Saturday, March 30, 2019

Prostate Cancer Awareness 2019

Prostate Cancer Awareness 2019
Some of them are commitments and some are pending with either sending in September or making  decision of support. Day by day the list grows. I get a goal each year ro get more than last year. 2019 goal is 225! With your help I know we can do it.

Governor Mike Dewine can I count on you to continue signing the Resolution for Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. The first  one was signed in 2014. Can I count on you?

 **Columbus, Georgia -Presentation August 6, 2019
*Ashtabula County Commissioners
*Auglaize County Commissioners
*Carroll County Commissioners
*Clark County Commissioners - Received
*Clermont County Commissioners - Pending
*Cuyahoga County Council - Received
*Fairfield County Commissioners
*Greene County Commissioners
*Lake County Commissioners - Received
*Licking County Commissioners
*Lorain County Commissioners
*Mahoning County Commissioners - Received
*Miami County Commissioners - No/Declined
*Montgomery County Commissioners - Received
*Morgan County Commissioners
*Ottawa County Commissioners
*Perry County Commissioners  - Received
*Portage County Commissioners - Received
*Richland County Commissioners - Presentation August 28, 2019
*Ross County Commissioners
*Sandusky Couny Commissioners - Received
*Tuscarawas County Commissioners
Adelphi - Received PDF
Akron - No/Declined
Amelia
Anderson Township Trustees - Pending
Aquilla - Pending
Athens - Presentation August 28, 2019
Avon Lake - Received
Barberton
Beachwood
Beavercreek
Bellbrook
Blanchester - Received
Bowling Green - Received
Brooklyn
Brookville - Received
Bucyrus - Received PDF
Canal Winchester
Canfield  - Received
Centerville
Chillicothe - Pending
Cincinnati - Pending
Circleville - Received
Clinton
Columbus - Pending
Deer Park
Dublin - Received
Eastlake
Elyria - Received
Enon
Fairborn
Fairfield - Received
Gahanna
Gibsonberg
Grandview Heights - Received
Groveport
Hicksville  - Received PDF
Huber Heights - Received
Hudson - No/Declined Maybe
Johnstown
Lancaster
Lebanon
Liberty Township Trustees
London - Received PDF
Loveland
Marble Cliff
Marion
Medina
Miami Township Trustees
Montgomery
Mount Sterling
Mount Vernon - Received
New Albany - Received
Newark
North College Hill
Orange Township Trustees
Parma - Received
Pickerington
Piqua - Received
Plain City
Powell - Presentation August 20, 2019
Richfield
Saint Bernard
Steubenville
Strongsville
Union
Urbana - Received PDF
Urbancrest
Westerville
Whitehall - Received
Willoughby Hills - Received
Woodmere - Received
Woodville - Received
Wyoming - Pending
Xenia

Brookville, Ohio 2019


Friday, March 29, 2019

Dublin, Ohio 2019

Thank you Mayor Gregory Peterson for your continued support in raising awareness for prostate cancer in Dublin.

Thursday, March 28, 2019

ZERO license plates



2 Sponsors and 13 Co sponsors! HB 107  in now being voted on by the Full House Of Representatives. Fingers crossed!!! 
Sounsors: Representative Richard Brown
                   Representative Scott Lipps
Co-Sponsors: Jeffrey Crossman
                        Doug Green
                        Brigid Kelly
                        Darrell Kick
                        David Leland
                        Mary Lightbody
                        Adam Miller
                        Michael J. O'Brein
                        Craig S. Riedel
                        Michael Sheehy
                        Kent Smith
                        Terrance Upchurch
                        Thomas West



“Zero" license plate to benefit the nonprofit Zero, the End of Prostate Cancer. The first of its kind!



Contact me if you would like to sign the Petition.

Link to follow along with the process HB 107

Mount Vernon, Ohio 2019

Thank you Mayor Mavis for your continued support!

Monday, March 18, 2019

Buycrus, Ohio 2019

Thank you Mayor Jeffrey Reser for your continued support with raising awareness for Prostae Cancer.

Saturday, March 16, 2019

Fact:

Nearly 3 million men in the U.S. are living with a prostate cancer diagnosis; that number is estimated to climb to 4 million by 2024 as men in the baby boomer generation age.

#ProstateCancerAwareness
#ZEROcancer

Friday, March 15, 2019

Bishop - King Dear Colleague letter 2019


The letter urges the Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense to provide $110 million in funding for the Department of Defense's (DoD) Peer Reviewed Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP) in the Fiscal Year 2020 DoD Appropriations bill. As we mentioned in our meeting, in 2019 alone, over 174,650 men across the United States will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, and over 31,620 more will die of the disease.



143 members have signed on to the letter with more trickling in before 5pm!Alma Adams (NC-12)

Colin Allred (TX-32)

Cynthia Axne (IA-3)

Nanette Diaz Barragán (CA-44)

Karen Bass (CA-37)

Joyce Beatty (OH-3)

Donald Beyer (VA-8)

Sanford Bishop (GA-2)

Earl Blumenauer (OR-3)

Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE-1)

Suzanne Bonamici (OR-1)

Brendan Boyle (PA-2)

Anthony Brown (MD-4)

Julia Brownley (CA-26)

Tony Cárdenas (CA-29)

Kathy Castor (FL-14)

Joaquin Castro (TX-20)

David Cicilline (RI-1)

Gilbert Cisneros (CA-39)

Yvette Clarke (NY-9)

Lacy Clay (MO-1)

Emanuel Cleaver (MO-5)

Steve Cohen (TN-9)

Chris Collins (NY-27)

Gerald Connolly (VA-11)

Luis Correa (CA-46)

Elijah Cummings (MD-7)

Sharice Davids (KS-3)

Danny Davis (IL-7)

Susan Davis (CA-53)

Peter DeFazio (OR-4)

Rosa DeLauro (CT-3)

Antonio Delgado (NY-19)

Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11)

Theodore Deutch (FL-22)

Debbie Dingell (MI-12)

Lloyd Doggett (TX-35)

Neal Dunn (FL-2)

Adriano Espaillat (NY-13)

Dwight Evans (PA-3)

Abby Finkenauer (IA-1)

Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-1)

Bill Foster (IL-11)

Marcia Fudge (OH-11)

Matt Gaetz (FL-1)

Ruben Gallego (AZ-7)

John Garamendi (CA-3)

Jimmy Gomez (CA-34)

Jenniffer González-Colón (PR-1)

Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15)

Raúl Grijalva (AZ-3)

Debra Haaland (NM-1)

Jim Hagedorn (MN-1)

Alcee Hastings (FL-20)

Denny Heck (WA-10)

Brian Higgins (NY-26)

Katie Hill (CA-25)

Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC-0)

Duncan Hunter (CA-50)

Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18)

Pramila Jayapal (WA-7)

Henry "Hank" Johnson (GA-4)

John Katko (NY-24)

William Keating (MA-9)

Robin Kelly (IL-2)

Joseph Kennedy (MA-4)

Ro Khanna (CA-17)

Daniel Kildee (MI-5)

Andy Kim (NJ-3)

Ron Kind (WI-3)

Peter King (NY-2)

Steve King (IA-4)

Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-8)

Ann Kuster (NH-2)

James Langevin (RI-2)

Rick Larsen (WA-2)

John Larson (CT-1)

John Lewis (GA-5)

Ted Lieu (CA-33)

Daniel Lipinski (IL-3)

David Loebsack (IA-2)

Zoe Lofgren (CA-19)

Elaine Luria (VA-2)

Stephen Lynch (MA-8)

Sean Patrick Maloney (NY-18)

Ben McAdams (UT-4)

Lucy McBath (GA-6)

Donald McEachin (VA-4)

James McGovern (MA-2)

Jerry McNerney (CA-9)

Gwen Moore (WI-4)

Seth Moulton (MA-6)

Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (FL-26)

Jimmy Panetta (CA-20)

Chris Pappas (NH-1)

Bill Pascrell (NJ-9)

Donald Payne (NJ-10)

Collin Peterson (MN-7)

Chellie Pingree (ME-1)

Stacey Plaskett (VI-1)

Bill Posey (FL-8)

Ayanna Pressley (MA-7)

Jamie Raskin (MD-8)

Guy Reschenthaler (PA-14)

Kathleen Rice (NY-4)

Cedric Richmond (LA-2)

Raul Ruiz (CA-36)

Bobby Rush (IL-1)

Gregorio Sablan (MP-1)

Linda Sánchez (CA-38)

Bradley Schneider (IL-10)

Robert "Bobby" Scott (VA-3)

David Scott (GA-13)

Terri Sewell (AL-7)

Donna Shalala (FL-27)

Albio Sires (NJ-8)

Elissa Slotkin (MI-8)

Christopher Smith (NJ-4)

Darren Soto (FL-9)

Jackie Speier (CA-14)

Pete Stauber (MN-8)

Steve Stivers (OH-15)

Thomas Suozzi (NY-3)

Eric Swalwell (CA-15)

Mark Takano (CA-41)

Mike Thompson (CA-5)

Bennie Thompson (MS-2)

Paul Tonko (NY-20)

David Trone (MD-6)

Juan Vargas (CA-51)

Marc Veasey (TX-33)

Filemon Vela (TX-34)

Nydia Velázquez (NY-7)

Jackie Walorski (IN-2)

Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23)

Peter Welch (VT-1)

Brad Wenstrup (OH-2)

Jennifer Wexton (VA-10)

Roger Williams (TX-25)

Frederica Wilson (FL-24)

John Yarmuth (KY-3)

Don Young (AK-1)

Lee Zeldin (NY-1)


Woodville, Ohio 2019

Thank you Mayor Rich Harman, for your continued support with raising awareness for prostate cancer. Woodville was among the first supporters. Mayor Harman went above and beyond supporting with lighting Flag poles, a pond and bushes Blue throughout Woodville. He also put a message on the Village sign.

Willoughby Hills, Ohio 2019



Montgomery County Commissioners 2019


Monday, March 11, 2019

Bishop-King Dear Colleague letter

As the caregiver of a prostate cancer survivor. I wanted to let you know that the Bishop-King Dear Colleague letter in support of prostate cancer research at the Department of Defense is now open and men and families in our state are counting on you to help. You can view the letter at support.zerocancer.org/fy20bishopking.

The letter urges the Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense to provide $110 million in funding for the Department of Defense's (DoD) Peer Reviewed Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP) in the Fiscal Year 2020 DoD Appropriations bill. As we mentioned in our meeting, in 2019 alone, over 174,650 men across the United States will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, and over 31,620 more will die of the disease.

I hope you will join U.S. Representatives Bishop and King in their effort to ensure this unique and impactful program can continue its groundbreaking work on behalf of prostate cancer patients. To sign onto the letter, your office can contact Jonathan Halpern in Rep. Sanford Bishop's office at 5-3631 or Jonathan.Halpern@mail.house.gov as well as Deena Tauster in Rep. Peter King's office at 5-7896 or Deena.Tauster@mail.house.gov. The deadline to sign on is Friday, March 15th.


Sincerely,
Linda Hoetger

Saturday, March 9, 2019

Bishop-King Dear Colleague letter


Sent 3/9/2019 at 6:40am
Congressman Stivers, 



As the caregiver of a prostate cancer survivor. I wanted to let you know that the Bishop-King Dear Colleague letter in support of prostate cancer research at the Department of Defense is now open and men and families in our state are counting on you to help. You can view the letter at support.zerocancer.org/fy20bishopking.



The letter urges the Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense to provide $110 million in funding for the Department of Defense's (DoD) Peer Reviewed Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP) in the Fiscal Year 2020 DoD Appropriations bill. As we mentioned in our meeting, in 2019 alone, over 174,650 men across the United States will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, and over 31,620 more will die of the disease.



I hope you will join U.S. Representatives Bishop and King in their effort to ensure this unique and impactful program can continue its groundbreaking work on behalf of prostate cancer patients. To sign onto the letter, your office can contact Jonathan Halpern in Rep. Sanford Bishop's office at 5-3631 or Jonathan.Halpern@mail.house.gov as well as Deena Tauster in Rep. Peter King's office at 5-7896 or Deena.Tauster@mail.house.gov. The deadline to sign on is Friday, March 15th.



Sincerely,

Linda and Ray Hoetger

Grandview Heights, Ohio 2019


Bishop-King Dear Colleague letter

#RepSteveChabot 
#RepBradWenstrup    
#RepJoyceBeatty         
#RepJimJordan   
#RepBobLatta        
#RepBillJohnson 
#BobGibbs
#RepWarrenDavidson
#RepMarcyKaptur
#RepMichaelTurner
#RepMarciaFudge
#RepSteveSteivers       
#RepAnthonyGonzalez

As the wife/caregiver of a prostate cancer survivor. My husband was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer June 19, 2009. I wanted to let you know that the Bishop-King Dear Colleague letter in support of prostate cancer research at the Department of Defense is now open and men and families in our state are counting on you to help. You can view the letter at support.zerocancer.org/fy20bishopking.

The letter urges the Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense to provide $110 million in funding for the Department of Defense's (DoD) Peer Reviewed Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP) in the Fiscal Year 2020 DoD Appropriations bill. As we mentioned in our meeting, in 2019 alone, over 174,650 men across the United States will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, and over 31,620 more will die of the disease.

I hope you will join U.S. Representatives Bishop and King in their effort to ensure this unique and impactful program can continue its groundbreaking work on behalf of prostate cancer patients. To sign onto the letter, your office can contact Jonathan Halpern in Rep. Sanford Bishop's office at 5-3631 or Jonathan.Halpern@mail.house.gov as well as Deena Tauster in Rep. Peter King's office at 5-7896 or Deena.Tauster@mail.house.gov. The deadline to sign on is Friday, March 15th.

Sincerely, 

Linda Hoetger

Urbana, Ohio 2019


Lake County Commissioners 2019


Whitehall, Ohio 2019


London, Ohio 2019


Thursday, March 7, 2019

Fairfield, Ohio 2019

Thank you Fairfield Mayor Steve Miller with your continued support in raising awareness for prostate cancer in the City of Fairfield.

Clark County Commissioners 2019

Thank you Clark County Commissioners for your continued support with raising awareness for prostate cancer,

Tuesday, March 5, 2019

133rd General Assembly House Bill 107

To amend section 4501.21 and to enact section 4503.942 of the Revised Code to create the "Zero" license plate to benefit the nonprofit Zero, the End of Prostate Cancer.

Ohio House Bill 107

Supporting Prostate Cancer Awareness 2019

Athens Presentation August 28, 2019
Auglaize County Commissioners
Carroll County Commissioners
Clark County Commissioners Received
Columbus, Georgia Presentation August 8, 2019
Enon
Fairfield Received
Fairfield County Commissioners
London Received PDF
Lorain County Commissioners
Mahoning County Commissioners
Medina
Montgomery County Commissioners
Morgan County Commissioners
New Albany
Pickerington
Urbancrest
Woodville
Xenia
Youngstown

Friday, March 1, 2019

Patient and Caregiver Survey

I wanted to share this opportunity for both patients and caregivers to share their thoughts and feedback about their prostate cancer journey. This quick survey is from a great nonprofit that I have actively volunteered with for years, ZERO - The End of Prostate Cancer. Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts to help other patients and caregivers get the help they need. Your feedback can make a big difference!