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Sacramento For Obama held an art, wine, and music fundraiser June 21
in downtown Sacramento and it was highly successful. Renowned artist
David Garibaldi was gracious enough to paint a portrait of John F.
Kennedy and Barack Obama and auction them off, donating a portion of
the proceeds back to the campaign. Hearty thanks go out to the Billie
Menz Trio, Melanie of Agent Ribbons and Kevin Sandbloom for providing
some great and eclectic music for the 300 guests, to the artists who
donated at least half of their art sales that night to the cause and -
of course - to the wonderful volunteers of Sacramento for Obama who
always come through. Here is a video of David Garibaldi doing his thing:
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In Focus
Our Awesome Sacramento Office Staff
Top Row (l to r): John Rogers, Tam Shortt, Fred Cameron, Michele Taylor, Adam Christy, Jeremiah Horn
Middle Row (l to r): Bonnie London, Gayla Linteau, Luverta Barnes-Larry, Christie Navarro, Laila Nielsen, Mary Lou Lentz, Sa-Rah Bibbins
Bottom Row (l to r): John Lee, Trina Lee, Janeen Tang, Marcia Jones-Wylie
Not Pictured: Cindi Alvidrez, Erin Beavers, Laila Bentley, David Briggs, Elizabeth Burk, Barbara Chang, Burt Cohen, Charlotte Cohen, Brenda Diesel, Fred Dobb, Jessica Erbacher, Linda Gredvig, Marcella Harrison, Chris Hicks, Marilyn Jorgenson, Billy Kremer, Ryan Lewis, Jill Lundstrom, Kristin Mabry, Martin Mack, Kevin Mora, Karen Naliboff, Lyn Parker, Heela Rasool, Marilyn Shirey, Bill Slayton, Jo Souvignier, Tamara Wells.
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Phone Banking
One of the most effective ways for a volunteer to help Sen.
Barack Obama’s campaign is to phone bank. The campaign provides
home phone numbers of registered Democrats and volunteers call
those people to make sure they are registered for the primary,
gauge support for Sen. Obama, answer any questions they may have
about Sen. Obama’s positions and – hopefully - sign up a new volunteer.
Phone bankers then take the information they glean from each
call and enter it onto a call sheet that is then entered into
the campaign’s database. This information is gold to a campaign
and gives us an idea where our strongest support is and if a
trend is developing that may affect the race. Our phone banking
has already shown quite a bit of support for Sen. Obama, but
there are still many more “undecideds” out there to be won over.
The headquarters has many phone lines dedicated to phone banking.
But during overflow situations, or during a special phone banking
event, volunteers are asked to use their cellphones to help out.
Sacramento For Obama volunteers have already made thousands of
calls and have been steadily gaining on the best calling groups
in the state. With more volunteers electing to donate their time
phone banking, there’s no reason we can’t become the top phone
banking group in California.
For more information on phone banking, call (916) 400-3252 or e-mail sacramento@obamaca.com.
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Canvassing
Like phone banking, canvassing is the heart of true grassroots campaigning. It’s
where the shoe leather meets the road, the knuckles meet the doors and the good
word about Sen. Barack Obama meets the ears of registered voters in our area.
We will be doing multiple voter registration canvasses throughout the Sacramento
metropolitan area and we often target underserved constituencies.
Canvassers are placed onto teams of two and given walk sheets that detail names and
addresses of registered voters in a particular targeted area. The face-to-face contact
is invaluable to a campaign. Not only can we effectively get Sen. Obama’s name out
there, but canvassers can answer questions and provide literature to the voter to
help them choose Sen. Obama as their candidate, along with the valuable service of
bringing voter registration to people's door.
For more information on canvassing, call (916) 400-3252 or e-mail Ted at
dangerward@yahoo.com or Brian at
brian.dilkes@gmail.com.
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Office Staff
The Sacramento Office is now open full time and staffed entirely
by volunteers. Office Staff sell merchandise, interact with the
public, and work on campaign projects. Shifts are 10-1, 1-4 and
4-7 (4-6 on weekends) with two workers assigned per shift. Volunteers
must be able to commit to a regular time slot. If interested, sign
up at the front desk, or contact the Office Manager, Michele Taylor,
at ObamaOffice@comcast.net.
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Get Involved!
Help us elect Senator Obama as the next president of the United States by getting involved! Stop by our office to sign up at 1420 65th Street, at the corner of 65th & Folsom Blvd. (enter the driveway at Office Depot). Office hours are Mon – Fri from 10 -7 and Sat & Sun from 10-6. You can also call (916) 400-3252 or email sacramentoforobama@comcast.net. As shown by the photos below, we have a great time doing this!
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Help Obama Win in November!
You can continue to help Barack Obama win the General Election by making phone calls. Either go to: Phone Bank Map, pick a state and get started or email sacramento@obamaca.com and ask to be set up with a Build the Hope account.
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