Delivering Letters to Your Member of Congress

Members of Congress want to hear from us, their constituents. Time and again, staffers tell us how important it is that they hear from their constituency. They say that personalized letters from constituents delivered directly to their office are very meaningful.

Below you’ll find a suggested process for organizing and delivering a batch of paper letters and postcards. 

Delivering Handwritten Letters

To deliver letters to your local member of Congress' office

Ask your liaison to chedule a meeting in the Congressional district office to present the constituent letters. It’s a great reason to ask for a meeting: “We have over fifty handwritten constituent letters which I would like to go over with you.”  If the district office is too far away or inconvenient, you can put the letters in an envelope and mail them to the D.C. congressional office. Allow three weeks for letters to pass screening and be delivered. You can, of course, bring constituent letters with you to an in person Conference in D.C. and deliver them during your lobby meeting. 

Letters for other districts

If you collect paper letters from people who live outside of your local district it will be your responsibility to mail them to the corresponding Congressional offices. So to keep thing simple, ask the out-of-towners you meet during your tabling to use CCL's online tools - see Paperless Grassroots Outreach. Note: CCL National no longer processes or delivers constituent letter forms to offices in D.C.. 

Log an Action

Tally up all letters being delivered and log your action via the Action Tracker to track the number of letters being submitted.