Showing posts with label fundraiser. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fundraiser. Show all posts

Friday, October 19, 2007

Bowling for Change

If you're an Obama supporter, or want to find out if you could be, join us tonight at AMF Ritz Classic Lanes to Bowl for Change. This is a low-dollar fundraiser for the Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign. The suggested donation is $5, and you do pay for your own bowling costs. It'll be a lot of fun, and there will be plenty of people there to answer your questions, whether it's how you can help the campaign, or even what the campaign is all about. You can also pick up a bumper sticker, and we'll have some t-shirts for sale ($15, I think). There will also be prizes for the high and low scorers (Obama's books, I think).

Generation Obama Utah is hosting the event. Generation Obama (GO) is about trying to involve the under-40 crowd in the political discussion. GO Utah is closely aligned with Utah for Obama, but with the aim of these types of low-dollar events and socializing.

Join us from 7:00 PM to midnight tonight (October 19) at AMF Ritz Classic Lanes, 2265 South State Street in Salt Lake (look for the giant bowling pin).

Monday, September 17, 2007

Generation Obama Countdown for Change Fundraiser

Saturday night, the Utah chapter of Generation Obama held a fundraiser at The Woodshed. It was a wonderful success, and a great time!

The suggested donation to the Obama campaign was $5, or $12 if you wanted food, too. Many people donated more, and some purchased t-shirts. I think that the total campaign donations we recieved were around $500, though I'm not certain yet how many people contributed. The idea behind Countdown for Change was that we had a goal of raising $1 for each day left until the Nevada Primary (since Nevada is one of the first 4 "Primary States"), so our goal was $126. We blew that out of the water! And had a good time doing it!

Here are a few photos of setting up:
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This is Benny, the owner of The Woodshed, who offered to host the fundraiser to support Senator Obama. Much thanks to him for all of the effort he put into the event! On the right is Paul Lohrenz, who has offered to loan us PA equipment for future Obama events.

Photos of us enjoying the Generation Obama event:
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Rob Miller, Vice Chair of the Utah State Democratic Party, speaking to us about becoming more involved with the Utah State Democrats, and how to become a Delegate to the National Convention next year:
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This was a very fun event, and I look forward to Bowling for Change, which will be the next Generation Obama event, October 19. And if you'd like to learn about the process of becoming a Delegate, the process is listed here.

P.S. If you'd like to help Utah for Obama reach the group fundraising goal of $5,000, click here to donate.