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Glen Bradley (District 49) Glen.Bradley@ncleg.net

NC House of Representatives
300 N. Salisbury Street, Room 536
Raleigh, NC 27603-5925

Dear Mr. Bradley:

My name is Deborah Mastrodonato and I live in Youngsville, NC. You represent me and so I had to write you and tell you my story.

I am a former client of the Summit House program, and my daughter and I lived there from June, 2007 until we graduated in June, 2008. A member of the administration of Summit House Triangle recently wrote to me and let me know that Summit House is in jeopardy of losing it‘s funding during the General Assembly. She asked me would I care to write a letter and encourage my representative to vote to continue this support. I jumped at the opportunity.

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Contact Your Legislators Now!

Summit House needs your help NOW!

Due to severe budget constraints, Summit House is at risk of losing all funding from the state of North Carolina. The proposed budget cuts will directly and negatively impact the lives of the mothers and children that Summit House serves. We must act quickly.

This is what you can do to help:

Call or email your legislators NOW and ask them to continue funding Summit House. It is important that they hear from their constituents. You might say something like this:

"Please do not cut funding to Summit House. Mothers with small children that go to prison, end up going back over and over again and creating the same life sentence for their children. The cycle never stops. These mothers need rehabilitation and they need to care for their children.

When you cut programs like Summit House, you end up needing to build more prisons because the recidivism rate just keeps going up. Where are the savings? I urge you to keep Summit House in the budget."

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