From the Center for Lyme Action{

Thank you to the more than 500 Lyme and tick-borne disease advocates who participated in Advocacy Day this year on February 18.

Together we met with 351 House and Senate Offices from all 50 states and D.C. and Puerto Rico.  We met with more districts than ever before – 274 – which is way more than half.  And we had a record number of Member-attended meetings scheduled – 9!

Special shout out to our more than 50 team leads who organized our regional and state groups.  Your dedication to this issue is palpable and your delivery of our five Appropriations Requests is demanding more attention than ever.  Sending a clear message to Congress has made tick-borne illness a national health priority.

If you would like to read more, see the following links:

Inside the Center for Lyme Action’s Virtual Advocacy Day by Terri McCormick

It’s an honor to be with my fellow NC Lyme advocates by Nikki Schultek

Today is the Center for Lyme Action Virtual Advocacy Day by Fred Diamond

Now our dedicated Appropriations Forms Team will be submitting 1500 – 2000 appropriations forms in the next 4-8 weeks. Forms will be sent to every office we met with last week.  If you have a link to forms from your Senator or U.S. Representative, please send to forms@centerforlymeation.org.

Take five minutes for this important next step
Whether you were able to participate in Advocacy Day or not, please help us continue our campaign to grow federal funding for Lyme, alpha-gal, and tick-borne disease.

CLICK ON THIS FEDERAL FUNDING CAMPAIGN and easily send an email to Congress.  It only takes five minutes.  Thanks for all you do to make a difference!

Fiscal Year 2026 Appropriations Updates

In wonderful news, we were able to maintain our Lyme and tick-disease funding, even in the face of an unfavorable appropriations climate.  The total impact of our aggregate advocacy has been $613M since we started our work in 2019.