<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">For those unfamiliar, <a href="http://oats.org/">Older Adult Technology Services</a> is a longstanding non-profit who's sole purpose is helping senior New Yorkers learn to use technology, in many cases to get online for the first time. We've heard Director Tom Kamber speak on more than one occasion - he's a forceful advocate for the same principle that underlies the Internet Society's mission - The Internet is for Everyone. See more at <a href="http://oats.org/">http://oats.org/</a><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">As you must know, we've never sent out this kind of appeal from ISOC-NY. Similarly we have never received one from OATS. Thus this must be important.</span> The threatened program is plainly a lifeline for many. They are not asking for money, just a few words of support.
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Please find time to add your input.</span>
<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Tom Kamber, Founder, Senior Planet</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:info@seniorplanet.org">info@seniorplanet.org</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 4:11 PM<br>Subject: Senior Planet Needs Your Help!<br><br><u></u>
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<br><strong id="gmail-m_-5145970454972690592docs-internal-guid-3bcc2f49-49bc-d3aa-87da-890744131f9e">Senior Planet Needs Your Help!</strong>
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<u><strong>In the next seven days,</strong>
</u> Governor Cuomo and the New York State Legislature will decide the fate of a Senior Planet program serving over 900 seniors in the state’s isolated, rural North Country region. Their decision will partly rely on how many messages of support OATS can generate from people who care about this critical work, so we are asking you to take a few moments right now and send a message that we can include in our advocacy.<br>
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<u>There is so much at stake</u>:</strong> Since 2015, OATS has taught free classes to hundreds of older adults living in some of the most rural counties of the state. We have helped people get online and use the internet--increasing social connectedness, improving health outcomes, and helping rural seniors ensure their independence. Now these programs are threatened by budget cuts. <br>
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Regardless of where you live, we need your voice now to show that people are watching our government officials and making sure these great programs are kept alive. Have OATS and Senior Planet made a difference in your life? Do you want to help us continue our work? Then please, act now by filling out the form below. <br>
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We’ll need your name and email and location, and then simply, in your own words, why you think Senior Planet is important and why you think programs for rural seniors should be a priority for our public agencies. <strong>
<u>Your voice could make a huge difference right now, so please help us (so we can continue to help others).</u></strong>
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