From mseereiter at mhanys.org Fri Apr 29 14:09:09 2005 From: mseereiter at mhanys.org (Michael Seereiter) Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 14:09:09 -0400 Subject: [Timothy's Team] Next Week is Timothy's Birthday - Help Raise Awareness for Timothy's Law Message-ID: May 5th marks what would have been Timothy O'Clair's 17th birthday. Since Timothy's suicide four years ago, we have had great success in advancing the legislation named in his memory that would end the discriminatory insurance policies that contributed to his death and continue to place undue hardship on families throughout our state. As Timothy's birthday approaches, we are working feverishly to organize several regional events, throughout the state, that would serve to memorialize Timothy on his birthday, next week. These events would also help raise public awareness, via the media, of the need to end disparate treatment of individuals with mental health and addiction needs in insurance policies through passage of Timothy's Law. Timothy's father, Tom O'Clair, will take part in such an event at the steps of the NYS Capitol in Albany, which we hope will be replicated in communities throughout the state. Given the short timeframe, we've planned these regional events to be easy to organize. We have had Timothy's Law balloons created and can make them available to any region that would like to hold an event (which must then be filled with helium), on which Timothy's Law supporters can write 'Messages to Timothy,' which will then be released. In addition to supplying the balloons, we can supply Timothy's Law button and we will work to get members of the local press to attend each regional event. HOW CAN YOU HELP? We need someone to help organize this event in your region (find a location, secure a permit if necessary) and get the word out as far and wide as possible. Members of the Timothy's Law Campaign in Albany are ready to help you coordinate and publicize your local event. Would you be willing to organize a 'Messages to Timothy' event on May 5th in your area? It's really quite easy. If so, please contact Michael Seereiter, at the Mental Health Association in New York State at mseereiter at mhanys.org or 518-434-0439 x21. Working together, we are sure to see Timothy's Law become just that this year - a law! If you know someone who you think might want to join Timothy's Team for periodic e-mail updates on Timothy's Law, direct them to the newly designed Timothy's Law website at www.timothyslaw.org. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mseereiter at mhanys.org Fri Apr 29 14:16:06 2005 From: mseereiter at mhanys.org (Michael Seereiter) Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 14:16:06 -0400 Subject: [Timothy's Team] Next Week is Timothy's Birthday - Help Raise Awareness for Timothy's Law Message-ID: May 5th marks what would have been Timothy O'Clair's 17th birthday. Since Timothy's suicide four years ago, we have had great success in advancing the legislation named in his memory that would end the discriminatory insurance policies that contributed to his death and continue to place undue hardship on families throughout our state. As Timothy's birthday approaches, we are working feverishly to organize several regional events, throughout the state, that would serve to memorialize Timothy on his birthday, next week. These events would also help raise public awareness, via the media, of the need to end disparate treatment of individuals with mental health and addiction needs in insurance policies through passage of Timothy's Law. Timothy's father, Tom O'Clair, will take part in such an event at the steps of the NYS Capitol in Albany, which we hope will be replicated in communities throughout the state. Given the short timeframe, we've planned these regional events to be easy to organize. We have had Timothy's Law balloons created and can make them available to any region that would like to hold an event (which must then be filled with helium), on which Timothy's Law supporters can write 'Messages to Timothy,' which will then be released. In addition to supplying the balloons, we can supply Timothy's Law button and we will work to get members of the local press to attend each regional event. HOW CAN YOU HELP? We need someone to help organize this event in your region (find a location, secure a permit if necessary) and get the word out as far and wide as possible. Members of the Timothy's Law Campaign in Albany are ready to help you coordinate and publicize your local event. Would you be willing to organize a 'Messages to Timothy' event on May 5th in your area? It's really quite easy. If so, please contact Michael Seereiter, at the Mental Health Association in New York State at mseereiter at mhanys.org or 518-434-0439 x21. Working together, we are sure to see Timothy's Law become just that this year - a law! If you know someone who you think might want to join Timothy's Team for periodic e-mail updates on Timothy's Law, direct them to the newly designed Timothy's Law website at www.timothyslaw.org. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: