Behind the Scenes Look to 200
On December 31, 2009, the 2010 Promise Campaign reached the 200 meeting mark. We’re half way there! In the first 15 days of this year, we’ve added 19 more meetings. Our goal of 400 meetings is in sight. The most exciting part about all of this is that this success isn’t because of some JDRF staff member in DC making this happen but it’s local volunteer advocates like YOU that made it happen. To put things into perspective, at the beginning of December of last year, the Campaign was at 169 meetings. Read on to find how YOU made it happen and click here if you would like to register for a national Promise call for a live update.
So how did we get to 200 or rather 219 as of writing this on January 15, 2010? Starting in November, the Promise Campaign co-chairs began reaching out to advocates to see if they might be interested in not only attending Promise meetings but also helping to coordinate them. Coordinating a Promise meeting entails submitting a request to schedule a meeting with your legislator’s local office and then making sure that you stay on their radar by following up on your request on a weekly basis. Some advocates answered phone calls made by the Campaign co-chairs and others responded to emails that they received, but all of them stood up to help make sure that the Promise Campaign reached it’s first major milestone of 200 meetings.
The momentum that you all helped build in December is continuing into January, but as the winter congressional recess comes to an end, we’ll need to look ahead to other opportunities to schedule local meetings with Members of Congress. Fortunately, Congress will be heading home again in February for the President’s Day district work period. If you haven’t had the chance to attend a meeting, then there might be one coming soon, click here to check out a US map and find out if your legislators have a meeting scheduled!
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About the Promise Campaign
The Promise Campaign is a coordinated effort to schedule and complete as many meetings as possible between representatives and senators and their constituents in their local districts. In addition to building relationships with federal lawmakers, it allows JDRF to continue the momentum and messaging established through our Children's Congress event.
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