Update & Action Alert from Anti-Hunger & Nutrition Coalition

Update & Action Alert  Dear Members, Together we have decided on our legislative priorities for 2013, and we are a just a little over 2 months away from Hunger Action Day - now is the time to get your agency, colleagues, board members, volunteers, neighbors and family members to sign up for Hunger Action Day! With your help we could top last year'sattendance of 170 people. Below are 4 four simple ways you can spread the word about registration.   (click blue text to download documents)  1)    Share our finalized legislative agenda! These are the important issues that you voted on. Condensed into one page, weshare this with legislators throughout session and we hope you share it, too. 2)    Post/ hand out this flyer. 3)    Place a Hunger Action Day registration badge* on your website and/or   upload this image to your Facebook page.     *The simplest way to add the badge to your site is to cut and paste the following code into your sites HTML:    <a href="http://www.wsahnc.org/annual-lobby-day"><img title="Register for Hunger Action Day 2013" src="http://www.wsahnc.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/HAD.Register.2013.jpg" alt="Register for Hunger Action Day 2013" width="240" height="150"  /></a> (If you need assistance please email elsaf@withinreachwa.org)    4)     Copy and paste this email message to send to all! Let's be an even bigger, more visible force in Olympia this year - and ensure everyone in Washington State has access to food! Follow us on

Northwest Harvest Advocates Update

Advocates Update Wednesday, December 5 IN THIS ISSUE UPCOMING EVENTS Virtual Rally on White House Register for HAD 2013 UPCOMING EVENTS Jan 21 MLK Poverty Action Day (Statewide Poverty Action Netowrk  Lobby Day) RSVP (206) 694-6794 or Toll-Free at 1-866-789-7726. Online registration soon atwww.povertyaction.org Jan 30Have a Heart for Kids Day (Children's Alliance Lobby Day) Click here for more info.     Feb 20Interfaith Action Day (Faith Action Network Lobby Day) Click here for more info.    Feb 22 Hunger Action Day (Anti-Hunger and Nutrition Coalition Lobby Day) Click here for more info.        Northwest Harvest PO Box 12272 Seattle, Washington 98102 800-722-6924 Your Weekly Action Alert:    Virtual Rally on the White House  Deep cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly food stamps) are on the table in negotiations between the White House and Congressional Republicans for averting the "Fiscal Cliff." Read more...  Take Action    Register for Hunger Action Day 2013!  The 2013 Legislative Session starts on January 14. The Legislature will be working on a budget for the 2013-15 biennium. The Anti-Hunger and Nutrition Coalition will be hosting Hunger Action Day on February 22, 2013. This is an opportunity for anti-hunger advocates to come together in Olympia for a day of training on the status of important state nutrition assistance programs in the state budget. Attendees will meet with legislators to urge them to protect and strengthen these programs that help feed Washington's hungry families. Recently, Northwest Harvest's Partner Programs Coordinator, Laura Titzer, visited the Capitol for the first time. She got to have a meeting with one of her legislators, Speaker Frank Chopp. Laura wrote about her visit on our blog. Laura wants you to know that if she could speak to her member to advocate for hungry families, you can too! Join us for Hunger Action Day on Feb. 22, 2013. Registration is now open, and we ask you to register early to give staff at the Anti-Hunger and Nutrition Coalition plenty of time to schedule meetings with your State Senators and Representatives. Find out more information about Hunger Action Day and register here: http://www.wsahnc.org/annual-lobby-day/    Read more... Take Action     The mission of Northwest Harvest is to provide nutritious food to hungry people statewide in a manner that respects their dignity, while fighting to eliminate hunger. Our vision is that ample nutritious food is available to everyone in Washington state.