ME/NH DELEGATION MEMBERS PRAISE LETTER WRITING CAMPAIGN TO SAVE PNS

(Washington, D.C.)---Members of the Maine and New Hampshire Congressional Delegations today hailed the collection of over 20,000 letters by the "Support the Shipyard Letter Writing Campaign," organized by the local Save Our Shipyard (SOS) Task Force, area Chambers of Commerce and municipalities. Next Tuesday, April 12, the Seacoast Shipyard Association will take the letters to Washington, D.C. and the delegation Members will deliver them to Pentagon officials.

  "We offer our sincere thanks to the Save Our Shipyard Task Force, the Seacoast Shipyard Association, and all the area Chambers of Commerce from Maine and New Hampshire for initiating this effort and coordinating the collection of so many letters of support for Portsmouth Naval Shipyard," said the delegations in a joint statement. "Most of all we want to thank the thousands of employees, friends, and families who help make Portsmouth Naval Shipyard the finest shipyard in the country.  We look forward to receiving these letters and joining with representatives of the Seacoast Shipyard Association and shipyard leadership in hand-delivering them to the Department of Defense."