Bread for the World Workshop and 2016 Lobby Day

The SW PA Bread for the World Team is holding its 2016 regional workshop on Saturday, April 2, 2016 at Christ United Methodist Church, 44 Highland Road in Bethel Park. The Workshop begins at 9 AM with a session on the theme of the 2016 Annual Bread for the World Offering of Letters and be followed by a box lunch. (The cost of the box lunch is $8 when requested in pre-workshop registration. The workshop will continue with an optional afternoon session on the topic of immigration and its relationship to domestic and international hunger and how to get involved. Barbara Bower, a Pittsburgh immigration attorney, will lead the session scheduled to conclude at 2:30 PM. To find out more about the workshop and the SW PA Bread for the World Team, call Jeanna-Mar Simmons at 412-835-6621 x109.

Throughout April and May lobby visits will be scheduled in the local offices of our U.S. Senators and Representatives to seek their support on funding for international child and maternal nutrition programs. The SW PA Bread for the World efforts will go to Washington, D.C. on June 7 when we will participate in the Annual National Bread Lobby Day. There we plan to meet with our U.S. Legislators and their staffs along with our Bread Colleagues from Pennsylvania and around the country in a united push for funding for these important effective programs that can be successful in reducing malnutrition among the world’s most vulnerable populations.

To get involved with the regional efforts of Bread for the World including possible participation in the 2016 lobbying meetings, please contact me at 412-780-5118 or by email at rothermeljoyce@gmail.com

Joyce Rothermel is Co-Chair of the SW PA Bread for the World Team.

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