August 21, Headquarters Opening Party!

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Hello,
I will be sounding an official announcement and publicity soon, but I wanted to update you all:
The Democratic Headquarters grand opening is set for Thursday, August 21, 5:30 – 8PM, at 1136 Athens Road in Crawford, next to Cook Motors (old B&B Tire). We are ever-grateful to Lori Glinski for donating this space for the duration, and I think it would be fair for the Committee to contribute some money towards utilities expenses.

Our special guests will be Tim Riley and Bobby Saxon, and we'll be collecting donations for these two campaigns. Donors make out the checks to the campaigns, not to the Oglethorpe Democrats.

So as promised, our volunteer needs:

1. Headquarters opening party
We need some folks to bring potluck items – mainly meats, veggies and bread. Maybe a large coffee pot. Hard to say how many people we'll have at one time - maybe plan for 50 over the course of the evening (but that doesn't mean you have to bring 50 portions of your dish).

We need someone to be cashier for the Obama materials – these are not giveaways. We can sell the yard signs for $3.50 each ($2.75 for a sign without frame). The bumperstickers can sell for $1.00 each. This will cover our shipping and we'll make a few cents on each sale (less than a quarter).

Of course we'll need a few people to tend the food, the campaign materials & forms, and to help with set-up and clean-up.

2. Headquarters regular hours
We also need volunteers to staff the headquarters from now until Election Day, Nov. 4. If you can give an hour or two per week, or on certain weeks, please let me know. We will do our best to work around everyone's schedules. I would like to try and keep the HQ open Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 5PM until 7 or 8 in order to catch homebound traffic.

That's it for now – thanks for all your hard work and your patience!

By the way, does anyone know if we can safely say this is the "first-ever" Democratic Headquarters?

Laura
706-743-3792

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