avenue, across the street from the State Capitol.)

MAILING ADDRESS:

S-1389 House Office Building

P O Box 30014

Lansing, MI 48909

Phone:  (517) 373-0829

Toll Free: (877) 536-4105

107^th State Representative

Rep. Frank Foster

frankfoster@house.mi.gov

LANSING OFFICE:

Anderson House Office Building

124 N. Capitol

S-1486 House Office Building

Lansing, MI 48933

(Located at the corner of Ottawa and Capitol Avenue, across the street from the State Capitol.)

MAILING ADDRESS:

S-1486 House Office Building

P O Box 30014

Lansing, MI 48909

Phone:  (517) 373-2629

1^st District – US Congress

Dan Benishek

Washington DC

514 Cannon HOB

Washington DC 20515

Phone (202) 255-4735

Fax: (202) 225-4710

Gaylord

810 S. Otsego Ave., Ste 105

Gaylord, MI 49735

Phone: (989) 448-8811

Fax: (989) 448-8858

Iron Mountain

500 S. Stephenson, Suite 500

Iron Mountain, MI 49801

Phone: (906) 828-1581

Fax: (906) 828-1583

Marquette

307 S. Front St., Ste 120

Marquette, MI 49855

Phone: (906) 273-1661

Fax: (906) 231-1663

Petoskey

200 Division Street, Suite 178

Petoskey, MI 49770

(231) 348-0657

Fax: (231) 348-0653

37^th District State Senate

Howard Walker

senhwalker@senate.michigan.gov

Senator Howard Walker

910 Farnum Building
P.O. Box 30036
Lansing, MI 48909-7536

By Phone: (517) 373-2413

By Fax:  (517) 373-5144

Don’t forget to contact YOUR legislator! Not sure who represents you? click here.

Reach out to the editor:

-Include first and last name.

-Include your city and correct mailing address and phone number. They may want to contact you or verify your information but it is not printed.

-One per month and under 250 words or less is common and op-ed’s might be 500 or less. Each newspaper has their own guidelines so make your check into this before sending a letter.

The Detroit Newspaper:

-Letters must be 250 words or fewer. Direct rebuttals to editorials may be up to 300 words.

-E-mail: letters@detnews.com

-Fax: (313) 222-6417

-Mail: The Detroit News, Letters, Editorial Page, 615 W. Lafayette, Detroit, MI 48226

The Petoskey News Review:

http://www.petoskeynews.net/lettertotheeditor.html

Harbor Light News:

http://www.harborlightnews.com/

Charlevoix Courier:

http://www.charlevoixcourier.com/Charlevoix Courier

112 Mason St.

Charlevoix, MI 49720-1314

Phone: (231) 547-6558

Fax: (231) 547-4992

news@charlevoixcourier.com

Mailing Address:

211 E. Third St.

Harbor Springs, MI 49740

Phone: 231.526.2191

Fax: 231.526.7634

• Send an email to your legislator, senator, and the governor
• Send a “letter to the editor” email to your local media & newspapers
• Get more information on early childhood issues, bills, legislation

For your information:

Public and or Voter Education Activities Policy and Funding Questions

Child Care Quality Fact Sheet to Share

FY10 Close CDC Fact Sheet

About

Funded with a grant from the Early Childhood Investment Corporation of the State of Michigan and the Kellogg Foundation, our project began in April of 2006. The goal of the project is to form multiple collaborative bodies in the state to begin development of a comprehensive system of early childhood care and education for 0-5 year olds and their families. This system is similar to the Smart Start system of North Carolina and the state of Michigan is receiving technical assistance in our efforts from the state of North Carolina.