NFFN’s on-line petition to Congress asking for $5.1 billion for LIHEAP in FY 2013  

On February 15, 2012 – NFFNs’ LIHEAP Action Day – the National Fuel Funds Network launched an on-line petition drive asking Congress to provide $5.1 billion in funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program for FY 2013.

NFFN started the petition in response to President Obama’s FY 2013 budget proposal which called for LIHEAP to be funded at $3.020 billion.

Our goal is to obtain 100,000 signatures on the petition by Summer LIHEAP Action Day, July 31.

Every time a signature is added to the petition an email is sent to Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Sen. Daniel Inouye, Ranking Committee member Sen. Thad Cochran, House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rep. Hal Rogers and Ranking Committee member Rep. Norm Dicks.

The NFFN needs the help of all members and other interested parties to deliver this vital message to Congress. Please help us reach the goal of 100,000 signatures by signing the petition yourself and actively circulating the above button as widely as possible

Here is what you can do:

• Sign the petition and ask your colleagues, co-workers, friends and family to do so also. You may use the built-in feature of the petition site to do so or send it separately.

• Post the link to the petition on your organization’s website and include it in your newsletter and/or blog. In printed materials, please cut and paste the following link: www.change.org/petitions/congress-approve-51-billion-in-funding-for-liheap-in-fy-2013.

• Post the link or button on your Face book page and other social media and networking sites.

• Print out the link on a card as a handout to meetings that you are attending or organizing.

• Mention the petition and include the link in all intra-organization communications.

• Include the button or link in the auto-signature feature of your email.

• If possible, provide a platform through which your clients can sign the petition.

• Use any of the above text to fashion your own message about the petition drive. Contact NFFN media consultant Ivan Brandon, icbrandon@aol.com, if you would like a tailored press release or promotional text.

Thank you for your active participation in this unprecedented effort to press Congress to provided vital funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.