Make the Most of Lymphedema Awareness Month!

If you haven’t yet, please send a hand written note to your Representative in Congress, urging them to pass the Lymphedema Treatment Act this year. This is our key action item for March! Handwritten communication is increasingly rare, and that’s exactly why it gets more notice, and why we are asking you to take this action.

The simple instructions are below. To the right you can see the note I sent my Representative, along with a photo of my son, who was born with lymphedema, and his twin brother.

If you would like to help raise awareness amongst the general public, you can use this form to submit a Letter to the Editor to every media publication within a 50-mile radius of your address. Several of our lymphedema advocates have already succeeded in having their letters published this month, such as this one.

Thank you for your advocacy!

Heather Ferguson
Founder & Executive Director
Lymphedema Advocacy Group
LymphedemaTreatmentAct.org 

MARCH ACTION ITEM INSTRUCTIONS: 

1.) Find your Representative on the chart below and click on his or her name to visit their website. Bills usually move through the House of Representatives before the Senate, so that is why we are sending notes to the House first.

2.) Locate the mailing address for your Representative’s district office. Usually, this is on a page titled “Office Locations” or “Contact Me,” or is sometimes at the bottom of the website. If there is more than one district office, pick the one nearest to you. We are asking you to send it to the district office rather than the DC office, because mail sent to DC offices undergoes long delays due to security screening. 

3.) Your message should urge your Representative to help pass the Lymphedema Treatment Act (H.R.3630/S.1315) this year. Explain why this is important to you. Thank him or her for being a cosponsor of the bill if they already are, or ask them to join as a cosponsor if they are not. Make it personal and feel free to include photos! 

4.) Mail your letter, card, or postcard to the selected district office. Make sure to include your full address so that they can see you are a constituent. Feel free to include photos and speak from your heart. Personal appeals are the most compelling, and that’s why we are providing instructions , but not a template.Thank you!

If you don’t know who your Representative is, click here and 
enter your zip code, then follow the instructions above.