Barack's Birthday is 3 weeks away!
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I know that so many of you have received this invite many times. For that I apologize. However, this is a one day event that will only occur once in this entire election. It is an event that each and every one of us can participate in in some way. I can't think of a better day for a donation than Barack Obama's birthday on August 4th. Not only will it provide much needed help to him, but will be a direct honor to him on his birthday. There are also so many other ways to participate. Many are for the first time agreeing to wear their Obama gear all day, place an Obama sticker on their car and place an Obama sign in their yard.Please have someone take your photo doing this. Maybe even get a "Happy Birthday" sign to show in the background. Many have written me that they plan to hold garage sales and bake sales the weekend before and then donate part of the proceeds to Barack on his birthday. There has been a great idea about making an audio or video recording of children singing "Happy Birthday" to Barack in as many languages as possible. A video would be great because we could put it on YouTube for mass viewing. As audio version can be sent directly to the Chicago Headquaters. Many people are having their kids create really creative posters, happy birthday cards, their versions of a perfect Obama poster, etc. Please take photos of the participation of all these things and upload them to Barack Headquarters or send copies directly to the campaign. I honestly believe if we have enough participation and high donations on his birthday, that the campaign will run a story on it. But it will take ALL of us to make a real impact. I am physically unable to contact each and every member on Dashboard, so if you could each agree to participate and then pass the event along to all your friends and Groups, the news could spread like wildfire and the possibilities for ways to celebrate are endless. By the way, the Event is also listed on "Eventful" and the barackobama.com website. I also got my local paper to run it in their "Events" section. This event is not about me and I don't care a wit about receiving any recognition from it at all. It's about bringing people together to honor the man we believe in so deeply, and I can't think of a better day to do this. So please, we have over 400 people already committed much we need many more. Please do everything you can on August 4th to make this not only the best birthday Barack has ever had but to show him our full-out support and effort to make a difference. Following is the link to the event and I hope you all will join me and 400 (and counting) participants and make a concerted effort to pass this along to literally everyone you have email or phone access to. If you think of more ideas of ways to celebrate and document in photos what you plan to do, please let me know, and I'll continue to pass on your ideas. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart! Cathi Erman http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/4gbrj (If this doesn't show up as a link, please just copy and paste it into your browser)
You can see the details of this event by going to:
http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/4gbrj
http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/communityservice/4gbrj
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Cathi Erman has sent you an update to 'Happy Barack Day!' -- click here to view the invitation and submit your response:
http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/4gbrj
http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/communityservice/4gbrj
Thank you to all of you who have signed up (680 and counting between the Obama page, the DNC page and the VA DNC page) and for those who have left me comments when signing up, I've thoroughly enjoyed your great enthusiasm and dedication. I've loved reading your comments and have tried to update the event description and emails to reflect ideas from some of you.
This is a one-day only event before the election!
I would STRONGLY encourage you all to take photos of everything you and your family does to celebrate Barack's birthday on Aug. 4th - even if what you're doing happens to be the day before or after - especially birthday card making, fundraising, bake sales, etc. Make sure there are lots of Happy Birthday signs and Obama signs in the photos. Afterwards, you can send the photos here:
Please email all of your photos to photos@barackobama.com.
Also, to actually send birthday cards and photos directly to Barack, here is the info:
To reach the Campaign Headquarters by phone, please call: (866) 675-2008
You can contact us by mail at:
Obama for America
P.O. Box 8102
Chicago, IL 60680
To donate on August 4th, go to www.barackobama.com and on the first page, click on the "Donate Here" button.
Special thanks to Brian Gustafson for holding a local BBQ Fundraiser & Happy Birthday event for which he has confirmed attendance of 150 people! Yay Brian!
Just to let you know, I plan to make donations throughout the day on August 4th and separate ones to memorialize and honor those who have written to me about having the same birthday or having lost a loved one on that date. I also plan on making a donation in memory of Kitty, a young US soldier who died this week from an infection due to wounds inflicted in Iraq. She leaves a husband and two young children.
I have so enjoyed reading your comments and suggestions. And, especially your enthusiasm. It's such a joy. Thank you all so very much.
Finally, as I know you've heard me say (to death, I know) that I personally cannot reach everyone on www.barackobama.com or on the DNC website. I really need your help!! Please just send the event site (one of the two Obama websites at the beginning of this message)to all your friends and Obama and DNC Groups and anyone at all you think might be interested, it would help so much. Some of you belong to hundreds of groups!
Thank you all again. Words cannot express my appreciation. Not just for me, but for Barack and all of us!
Fondly, Cathi
PS - If you already signed up on the DNC link or on the Virginia DNC link, could you please go to one of the posted links on the Obama pages listed and sign up there as well? It would really help me out with keeping an accurate count, plus I can email all the attendees at once as opposed to going to three different sites to do it. Thanks!
http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/4gbrj
http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/communityservice/4gbrj
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Cathi Erman has sent you an update to 'Happy Barack Day!' -- click here to view the invitation and submit your response:
http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/4gbrj
http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/communityservice/4gbrj
Thank you to all of you who have signed up (680 and counting between the Obama page, the DNC page and the VA DNC page) and for those who have left me comments when signing up, I've thoroughly enjoyed your great enthusiasm and dedication. I've loved reading your comments and have tried to update the event description and emails to reflect ideas from some of you.
This is a one-day only event before the election!
I would STRONGLY encourage you all to take photos of everything you and your family does to celebrate Barack's birthday on Aug. 4th - even if what you're doing happens to be the day before or after - especially birthday card making, fundraising, bake sales, etc. Make sure there are lots of Happy Birthday signs and Obama signs in the photos. Afterwards, you can send the photos here:
Please email all of your photos to photos@barackobama.com.
Also, to actually send birthday cards and photos directly to Barack, here is the info:
To reach the Campaign Headquarters by phone, please call: (866) 675-2008
You can contact us by mail at:
Obama for America
P.O. Box 8102
Chicago, IL 60680
To donate on August 4th, go to www.barackobama.com and on the first page, click on the "Donate Here" button.
Special thanks to Brian Gustafson for holding a local BBQ Fundraiser & Happy Birthday event for which he has confirmed attendance of 150 people! Yay Brian!
Just to let you know, I plan to make donations throughout the day on August 4th and separate ones to memorialize and honor those who have written to me about having the same birthday or having lost a loved one on that date. I also plan on making a donation in memory of Kitty, a young US soldier who died this week from an infection due to wounds inflicted in Iraq. She leaves a husband and two young children.
I have so enjoyed reading your comments and suggestions. And, especially your enthusiasm. It's such a joy. Thank you all so very much.
Finally, as I know you've heard me say (to death, I know) that I personally cannot reach everyone on www.barackobama.com or on the DNC website. I really need your help!! Please just send the event site (one of the two Obama websites at the beginning of this message)to all your friends and Obama and DNC Groups and anyone at all you think might be interested, it would help so much. Some of you belong to hundreds of groups!
Thank you all again. Words cannot express my appreciation. Not just for me, but for Barack and all of us!
Fondly, Cathi
PS - If you already signed up on the DNC link or on the Virginia DNC link, could you please go to one of the posted links on the Obama pages listed and sign up there as well? It would really help me out with keeping an accurate count, plus I can email all the attendees at once as opposed to going to three different sites to do it. Thanks!
I know that so many of you have received this invite many times. For that I apologize. However,
this is a one day event that will only occur once in this entire election. It is an event that each and every one of us can participate in in some way. I can't think of a better day for a donation than Barack Obama's birthday on August 4th. Not only will it provide much needed help to him, but will be a direct honor to him on his birthday.
There are also so many other ways to participate. Many are for the first time agreeing to wear their Obama gear all day, place an Obama sticker on their car and place an Obama sign in their yard.Please have someone take your photo doing this. Maybe even get a "Happy Birthday" sign to show in the background. Many have written me that they plan to hold garage sales and bake sales the weekend before and then donate part of the proceeds to Barack on his birthday. There has been a great idea about making an audio or video recording of children singing "Happy Birthday" to Barack in as many languages as possible. A video would be great because we could put it on YouTube for mass viewing. As audio version can be sent directly to the Chicago Headquaters. Many people are having their kids create really creative posters, happy birthday cards, their versions of a perfect Obama poster, etc. Please take photos of the participation of all these things and upload them to Barack Headquarters or send copies directly to the campaign. I honestly believe if we have enough participation and high donations on his birthday, that the campaign will run a story on it.
But it will take ALL of us to make a real impact. I am physically unable to contact each and every member on Dashboard, so if you could each agree to participate and then pass the event along to all your friends and Groups, the news could spread like wildfire and the possibilities for ways to celebrate are endless. By the way, the Event is also listed on "Eventful" and the barackobama.com website. I also got my local paper to run it in their "Events" section.
This event is not about me and I don't care a wit about receiving any recognition from it at all. It's about bringing people together to honor the man we believe in so deeply, and I can't think of a better day to do this.
So please, we have over 400 people already committed much we need many more. Please do everything you can on August 4th to make this not only the best birthday Barack has ever had but to show him our full-out support and effort to make a difference.
Following is the link to the event and I hope you all will join me and 400 (and counting) participants and make a concerted effort to pass this along to literally everyone you have email or phone access to.
If you think of more ideas of ways to celebrate and document in photos what you plan to do, please let me know, and I'll continue to pass on your ideas.
Thank you all from the bottom of my heart!
Cathi Erman
http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/4gbrj
(If this doesn't show up as a link, please just copy and paste it into your browser)
this is a one day event that will only occur once in this entire election. It is an event that each and every one of us can participate in in some way. I can't think of a better day for a donation than Barack Obama's birthday on August 4th. Not only will it provide much needed help to him, but will be a direct honor to him on his birthday.
There are also so many other ways to participate. Many are for the first time agreeing to wear their Obama gear all day, place an Obama sticker on their car and place an Obama sign in their yard.Please have someone take your photo doing this. Maybe even get a "Happy Birthday" sign to show in the background. Many have written me that they plan to hold garage sales and bake sales the weekend before and then donate part of the proceeds to Barack on his birthday. There has been a great idea about making an audio or video recording of children singing "Happy Birthday" to Barack in as many languages as possible. A video would be great because we could put it on YouTube for mass viewing. As audio version can be sent directly to the Chicago Headquaters. Many people are having their kids create really creative posters, happy birthday cards, their versions of a perfect Obama poster, etc. Please take photos of the participation of all these things and upload them to Barack Headquarters or send copies directly to the campaign. I honestly believe if we have enough participation and high donations on his birthday, that the campaign will run a story on it.
But it will take ALL of us to make a real impact. I am physically unable to contact each and every member on Dashboard, so if you could each agree to participate and then pass the event along to all your friends and Groups, the news could spread like wildfire and the possibilities for ways to celebrate are endless. By the way, the Event is also listed on "Eventful" and the barackobama.com website. I also got my local paper to run it in their "Events" section.
This event is not about me and I don't care a wit about receiving any recognition from it at all. It's about bringing people together to honor the man we believe in so deeply, and I can't think of a better day to do this.
So please, we have over 400 people already committed much we need many more. Please do everything you can on August 4th to make this not only the best birthday Barack has ever had but to show him our full-out support and effort to make a difference.
Following is the link to the event and I hope you all will join me and 400 (and counting) participants and make a concerted effort to pass this along to literally everyone you have email or phone access to.
If you think of more ideas of ways to celebrate and document in photos what you plan to do, please let me know, and I'll continue to pass on your ideas.
Thank you all from the bottom of my heart!
Cathi Erman
http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/4gbrj
(If this doesn't show up as a link, please just copy and paste it into your browser)
I know that so many of you have received this invite many times. For that I apologize. However,
this is a one day event that will only occur once in this entire election. It is an event that each and every one of us can participate in in some way. I can't think of a better day for a donation than Barack Obama's birthday on August 4th. Not only will it provide much needed help to him, but will be a direct honor to him on his birthday.
There are also so many other ways to participate. Many are for the first time agreeing to wear their Obama gear all day, place an Obama sticker on their car and place an Obama sign in their yard.Please have someone take your photo doing this. Maybe even get a "Happy Birthday" sign to show in the background. Many have written me that they plan to hold garage sales and bake sales the weekend before and then donate part of the proceeds to Barack on his birthday. There has been a great idea about making an audio or video recording of children singing "Happy Birthday" to Barack in as many languages as possible. A video would be great because we could put it on YouTube for mass viewing. As audio version can be sent directly to the Chicago Headquaters. Many people are having their kids create really creative posters, happy birthday cards, their versions of a perfect Obama poster, etc. Please take photos of the participation of all these things and upload them to Barack Headquarters or send copies directly to the campaign. I honestly believe if we have enough participation and high donations on his birthday, that the campaign will run a story on it.
But it will take ALL of us to make a real impact. I am physically unable to contact each and every member on Dashboard, so if you could each agree to participate and then pass the event along to all your friends and Groups, the news could spread like wildfire and the possibilities for ways to celebrate are endless. By the way, the Event is also listed on "Eventful" and the barackobama.com website. I also got my local paper to run it in their "Events" section.
This event is not about me and I don't care a wit about receiving any recognition from it at all. It's about bringing people together to honor the man we believe in so deeply, and I can't think of a better day to do this.
So please, we have over 400 people already committed much we need many more. Please do everything you can on August 4th to make this not only the best birthday Barack has ever had but to show him our full-out support and effort to make a difference.
Following is the link to the event and I hope you all will join me and 400 (and counting) participants and make a concerted effort to pass this along to literally everyone you have email or phone access to.
If you think of more ideas of ways to celebrate and document in photos what you plan to do, please let me know, and I'll continue to pass on your ideas.
Thank you all from the bottom of my heart!
Cathi Erman
http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/4gbrj
(If this doesn't show up as a link, please just copy and paste it into your browser)
this is a one day event that will only occur once in this entire election. It is an event that each and every one of us can participate in in some way. I can't think of a better day for a donation than Barack Obama's birthday on August 4th. Not only will it provide much needed help to him, but will be a direct honor to him on his birthday.
There are also so many other ways to participate. Many are for the first time agreeing to wear their Obama gear all day, place an Obama sticker on their car and place an Obama sign in their yard.Please have someone take your photo doing this. Maybe even get a "Happy Birthday" sign to show in the background. Many have written me that they plan to hold garage sales and bake sales the weekend before and then donate part of the proceeds to Barack on his birthday. There has been a great idea about making an audio or video recording of children singing "Happy Birthday" to Barack in as many languages as possible. A video would be great because we could put it on YouTube for mass viewing. As audio version can be sent directly to the Chicago Headquaters. Many people are having their kids create really creative posters, happy birthday cards, their versions of a perfect Obama poster, etc. Please take photos of the participation of all these things and upload them to Barack Headquarters or send copies directly to the campaign. I honestly believe if we have enough participation and high donations on his birthday, that the campaign will run a story on it.
But it will take ALL of us to make a real impact. I am physically unable to contact each and every member on Dashboard, so if you could each agree to participate and then pass the event along to all your friends and Groups, the news could spread like wildfire and the possibilities for ways to celebrate are endless. By the way, the Event is also listed on "Eventful" and the barackobama.com website. I also got my local paper to run it in their "Events" section.
This event is not about me and I don't care a wit about receiving any recognition from it at all. It's about bringing people together to honor the man we believe in so deeply, and I can't think of a better day to do this.
So please, we have over 400 people already committed much we need many more. Please do everything you can on August 4th to make this not only the best birthday Barack has ever had but to show him our full-out support and effort to make a difference.
Following is the link to the event and I hope you all will join me and 400 (and counting) participants and make a concerted effort to pass this along to literally everyone you have email or phone access to.
If you think of more ideas of ways to celebrate and document in photos what you plan to do, please let me know, and I'll continue to pass on your ideas.
Thank you all from the bottom of my heart!
Cathi Erman
http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/4gbrj
(If this doesn't show up as a link, please just copy and paste it into your browser)
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