Here’s What’s Happening Locally in December!

Day of Action! – December 5, 2009

SFO-OFA needs all hands on deck to help turn two local districts blue!  Join SFO-OFA, the California Democratic Party, the Democratic Party of Sacramento County, and Take Back Red California on Saturday, December 5th for a Day of Action!  The Day of Action is a large-scale voter registration drive in Congressional District 3 and Assembly District 5. Bring your family and friends and help us walk precincts in red districts that Democrats can turn blue in 2010! Every precinct walker will be provided with voter registration training and materials to make it happen.  For meeting time and location, the day’s agenda, and to sign up, please go to:  http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gpcfr4

Senate Calls – Ongoing!!!

The House has passed it’s bill, now it’s time for the Senate. We need to keep the calls going and the pressure on our representatives!! There are two things we can do…

1)      Keep calling our Senators – they need to hear how important it is that they vote for reform.

Barbara Boxer – (202) 224-3553

Dianne Feinstein – (202) 224-3841

2)      We now have the ability to call out of state and encourage people to call their Senators. This works through the Neighbor to Neighbor tool that many of us used during the campaign.

http://my.barackobama.com/CTSenCalls

We can call any state we want, just change the state abbreviation in the link above (it is currently set for Connecticut, but you can put in any that you want). Let’s focus on Senators that seem to be on the fence including; Nelson (NE – Nebraska), Lincoln (AR – Arkansas), Conrad (ND – North Dakota), Landrew (LA – Louisiana) and of course Feinstein (CA – California).

When making calls, please keep track of how many calls you made and then simply send me an email with the details (how many calls did you make? How many people committed to calling?) IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO TRACK OUR WORK!!

Neighborhood Team Meetings in December:

Elk Grove Area: The date for the Elk Grove Team Meeting for December is the 17th, at 6:30pm.  Here is the MyBO link: http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gpc8k3. For further questions contact Elk Grove Area Team leader Robert Longer at… robert@cwalocal9421.org.

Fair Oaks, Carmichael, Orangevale, Citrus Heights Area: The meeting takes place Wednesday, December 2 at the Fair Oaks Library Community Meeting Room.  The library is located at 11601 Fair Oaks Blvd., Fair Oaks, near the southwest corner of Madison and Fair Oaks. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact Noralee Bauthues Stewart (bauthues@comcast.net) or Sandy Adams (kstadams@pacbell.net). We hope to see you there!

Folsom Area: For further information about the Folsom Area Team contact team leader Allan Brauer at… allanbrauer@sbcglobal.net.

Downtown Sacramento, Midtown Area: For further information about the Downtown/Midtown Area Team contact Jared Anderson at… mrjared@gmail.com.

Natomas Area: For further information about the Natomas Area Team contact Brenda Ruiz at… chefbrendaruiz@gmail.com.

HERE’S WHAT SFO-OFA DID IN NOVEMBER!!!

SFO-OFA had a very successful donation drive last month for our Day of Service event!  To support and honor of our local Veteran’s, SFO-OFA hosted a donation drive to collect items for patients at Mather Hospital.  On November 7th, many volunteers dropped off items for patient “goodie bags” which included essentials such as soap, shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste, toothbrush, etc.  Many VA patients are in need of these items while in the hospital.  Through the great generosity of SFO-OFA volunteers, we were able to collect enough times to make 86 goodie bags!  A small group of volunteers had the opportunity to visit patients on Veteran’s Day to give them a “goodie bag” and thank them for their service.  Every patient was extremely surprised and pleased with the donation from SFO-OFA.  Many thanks to those of you who helped make this event a success!

Happy Holidays!!

SFO – OFA Steering Committee