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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='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Please see below and participate in this advocacy effort.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Best<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dr Bhat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Christine Suniti Bhat, Ph.D., L.P.C, L.S.C.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Associate Professor & Program Coordinator, Counselor Education, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Faculty Advisor, Alpha Chapter of Chi Sigma Iota,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Department of Counseling and Higher Education,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The Patton College of Education, OHIO UNIVERSITY, Athens, OH 45701<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Office: McCracken Hall, 374<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Phone: 740-593-4425; Fax: 740-593-0477; Email: bhatc@ohio.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Website: http://www.cehs.ohio.edu/facultystaff/bhatc/<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Media: http://www.ohio.edu/ucm/media/experts/ohioexpert.cfm?formid=1822088&pageid=1844292<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Guila Todd [mailto:advocacy@counseling.org] ouns<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 11, 2014 6:05 PM<br><b>To:</b> Bhat, Christine<br><b>Subject:</b> Help Save Funding for School Counselors!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div id=backgroundDiv><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;border:solid #EEEEEE 1.0pt'><tr><td valign=top style='border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td style='background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><img width=333 height=102 id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://d3dkdvqff0zqx.cloudfront.net/groups/counseling/images/counselinglogo.png"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr style='height:16.5pt'><td style='border:none;background:#EEEEEE;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:16.5pt' id="action_bar"><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#585858'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%' id=templateBody><tr><td valign=top style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 id=vvContent><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Dear ACA Member, <br><br>Federal funding for professional school counselors is in jeopardy and we need your help to save it!<br><br>The U.S. House of Representatives is currently debating H.R. 83, the "Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2015." This bill would fund most of the federal government for the rest of the fiscal year, but more importantly, <u>it contains over $49 million to fund the Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Program!</u><br><br>If this bill does not pass, there is no guarantee that the Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Program funding will be provided when the new Congress convenes next month. <br><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>If we want to maintain this funding, then we need this bill to pass. </span></strong><br><br>I am urging you to email your U.S. Representative and ask him/her to vote in favor of this bill. <strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>This funding is crucial to maintaining counseling programs in our schools!</span></strong><br><br><u>Please email as soon as you can, your voice is important and needs to be heard!</u><br><br>Best, <br>Guila Todd<br>Legislative Representative<br><br><br>Click the link below to log in and send your message:<br><a href="https://www.votervoice.net/link/target/counseling/4Rc2iM4g4.aspx">https://www.votervoice.net/link/target/counseling/4Rc2iM4g4.aspx </a><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><hr size=1 width="100%" align=center></span></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%' id=templateFooter><tr><td style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#666666'>Click <a href="https://www.votervoice.net/link/clickthrough/int/4Rc2iM4g4/406682.aspx">here</a> to unsubscribe from this mailing list. <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><a href="https://www.votervoice.net"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 height=20 id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://d3dkdvqff0zqx.cloudfront.net/images/poweredby/vvpoweredby-gray2.png" alt=VoterVoice></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><img border=0 width=1 height=1 id="_x0000_i1028" src="https://www.votervoice.net/Open/A4Rc2iM4g4.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>