Exercise Your Rights
Fitness enthusiasts, we've made it fast, easy, and free for you to lobby Congress and your state legislature on important health promotion initiatives. Just choose the issue below to send a personalized letter via e-mail! See below for tips on how to write your email.
Tips on Writing an Effective Email
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SUPPORT the Campaign for a Healthier America
Be a part of the national grassroots project urging Americans of all ages and abilities to make 2010 the year we unite in a national effort to create a culture of movement in America wherein regular daily exercise is highly valued and widely practiced.
SAVE Personal Training & Group Exercise in New Jersey.
Tell your legislators to OPPOSE the Senate Bill 2164, a proposal to place extreme certification requirements that would effectively end personal training and group exercise in New Jersey.
QUICK TIPS ON EFFECTIVE ADVOCACY EMAIL WRITING
Keep it professional: Just because it's an email doesn't mean you should be casual. Email is preferred over letters, especially for Congress because of mail delays, but it's not the same as sending a quick note to a friend about weekend plans.
Use proper capitalization. You would never send a letter to a business associate signed: joey treadmill. Joseph P. Treadmill Jr. is more like it.
Also, sparingly use bold, underlines, italics, ALL CAPS, and exclamation points!!! You can show you really care about an issue without using every font option available.
Get to the point: Don't make them read to the third paragraph to find out what you're really writing about. A great way to start: As a concerned constituent and fitness enthusiast, I ask for your support of (or opposition to) Bill #/Bill Name.
Make it personal: After stating the issue and your position, talk about your connection to the issue. How has regular exercise at your health club impacted your life? What would this bill mean to you?
You don't need to tell your life story, but illustrate how the bill affects real people in the lawmakers' community.
Back up your argument: Use the talking points provided to help back up your argument, but don't forget that your personal touch helps drive home the key points.
Use spell check and proper grammar: Just like you wouldn't send a sloppy and error-filled letter to a business associate, you should never do the same with elected officials. Take a minute to run spell check and proofread your email before hitting the send button.
Please contact exerciseyourrights@ihrsa.org with any questions or problems.
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