National Community Pharmacists Association
2014 Legislative Advocacy Challenge
Legislative Advocacy Challenge Purpose
The NCPA Legislative Advocacy Challenge was created to gauge and increase the level of legislative
advocacy taking place within each NCPA Student Chapter. It awards and recognizes each school’s
accomplishments.
There are many ways to promote political advocacy: it may be done through mailings, phone calls, and
emails directly to legislators; students may organize educational presentations to promote awareness at
their school, or create a legislative day to lobby legislators at their state capitol. NCPA wants to learn
about each NCPA Student Chapter’s efforts in legislative advocacy and encourages any innovative ideas
to reach out to their legislators.
Legislative Advocacy Challenge Eligibility
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All active NCPA student chapters are eligible for the award.
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Each chapter submitting an application must have an advisor that is a pharmacist member of
NCPA or a full time faculty member of the submitting college of pharmacy.
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Only one application will be accepted per NCPA Student Chapter.
Deadline
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The deadline for submission of the application is May 31, 2014.
Legislative Advocacy Challenge Criteria for Award Selection
There are five categories that will be considered for a total of 120 points (max):
a) Major Event (40 points):
Participation in State Legislative Day, trip to the
Capitol, or another major legislative event
b) Day to Day Contact (25 points):
Emails, mailings, or phone calls to legislators
c) Education (25 points):
Training, educational speakers, CE’s, etc.
d) Creativity/Innovation (10 points):
Type of event, design and imagination
e) Fundraising (20 points):
Fundraising and contributions to NCPA Legislative
Defense Fund (LDF) and/or Political Action
Committee (PAC). Note: Contact NCPA’s Director
of Political Development before conducting any
fundraising activity to ensure compliance with
campaign finance laws.
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Legislative Advocacy Challenge Submission
Please complete the following report forum and attach extra pages as needed. Submit the report to
NCPA Student Affairs at studentaffairs@ncpanet.org. Photographs may be submitted electronically
along with the written report forms. Please label your chapter photos with your school name and
academic year.
Legislative Advocacy Challenge Criteria for Judging Reports:
Major Event:
 Description of relevant steps in the planning and implementation process including planning lead time
and manpower
 Total number of students at school who participated and percentage who are NCPA members
 Copy of Event Itinerary
 Copy of Handouts for participants and leave behinds for legislators
 Description of collaboration with other professional organizations
 Description of the outcome
Day to Day Contact:
 Copy of letters and emails sent to legislators
 Note: templates for priority issues may be found on NCPA Legislative Action Center webpage.
Education:
 Description of educational presentations for students, pharmacists, legislators, or patients
 Copy of handouts from educational presentations
 Description of planning for each event
Creativity/Innovation:
 Creative ways to reach out to legislators or spread political advocacy
 Collaboration with non-pharmacy professional organizations
Fundraising:
 Description of fundraising events
 $50 - 5 points, $ 100 - 10 points, $250 - 15 points, $500 or more - 20 points
Award Description:
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The winning NCPA chapter will receive recognition at the NCPA Annual Convention.
The winning NCPA chapter will receive up to $1,000 towards travel costs to the NCPA Annual Conference on
National Legislation and Government Affairs. Chapter must submit receipts for travel expenses.
Completion of the Legislative Advocacy Challenge is worth 2.5% of a chapter’s overall score on their Chapter of
the Year Report.
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National Community Pharmacists Association
2014 Legislative Advocacy Challenge
Summary Report Form
1. Name of School/College of Pharmacy:
__________________________________________________________________________________________
2. Submitting Chapter Officer or Committee Chair Name & Email Address:
__________________________________________________________________________________________
3. Chapter Advisor Name & Email Address:
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Please provide a summary of the following components of your Legislative Advocacy Challenge Projects
over the past year. Descriptions for each component should not exceed 500 words.
1) Describe Major Events and Outcome
2) Describe Day to Day Contact and Outcome
3) Describe Education activities and Outcome
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National Community Pharmacists Association
2014 Legislative Advocacy Challenge
Individual Event Report Form
Please list all Legislative Advocacy Challenge Events (you may use additional Report Forms if needed)
Event Name
Day to Day
Major Event
Education
Did you collaborate
with other
organizations? If so,
who?
# of NCPA Member
Participants
Names of Legislators
Contacted and/or
Educated
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