Nevada Organizing for America (OFA), a grassroots project of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) dedicated to supporting President Obama’s agenda for change, is launching its “Serve Nevada” program this Saturday, October 24 with community service events and activities across the Silver State. “Serve Nevada” will provide Nevadans with the tools they need to organize service events to help their communities.
This weekends service events coincide with national “Make a Difference Day,” an initiative started by USA Weekend Magazine. “Make a Difference Day” is an annual event that takes place on the fourth Saturday of every October. It is one of the most widely recognized days of service and has become a celebration of neighbors helping neighbors.
OFA is committed to building on and strengthening the historic grassroots network created during them 2008 presidential campaign. Since last June, OFA has been building grassroots support for health insurance reform. On June 27, OFA coordinated a national day of service with over a thousand health reform service events in all 50 states. In Nevada, events included blood drives and healthy canned food drives. In recent weeks, Nevada OFA has been hosting events with doctors and health care professionals who have highlighted their personal experience with America’s broken health care system. OFA has held nearly 20,000 events in all 50 states and every congressional district encouraging support for President Obama's plan for health insurance reform.
For more information or to get involved check out this email sent earlier today:
Friend -- President Obama has said, "no force for change is more powerful than that of Americans who are making a difference in their communities." So this Saturday, Organizing for America supporters in Nevada are hosting service events throughout the state. Whether you have volunteered many times before, done so for the first time recently, or never had the chance to, this is a great opportunity to help your neighbors and meet new friends. I'd love for you to come out and lend a hand. There's a service event near you this Saturday -- please RSVP today. All over the state, we'll be cleaning up schools, helping to collect warm coats and food for those who need them, and making a real difference. With all the media focus on Washington, we remember that there is work to be done at home too. So while we push toward real health insurance reform, I hope that we can all take some time to serve our community. Please attend a service event near you: http://my.barackobama.com/NVservice Thanks, Jennifer Jennifer Lopez Nevada State Director Organizing for America
