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Be a Champion for Children’s Health – Spread the Word!

You can become a Champion for Children’s Health by getting the word out to your friends, family and colleagues. Here’s what you can do right now:

Facebook

Let everyone know that you support real child health care reform:

1.  Post a message on your Facebook page.

Need a suggested post? Try this:

I'm a Champion for Children’s Health and I support real child health care reform now! Please help me spread the message that children should be better, not worse, off after health care reform.  Visit the Children’s Defense Fund (http://www.childrensdefense.org/strollerbrigade) for more information and to take action!

2.  Add the Stroller Brigade badge. 

Let everyone know you are a Champion for Children's Health by adding the Stroller Brigade badge to your Facebook page! The broken stroller image on the badge will assemble and repair itself as events and prospects for adequate child health coverage improve. So, help us fix that stroller and health coverage for all children by adding the Stroller Brigade badge to your Facebook page today!

1. Make sure you are logged onto Facebook. Go to the Children's Defense Fund Facebook Page.
2. On the left hand side of the page you will see the Stroller Brigade badge in the "My Stuff" box. Click on the "Grab This" link.
3. Click to "Allow" Facebook to install the "My Stuff" box (unless this already added on your page).
4. Click on "Share" and "Add to Profile" - This will add the badge to your profile and to your Facebook feed. Make sure the tab titled "Wall and Info Tab" is highlighted (the image should show the badge being featured on the left hand side of the page).
5. For the final step, you will be directed to your Facebook page where you just need to click "Keep."
6. Your Facebook Stroller Brigade badge has been installed! Thanks for your support! 

If you want to email the badge to friends, family members, or colleagues, click on the blue "Share" button in the image on the right and click on the label in the upper left corner named "Email." You can then choose from a dropdown menu that will let you either email your contacts from an email provider such as Gmail and Hotmail or you can enter individual's emails manually.

Finally, you can post the badge to your website or blog directly by clicking on the blue "Share" button in the image and using the embed code at the bottom of the menu. All you need to do is click on the "Copy" button and you will have the code saved to install directly into the HTML of your Web property.

Email

Let your friends, family and colleagues know that Congress needs to hear now that child health reform is in jeopardy unless they act – here’s a message you can send to your contact list:

Dear Friend,

Congress is debating health reform legislation that could leave millions of children worse rather than better off.  It fails to fix the bureaucratic, unfair barriers to care and must be changed now! Please help me tell Congress and the President that they must support changes that provide comprehensive, affordable, and accessible care for all children no matter where they live.

Join parents, children, grandparents and champions of children in a “stroll” to the Capitol on Wednesday, November 4th at 10am to ensure that our children are not left behind in health care reform.  You can also join stroller brigades in cities across the country November 6th through 8th.  Log onto the Children’s Defense Fund website at http://www.childrensdefense.org/strollerbrigade to take action now!

Thank you for your help!

Twitter

Let all your Twitter followers know about our Champions for Children’s Health Stroller Brigades and send them to our website.  You can use our bit.url: http://bit.ly/3xMDD0 and don’t forget to use #strollerbrigade when referring to the campaign!

Need a suggested tweet?  Try this:

It’s time for children to be better, not worse, off after #healthcare reform. Work with us for change! http://bit.ly/3xMDD0 #strollerbrigade

Have extra space in your tweets? Here are some other #hashtags to use:
#hcr (health care reform)
#p2 (general progressive issues)
#kidhealth
#childhealth
#healthreform
#healthcare
#healthykids
#fem2 (women’s issues)
#woc (women of color)
#blck (Black)