URGENT: Ohioans: Your Support for HB 322 Needed before 4/24
Rebecca Surendorff, Co-Chair of Ohioans for Child Protection, asked us to pass along this important message. Since 2019 the parents and grandparents of Ohioans for Child Protection have been asking lawmakers to craft legislation to protect Ohio's children.
Your help is urgently needed! Ohio House Bill 322 would criminalize grooming a child for the purpose of sexual abuse. This bill was voted out of committee with bipartisan support and with endorsements from the Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association and Child USAdvocacy.
What can you do? Call or email your Representatives, as well the House Leadership, before Wednesday, April 24th, and urge them to pass HB 322.
House Majority Party/ Republicans
Jason Stephens – Speaker of the House (614) 466-1366, [email protected]
Scott Oelslager – Speaker Pro Tempore (614) 752-2438, [email protected]
Jon Cross- Assistant Majority Floor Leader (614) 466 -3819, [email protected]
James Hoops – Majority Whip (614) 466-3760, [email protected]
Sharon Ray – Assistant Majority Whip (614) 466-8140, [email protected]
House Minority Party Leadership/ Democrats
C. Allison Russo – Minority Leader (614) 466-8012, [email protected]
Dontavius Jarrells- Assistant Minority Leader (614) 466-5343, [email protected]
Dani Isaacsohn - Minority Whip (614) 466-5786, [email protected]
Michele Grim- Assistant Minority Whip (614) 644-6017, [email protected]
If you know other Ohio voters who would support this effort, ask them to do the same. Your calls and emails really do matter. You can all play a role in helping to protect children in your state.
Winter Appeal 2023
To our friends,
2023 has been a long year with many ups and downs for us all. As we close out the year, we at SNAP hope that you are feeling like you are on your way to being healthy, fulfilled, and happy. This past year has brought both successes and challenges. Thanks to the support you have shown in the past, we’ve been able to celebrate the good days and weather the stormy ones. Now, we are once again asking for your support as we work to support survivors new and old as we ‘Move SNAP Forward.’
At SNAP we are proud to have hosted a very well-attended conference in August 2023. This event allowed us to gather friends, survivors, advocates, and allies for a weekend of camaraderie and connection. We were so happy to be able to welcome many first-time attendees to gather in person and are already looking forward to the next conference.
To strengthen our movement for justice, healing, and prevention, SNAP will be expanding our peer support and providing more volunteer opportunities in the coming year. Through this great work, we are ensuring survivor voices are represented as we work for significant change that will benefit children and survivors.
Right now, survivors worldwide are getting the help they need from SNAP, and more and more reach out to us daily, but we need your help to keep those programs going and get our volunteers the training they need to thrive.
Your tax-deductible gift to SNAP can help offset the cost of our important mission. If you are not in a position to contribute, you can still support us by sharing this letter with those who can. As we continue to fight for survivors across the globe, your donation or sharing the great work SNAP does will help us continue our work to protect the vulnerable, heal the wounded, and prevent abuse.
Your donation ensures SNAP will be there for those who need us more than ever!
Warmly,
Michael W. McDonnell, C.P.S.
Interim Executive Director