Tuesday, April 05, 2005

AFP Launches Massive Phone Bank and Letter Writing Campaign to Fight Proposed Legislation

AFP Launches Massive Phone Bank and Letter Writing Campaign to Fight Proposed Legislation: "AFP Launches Massive Phone Bank and Letter Writing Campaign to Fight Proposed Legislation
Monday April 4, 8:02 am ET
Charitable Donations Could Be Dramatically Affected by Legislation
BALTIMORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 4, 2005--This week, thousands of fundraising professionals meeting in Baltimore at the annual international conference of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) learned that the Senate Finance Committee has scheduled hearings on Tuesday, April 5 to discuss a variety of proposed regulatory threatening the charitable sector. The fundraisers immediately established a phone bank of hotlines directly to the Capitol. AFP conference attendees are calling senators en masse to express their concerns. They also started a major letter writing campaign to their Senators, especially those sitting on the Senate Finance Committee. "

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