Campaign Updates
Many of you probably know that Members of Congress have been heading home during November, which has put our Campaign Coordinators into overdrive and they’re working hard to keep the Promise Campaign moving forward. Please take a moment to thank them by clicking this link, http://bit.ly/9HEP1. It’s important we keep our Campaign Coordinators motivated and encourage their efforts. Their work is an important part of getting our message of cure for type 1 debates to the halls of Congress!
After posting a blog earlier this week about helping the Promise Campaign during Diabetes Awareness month, we realized that some of you might not have time to organize meetings. No problem! You can still participate with advocacy efforts right from you computer. Continue reading to find out how you can help in less than 5 minutes!
As most of us know,
November marks the start of Diabetes Awareness Month in the United
States. As the nation’s attention turns to issues related to
diabetes we, as advocates for a cure for type 1 diabetes, can take
advantage of this added attention and make sure our Members of Congress
are hearing from us about the need to find a cure!
Let’s start this with a big THANK YOU to all of our advocates that are
supporting the Promise to Remember Me Campaign. The Promise Campaign
staff wants to take a moment to thank those of you that are not only
following the Campaign but also have attended a Promise meeting in your
local areas. You have truly taken the next step in advocacy and
translated your passion for a cure into action on the ground!
Although the chill of fall is in the air, things continue to heat up with the 2010 Promise Campaign and all that is going on in Washington! Yesterday the House of Representatives introduced HR 3668, a bill to reauthorize the Special Diabetes Programs.
The month of September has become even more important than it has been in past campaigns. With a full legislative agenda for Member of Congress, rumors abound in Washington that legislators won’t be home for the Columbus Day holiday! This may seem like an obstacle for our campaign efforts, but read on to find out how the campaign plans to work around it!
What a month! For the past 31 days you and your Campaign Coordinators have called, emailed, and organized to get our message of finding a cure for type 1 diabetes directly to our Members of Congress.
We’re so close! Since last week, we’ve scheduled or completed 10 more Promise meetings, giving us a grand total of 75 meetings as of this update. We know more are to come over the next several months but let us keep focus on our first milestone of 100 meeting by the end of the August recess!
Watch an update on the progress of the 2010 Promise to Remember Me Campaign!
Another exciting week for the 2010 Promise Campaign! Your efforts are not going unnoticed, if you have been logging into your Twitter and Facebook (FB) profiles, you would have noticed highlights from some very successful meetings. Currently we’re at 61 meetings and many are in the works, read on to see what Campaign Coordinators are doing to get us to 100 meetings by August 31:
What a terrific 12 days! Achieving our first milestone of a 100 meetings by August 31 is starting to become a reality as you continue your efforts in the field. As of writing this update, you’ve already scheduled or completed 44 meetings and more are getting scheduled daily. Keep up the pace and THANK YOU!!
We’ve had a great start to Promise. As of this writing, we’ve already held or scheduled 27 meetings. Our goal of 100 for the month of August is well within reach.
The 2010 Promise Campaign is getting off to a quick start. We've already got 25 meetings that have either been held or scheduled.