Archive for October, 2009:
Time to Deliver in Michigan: Antrim County and Detroit
Volunteers across the state of Michigan are taking part part in a national day of action to support President Obama’s Buy cheap Cialis Online plan for health reform, calling on their neighbors to ask them to tell their representatives that it's time to deliver on health reform.
The Antrim Women’s Democratic Club is reaching out to other women in their community in support for reform. Volunteers like Lynne want to make sure other women know that reform will end discrimination for gender and pre-existing conditions and give greater choice to American families, all while lowering costs to American Families. Lynne also sees this as an opportunity for Americans supporting reform to remind Washington of their seat at the table. “It’s important to be involved in this debate and to talk to our representativess because we elected them," she expalined. “They work for us!”
Volunteers in Detroit have been calling their neighbors since noon. This is Jeffernell's first time in the Organizing for America Detroit office, but she decided that she had to get involved now. "I did not have a lot of time to give, but I believed I needed to do something, no matter how small or how little. So today, inbetween scheduled appointments that I had downtown, I decided to stop in to make some calls."
Reports: “Phones have been ringing off the hook”
The Huffington Post reports:
It's not even noon on the West Coast and already Capitol Hill staffers say they're Cheap Cialis getting nonstop calls from constituents in support of President Barack Obama's health insurance reform. At about 2:15 EST, Organizing for America (OFA) surpassed it's goal of 100,000 phone calls to Congress, each one imploring representatives to vote for reform.
The nationwide "Time to Deliver on Health Reform" event is the most massive outpouring of support from Obama supporters since Election Day 2008.
Senate Democratic aides told HuffPost that their phones have been ringing off the hook. "We're getting completely crushed with calls, jamming our phone lines from the moment we opened," said one aide.
Another said they'd gotten "pretty much non-stop health care calls from OFA."
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An Update from The Big Apple
We just did some sound and video checks here in NYC for our event tonight (before getting kicked out for a Secret Service sweep). The venue is beautiful, and volunteers are looking forward to hearing from the President tonight. Make sure you check out the webcast tonight, live from NYC.
Some facts on the ground:
• We have over 1,100 events taking place around the country (find one near you)
• We are racing toward our goal of 100,000. Keep Provigil pharmacy the calls and commits coming!
• NYC Pizza is definitely better than any other pizza I've ever had.
Today has started off on a very exciting foot; thanks for leading the way.
On the Ground in Iowa: It’s Time to Deliver Health Reform
Big day for OFA today -- in Iowa we have events going on across the state, and our staff couldn't be more excited. Our first event is a Senior Phone Order Generic Accutane Online without Prescription Bank in Cedar Rapids at the home of Lynn and Bob Ocken, which we will have updates and pictures from later today. I will also be live blogging from our Des Moines phone bank at Smokey Row restaurant this afternoon. Thank you to our Community Organizers and volunteer leaders that have helped us plan and set up events for this historic day.
We have phone banks in every district -- ranging from campus events at UNI and Iowa to phone banks in Decorah, Council Bluffs, and Emmetsburg. We also have a dedicated group of nurses in Iowa City that will be reaching out to other nurses here in Iowa from a phone bank at Bobbie Paxton's home.
After months of calling, door knocking, hosting community events, and having conversations with neighbors, our OFA Iowa volunteers are ready to deliver.
What a better way to start the day, then by calling your member of Congress!
Click here to find their number and call now.
On the Ground in Iowa: It’s Time to Deliver Health Reform
Big day for OFA today -- in Iowa we have events going on across the state, and our staff couldn't be more excited. Our first event is a Senior Phone Bank in Cedar Rapids at the home of Lynn and Bob Ocken, which we will have updates and pictures from later today. I will also be live blogging from our Des Moines phone bank at Smokey Row restaurant this afternoon. Thank you to our Community Organizers and volunteer leaders that have helped us plan and set up events for this historic day.
We have phone banks in every district -- ranging from campus events at UNI and Iowa to phone banks in Decorah, Council Bluffs, and Emmetsburg. We also have a dedicated group Buy Cialis of nurses in Iowa City that will be reaching out to other nurses here in Iowa from a phone bank at Bobbie Paxton's home.
After months of calling, door knocking, hosting community events, and having conversations with neighbors, our OFA Iowa volunteers are ready to deliver.
What a better way to start the day, then by calling your member of Congress!
Click here to find their number and call now.
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On the Ground: Pennsylvania is Ready to Deliver
With 34 “Time to Deliver” events taking place across the Keystone State, OFA Pennsylvania is gearing up for an amazing day of citizen action! We just wrapped up our first event of the day, a kickoff conference call with U.S. Representative Allyson Schwartz. Congresswoman Schwartz spoke about the need for health insurance reform and what it means to young adults. Young adults have the highest rate of uninsured of any age group and are disproportionally affected by the country’s broken health insurance system.
Congresswoman Schwartz was joined on the call by three young Pennsylvanians who shared their personal health care stories.
Buy cheap online ProvigilOn the call, Eddie, a 23-year-old from Philadelphia, spoke of how upon graduating from college last year he was no longer covered under his parent’s health insurance plan, and the only way he could get insurance was through COBRA. He tried to find individual coverage but no insurance company would cover him due to his pre-existing diabetes condition. His family paid premiums of almost $800 a month to keep him insured. Fortunately, his family was able to scrape together the money until he entered law school this year and could go back on his parent’s plan.
President Obama’s plan for health reform will lift the burden of health insurance for young adults, including allowing young people to stay on their parents’ health insurance plan until they are 26.
There is still time to come out and join us in our fight for health reform -- find an event near you.
If you have a few minutes, you can use our online tool to find the numbers of your representatives and call now.
We'll keep you posted on other events from around the state throughout the day. Let’s go Team PA!
On the Ground: Pennsylvania is Ready to Deliver
With 34 “Time to Deliver” events taking place across the Keystone State, OFA Pennsylvania is gearing up for an amazing day of citizen action! We just wrapped up our first event of the day, a kickoff conference call with U.S. Representative Allyson Schwartz. Congresswoman Schwartz spoke about the need for health insurance reform and what it means to young adults. Young adults have the highest rate of uninsured of any age group and are disproportionally affected by the country’s broken health insurance system.
Congresswoman Schwartz was joined on the call by three young Pennsylvanians who shared their personal health care stories.
On the call, Eddie, a 23-year-old from Philadelphia, spoke of how upon graduating from college last year he was no longer covered under his parent’s health insurance plan, and the only way he could get insurance was through COBRA. He tried to find individual coverage but no insurance company would Cheap Accutane cover him due to his pre-existing diabetes condition. His family paid premiums of almost $800 a month to keep him insured. Fortunately, his family was able to scrape together the money until he entered law school this year and could go back on his parent’s plan.
President Obama’s plan for health reform will lift the burden of health insurance for young adults, including allowing young people to stay on their parents’ health insurance plan until they are 26.
There is still time to come out and join us in our fight for health reform -- find an event near you.
If you have a few minutes, you can use our online tool to find the numbers of your representatives and call now.
We'll keep you posted on other events from around the state throughout the day. Let’s go Team PA!