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What to bring to the conference


To help you plan for this effort, we have put together a list of a few items you should remember to bring with you to Washington, D.C.:

- Comfortable shoes - you will be doing a lot of walking while sightseeing and visiting Members of Congress, so it is crucial that you bring at least one pair of good walking shoes and one pair of comfortable dress shoes.

- Casual clothes (2 days) any group social gatherings will be casual dress. 

- Business casual attire (2 days) for meetings on Capitol Hill, meetings with government agencies, and press event.

- We will be setting up meetings for you with your Members of Congress.  If you haven't already done so, please let us know the day and time you are leaving Washington, DC so we can properly arrange the meetings.  If you have time before coming to Washington, DC, you could learn about your Members of Congress by visiting their websites via www.senate.gov and .www.house.gov.  

- Pre-conference materials from CRASH and P.A.T.T.  These include any conference materials emailed to you or downloaded from our Web site before the event.  

- A photo and/or important keepsake or book of your loved one to show when you are meeting with policy makers and staff.  If you have not done so already, please send us the photo and some thoughts/words about your loved one(s) for us to share at our Memorial Web page.