Hello Vermonters for Obama! I wanted to share our latest weekly Upper Valley for Obama update with you, as we depend on our Vermont volunteers! Please consider visiting us on the NH side of the Upper Valley so that we can deliver NH to Obama Biden in November… Best, Jennifer Randolph

As the election approaches, our updates will provide vital information to Obama supporters and volunteers. Please encourage all the supporters you know to join our group and mailing list, and forward this email to your contacts.

What’s going on these next few days:

1. Phone banks continue Monday thru Friday at the Lebanon office in the Rivermill complex. We need callers any time from 4 to 8 pm M-Th, and 2-6 pm on Fridays. Also, phone banks in White River W, Th, F and Norwich M. Calling is easy and helpful, and it is fun to get to know other supporters. Be sure to check out the mural of Upper Valley faces for change in the office, and add your own pictures and comments. For details and links to phone bank sign ups, see below.

2. Several canvasses are running out of the Upper Valley this weekend. Saturday, canvass in Hanover starting at noon (out of EBAs restaurant). Sunday, canvass in Lebanon starting at noon (report to Lebanon office in Rivermill). For our Vermont members, there are Sunday canvass caravans departing Montpelier, White River Junction and Springfield to canvass in New Hampshire locations. For those willing to travel a little, there is also a Littleton Sunday canvas. Links for more details and to sign up for all these are below.

3. Upper Valley for Obama Organizing Meeting at EBAs restaurant in Hanover on Tuesday, September 16th. Come meet with other supporters, get buttons and bumper stickers, sign up to volunteer, and let’s brainstorm about how to recruit new members and volunteers, activities, fundraising, etc Pizza buffet available for purchase starting at 6 pm, meeting starts at 7 pm. Sign up and details here: http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/meeting/gs7gv2

3. NH Fundraising Contest! All campaign offices in the state are challenged to bring in as many donations as possible, with the office achieving the highest donation amount by the end of the month receiving a call from Senator Obama! Let’s show our Upper Valley spirit by all giving what we can- every amount counts- through this link http://my.barackobama.com/page/outreach/view/main/UpperValleyObamaCampaign . Our goal is to raise $30,000 for change! Why not honor the work of your favorite community organizer with a donation- let them know that we DO VALUE what they do for all of us and our communities.

4. We need folks to sign up to provide healthy food (no sweets, please) on phone bank nights. Can you drop by the Lebanon office with some healthy snacks or a simple supper? If so, or for more info, please call Jennifer at 603-640-6167.

5. Fundraiser in Thetford. Upper Valley supporters Laurel Mackin and Sarah Martel are hosting a “United for Change Potluck Supper” fundraiser on Saturday, September 21, 4:30 pm, Camp Aloha Hive, Rte. 244, Thetford, VT. There will be great music and beverages provided; bring a dish to share. Suggested donation is $10 per person or $25 per family. Sign up and more details here: http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/fundraising/gs7q8y

6. Don’t forget— display your Obama signs, pins, bumper stickers; take 20 minutes to pen a letter to the editor; commit two to four hours a week to the campaign in some form; recruit a friend or family member to help the campaign…. If all 250 plus folks on the list do this, we are an amazing force. We proved our worth in the primary, delivering the Upper Valley by an overwhelming margin to Obama…. Now is the real test, as the election is less than two months away.

7. Save the dates and stay posted…. For upcoming activities- tabling in Hanover as new Dartmouth students arrive, to make sure they register and plan to vote; visibility events; debate watch parties at EBAs on Friday Sep’t. 26, Thursday, Oct. 2, Tuesday Oct. 7, and Wednesday, Oct. 15.….

Thanks- sign up to volunteer for phone banks and canvasses through the links below. If you need more info, call Marc Wayshak at 603-219-4088.

Let’s get going….

Jennifer

PHONE BANK LINKS

Tuesday 9/9: Lebanon office phone bank, raffle night http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/phonebank/gpghsy

Wednesday 9/10: Lebanon office phone bank, Women’s night http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/phonebank/gpghpj

Wednesday 9/10: White River Junction phone bank http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/phonebank/gs7qc5

Thursday 9/11: Lebanon office phone bank, team and club night http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/phonebank/gpghsx

Thursday 9/11: White River Junction phone bank http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/phonebank/gpg54t

Friday 9/12: Lebanon office phone bank, early calls night (start 2:30pm) http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/phonebank/gpg54t

Friday 9/12: White River Junction phone bank http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/phonebank/gs7grc

Monday 9/15 Lebanon office phone bank, high school night http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/phonebank/gs7grc

Monday 9/15 Norwich phone bank http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/phonebank/gs747x

CANVASS LINKS

Saturday 9/13 Hanover canvass running out of EBAs http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/canvass/gs7qjk

Sunday 9/14 Lebanon canvass- report to office in Rivermill complex in Leb at noon

Sunday 9/14 White River caravan to NH http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/canvass/gs7bxb

Sunday 9/14 Montpelier caravan to NH http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/canvass/gs7bfk

Sunday 9/14 Springfield caravan to NH http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/canvass/gs7bch

Sunday 9/14 Littleton canvass http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/canvass/gs7qwy