NPAction Update
Vol 3, Issue 20
11/04/2005

Welcome to the NPAction Update. This week's update provides useful tips to plan a national campaign.

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In This Issue:

*Featured Article*
Showcase Group: Observance Events Can Be Used to Support Advocacy
For over 30 years, the Alliance for Children and Families, a nonprofit that serves and advocates on behalf of children and families, has been the leading group for National Family Week (NFW). In celebration of National Family Week, the Alliance for Children and Families urges groups all over the country to celebrate and honor families. Always the week of Thanksgiving, the Alliance encourages groups to use this week as a platform to initiate or strengthen their advocacy. There are many ways in which the organization has helped groups across the country increase their advocacy. Click here to read more.

Do you want your organization featured as a Showcase Group? Email us your ideas at npaction@npaction.org.

*Related Article*
Taking Part in a National Campaign
This is an excerpt from Part 2 of the OMB Watch publication So You Want to Make a Difference. Sometimes, local efforts are not enough. Child health offers a good example of an issue that needed a national campaign for success. Click here to read more.

*"Steal This Code": Put NPAction on Your Site*

NPAction invites organizations to share our tools on their websites. Just copy the HTML code from our site, and you're ready to go (but when you steal the code, just let us know!).

"Steal the Code" today
http://www.npaction.org/article/articleview/600/1/1988

*NPAction Update Archives*
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