November 15, 2009

 

Seismic Rehabilitation Grant Program

Attention: Grant Selection Committee

Oregon Emergency Management

3225 State Street, Room 115

Salem, Oregon 97301

 

Dear Seismic Grant Selection Committee:

 

We are interested and supportive of the grant for seismic rehabilitation for Oregon School for the DeaF (OSD). As community members of an organization that promotes the interests of all Deaf people in Oregon, we are proponents for action that would ensure a better, safer place for all of OSD's students. We are aware of the age of the buildings and value the heritage of such an organization, and are desirous of enhancing the environment for a new generation of students at OSD.

 

We encourage you to five this school priority in your consideration for this program. Oregon's Deaf studetns deserve a safe place to receive an education, and we know that OSD is an integral part of the success of Oregonians who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing, statewide. Thank you for your consideration, and we encourage you to select OSD as a site for building rehabilitation.

 

(signed)

Carl Schroeder

President of Oregon Association of the Deaf