Communicating with Elected Officials

Materials Available to Help You

The PKD Foundation created a number of documents to help you schedule and conduct visits. Those materials include:

• How to Schedule a Meeting with a Member of Congress;
• Helpful Tips for Visiting a Congressional Office;
• Template Thank You Letters for the House and Senate;
• Legislative Issues Talking Points;
• 2010 Legislative Agenda; and
• Additional materials that can be downloaded, printed and taken with you to your meetings.
  
  Visit THOMAS, a searchable database on Federal legislation, to learn more about how your members of Congress stand on specific bills and policies.

Letting Us Know

We encourage you to let us know when any meetings are scheduled, with whom, and how they went. Please send your feedback and follow up to pkdadvocacy@pkdcure.org.

** For additional information or help please pkdcure@pkdcure.org or at (800) PKD-CURE.