1. United States
2. Pa.
3. Letter

I’m writing to ask you to fight to restore funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in the Federal budget. CPB funds all public broadcasting, including PBS and NPR. This proposed cut would be terrible news for our community, cutting a very important source of funding for a vital resource for our communities, our teachers and our kids. For generations, these stations have been serving our community with programming that educates, enlightens and inspires. They provide children a safe harbor in a television environment that often contains content unfit for growing minds. And they provide materials that teachers use in the classroom each and every day. Here are just a few reasons you might want to restore funding for CPB: CPB costs each taxpayer just $1.35 per year. PBS programs are watched by 82% of TV households, and they can get it for free. PBS stations provide 120,000+ curriculum-driven learning tools to teachers, parents and caregivers for FREE. Federal seed funding works: for every $1 of federal funding, stations raise $6 72% of voters think PBS is a good value for their tax dollars. Public media employs about 25,000 people across the country and provides an important training venue for student interns. Please stand with me to support public media! Thank you for your consideration.