I spent all day today yesterday thinking that it was Monday. This is just one of the side effects of spending a long weekend in the woods with no television and no news. I think that, on some level, I expected to come home after my camping trip to find that something momentous had happened and that I had missed it. Instead, almost everything is as I left it. I guess that's why it seemed so much like today yesterday, the first day of my week, had to be monday and like I still had plenty of time to get ready for the first actual Dayton Mamas for Obama volunteer shift. I was even trying to schedule a playdate for tomorrow today with family friends. Oops!
It looks like our first kid-friendly volunteer session will be small. But that's ok. We'll build in size with word of mouth and will find the right niche for moms in this campaign. I received a call today from one of the Obama staffers at the Dayton office asking me to contact a couple of potential volunteers to talk to them about the Mamas for Obama idea and ways that they can be involved. I'm hoping that with a little time, but not too much, we'll be able to build something substantial.
BarackObama.com approved 2 groups that I created. The first is the Dayton Mamas for Obama group. I'm hoping that women (and men, too... I'm not trying to exclude at-home-dads) will join the group and use it as a way to connect with other moms who want to be involved in the campaign. I'm hoping for things like playdates, registration drives at the play areas at the malls, registration drives at local parks, anything that addresses families and stresses the importance of our children in these decision making processes.
The second group is the Independent and Alternative Crafters DIY for Obama group. I originally submitted it as DIY Obama and was asked to clarify the name and the concept. I'm looking forward, over the next few weeks, to blogging about crafting for Obama. I'll probably profile some Obama crafts, and invite some of the people making them to join the discussion.
For now, I'm still trying to catch up on lost sleep so I'll have to blog more about all of this tomorrow later today. (I hope)
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