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For Members Members Tweet Their Union Pride THE SAG FOUNDATION HAS SOMETHING FOR ALL MEMBERS A ll entertainment and media professionals represented by SAG-AFTRA can count on support offered by the Screen Actors Guild Foundation. he Foundation offers a variety of services for members, such as the Casting Access Project, Conversations and LifeRaſt career development seminars, voiceover training at the Don LaFontaine Voice-Over Lab, emergency and catastrophic health care assistance, children's literacy outreach through BookPALS and the John L. Dales educational scholarship. Visit sagfoundation.org to find out more, and register online to receive announcements and updates on all these programs and more. A separate organization from the union, the SAG Foundation relies solely on the support and generosity of private, tax-deductible donations. "No amount is too small," said JoBeth Williams, SAG Foundation president. "Whatever you can give ensures that the Foundation can continue to provide valuable programming to you and your fellow artists." Please make a year-end tax-deductible donation to the SAG Foundation at sagfoundation.org. SAG-AFTRA members showed their union pride over Labor Day weekend with their participation in two nationwide Twitter campaigns. The irst, "Work Connects Us All" is a new awareness campaign of the AFL-CIO. The campaign, which launched Aug. 28, highlights special messages and information on how we are all connected by the work we do. The second way members participated was in the third annual American Rights at Work Labor Day Tweet-a-Thon, sending messages of solidarity and support for SAG-AFTRA and the role all unions play in securing fair wages and safe working conditions for all workers. Performers representing television, movies, music and sports joined in an effort to tweet expressions of their gratitude to the union movement through the hashtags #unionmember, #SAGAFTRA, #workUdo and #LaborDay. #SAGAFTRA Kate Flannery @KateFlannery I'm a proud #unionmember RT if you are too! #laborday #SAGAFTRA Clark Gregg @clarkgregg Happy Labor Day to all my union afiliated brothers and sisters. #SAGAFTRA #WGA #DGA #AEA Rosanne Cash @rosannecash Happy Labor Day to my fellow members of @SAGAFTRA and @Musiciansunion! And thank you, AFTRA, for paying for health care for my family. xxo Iqbal Theba @iqbaltheba I am a proud #unionmember of @SAGAFTRA Happy Labor Day Henry Winkler @hwinkler4real @araw i am a proud member of 3 unions Chris Shilett @ChrisShilett71 happy labor day! don't forget to hug a union member today! #SAGAFTRA #unionmember Julie Wright @thejuliewright @SAGAFTRA Couldn't do it w/o u Thank YOU! United We Stand! #Solidarity #unionmember D.W. Moffett @DWMoffett It's Labor Day Weekend...duh...and I just want to shout out to all Union members in the USA. God Bless!! #SAGAFTRA #unionmember In addition to helping members in need, donations to the Foundation help support programs such as the Conversations series. Here, the cast of Suburgatory visit the Actors Center on Nov. 20 to discuss the ensemble comedy. 30 SAG-AFTRA | Winter 2013 | SAGAFTRA.org Kerry Washington @kerrywashington "@SAGAFTRA: Stand strong, stand together. Proud to be a #unionmember #SAGAFTRA member this #LaborDay" VERY PROUD!!! We're stronger together! Follow us on Twitter @SAGAFTRA