We have provided the following materials for use in your issue cluster work.

Local Media Plan 
Description Use this local media plan as a guide to bring your local newspaper reporters to come to Clean Water Lobby Day with your local group. This plan also includes a sample phone rap and follow up letter to recruit your local reporters.
Local Media Plan to Recruit Reporters to Attend Clean Water Lobby Day

2005 Clean Water Lobby Day Recruitment Materials

CWLD Business Card 
Here is another Clean Water Lobby Day recruitment material you can include in your newsletter (we call it our Clean Water Lobby Day business card). This is a publisher file that I transferred into a Word doc. If you are having difficulties editing it, please email me and I will send you the original file (in Paint or in Publisher).
Clean Water Lobby Day business card 
 
Mary Alsentzer's CWLD newsletter blurb 
Here is a sample newsletter blurb that Mary Alsentzer, PTRF, created. Make sure to personalize items in blue to be specific to your organization.
Clean Water Lobby Day newsletter blurb 
 
Postcards 
These are two different versions of postcards that you can print, cut out, and distribute to announce the 2005 Clean Water Lobby Day. Once you open the file, click in the box and type in your email address so that people can get in touch with you for more information. Ignore any margin errors you may encounter while trying to print to ensure that the document prints correctly.
Clean Water Lobby Day postcard 1
Clean Water Lobby Day postcard 2 

Sample Email 
Here is a sample email to send to your members and listserves about Clean Water Lobby Day. Please feel free to edit this email and send it out to your lists.
Sample email for Members 

Template Letter to Recruit College Students 
Use this template letter to recruit High School teachers and classes to join you at Clean Water Lobby Day.
Template Letter to Recruit College Orgs and Students 

Template Letter to Recruit High School Classes 
Use this template letter to recruit High School teachers and classes to join you at Clean Water Lobby Day.
Template Letter to Recruit High School Classes 
 
Other Materials

Sample Thank You to Legislator 
Here is a sample Thank You letter, crafted by Mary Alsentzer, that may be helpful to look at when you are following up from your district meeting with your Legislator.
Sample Letter 
 
Template Thank You to Legislator 
Here is a template Thank You letter you can use to follow up from your district meeting with your Legislator.
Template Letter 
 
Stormwater Materials

Newsletter Article 
Tom Duckwall's newsletter article on stormwater.

Pictures 
Click on the links below to view four pictures that you can use in your materials to demonstrate how stormwater can affect our communities. To save the pictures, right click on them and then choose "save picture as." (Photos courtesy of NC Coastal Federation.)
Photo 1     Photo 2     Photo 3     Photo 4 

Stormwater Factsheet 
Grady's stormwater factsheet, 2004.