A Word From Peace & Justice
Some clarification on the Climate Hope Cards
We made available Climate Hope Cards from the UCC a couple of Sundays ago. We were excited about
them because they were using the art work of the children from Earth Day Sunday school classes. We
expected them to be traditional post cards to be used by members to contact any of their government
representatives about environmental issues that were important personally.
What we got – and we did not notice on opening – was not a postcard that could be mailed. It was written specifically for the EPA to encourage a moral responsibility or our government to protect our ecosystems, encouraging the EPA to set strong pollution standards. The UCC’s process to handle the cards is for churches to collect them and send them to the UCC office where the entire bundle will be delivered to the EPA.
There is still space for individuals to write a message to target their particular
environmental concern. So, we will collect cards at Coffee Hour through July 30 and forward them to the UCC. If you would rather use the card to contact local elected representatives about local environmental issues we will collect those cards as well and Kari and Debra will make sure they get to the appropriate place. For this, just cross out the salutation on the card and write in the recipient you intend. Be sure to state your issue
in the Message line.
Sorry for the confusion.
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