volunteeringgg

Sooo the other day I contacted Caitlin Currie who is an organizing manager for the Herndon/Reston Barack Obama Campaign for Change!!!! She gave me an address of a woman in Herndon, Jennifer Boysko, who was using her home as a type of headquarters for volunteering throughout the Herndon area. I arrived at her home, which was conveniently two streets over from mine, around 10 AM and right away partnered up with a woman from D.C., Aurie, who came to help with the campaign. We were given a huge folder with directions to our target neighborhood, a list of registered voters who had previously voted Democratic or not Republican, and a stack of Democratic doorhangers with information for the area's voting place. Aurie and I immediately worked out a game plan for who was going where on which street. For example, if two streets were parallel or circle to each other, we would each take one street, go up the even side, and come back on the odd side, then meeting at the car so we could move on. We equalled out the work and had a great strategy for the two times we went out. The first neighborhood we did was Cuttermill, on streets like Bayshire Lane, Jeff Ryan Road, and Mistyvale drive, which took about two and a half hours. The second time we went out, our area was branched off of Sterling Road and Crestview. This also took about two and a half hours. Inbetween the two outtings, we went back to Ms. Boysko's house for a break; we ate lunch with the leaders and other volunteers, chatted about the amazing impact of volunteering on campaigns and how well Barack Obama has done in the election so far, and we prepared to depart for the second time. Although it was tiring to walk up and down streets for six hours, it was an awesome experience; meeting Obama enthuiests and other volunteers that come from so far away to help out in our town.