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Welcome to the Arthritis Agenda, an advocacy
newsletter of the Arthritis Foundation.
February 2004
Volume 5, No. 1
Children’s
Health Day
The Arthritis Foundation, Indiana Chapter, was proud to be a part of the first
annual Children’s Health Day on February 11, 2004.
Children from all over the state, representing the Arthritis Foundation
and 8 other health charities, gathered at the State Capital building to be a
page for a day, learn about the legislative process and raise awareness to the
state legislators. The day began by
talking about issues that were important to kids and questions they would like
to ask their representative. After
getting a tour of the Senate, Judicial, and House of Representative Chambers,
the kids listened in on a Public Health Committee meeting and met with their
representative. It was then time
for page assignments, lunch and a scavenger hunt.
The day ended with the pages writing thank you letters to their
sponsoring senator. It was a very
busy day and the pages went home with lots of goodies, new friendships, and
tired feet!
 
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