Best New Year Wishes; Join us Jan 7^th for Pizza, Thank You’s & Conversation Dec 28^th, 2018 Voice Your Opinions! Letters to the editor make a difference. You can send a letter of up to 200 words (shorter letters are more likely to be accepted) to the Alaska Dispatch News by email (letters@alaskadispatch.com); or by fax or mail (call them at 257-4308). Send letters to the Anchorage Press via e-mail editor@anchoragepress.com or by mail to 540 E. Fifth Ave, Anchorage, 99501. Feel free to call us if you need factual information to help you write a letter. Contact the Governor. The Governor can be reached at 269-7450; or www.alaska.gov. Contact us. My office can be reached at: 1500 W Benson Blvd, Anchorage, AK 99503; by phone: 269-0106; visit my website at http://replesgara.com; or email: Rep.Les.Gara@akleg.gov Want to Volunteer To Help A Child? You can be a Volunteer Mentor to help a child, through a program we worked with foster care advocates to start, at Big Brothers, Big Sisters.  Just call 433-4691. Have the time to do more?  Alaska has a major shortage of foster and adoptive parents, and you can help change a life by doing that.  To ask about foster parenting or adopting a child out of foster care call 1-800-478-7307.  Dear Friends and Neighbors: I hope the Christmas, Chanukah & holiday season have been good to you. And I want to wish you all my best for the coming New Year! I’ll send a reminder, but on Monday January 7^th we’ve put together a pizza and casual conversation meeting - see the invitation below! I’ll be there to Thank You, and would love to see you if you can make it. Our new Representative, special guest Zack Fields, will be there to take questions and talk with you too. Shoot, as a new constituent I get to ask question now too :)! It should be a nice evening if you can make it. All My Best, Rep. Les Gara ###