[volunteer] Help with Joe Futrelle's campaign

[Joe Futrelle]

Hello Greens,

My campaign is up and running and I need your help. First, I need to  
raise money for yard signs and other advertising. Second, I need  
volunteers to help me walk precincts in my district and distribute  
flyers and meet voters. Third, I could use someone to help coordinate  
my campaign. Contact me at futrelle at shout.net if you want to help!

Here's a new page on my site with links to volunteer resources:
http://joefutrelle.prairiegreens.org/Site/Volunteer%20Resources.html

Here's the text of a fundraising email I sent out to friends and  
neighbors:

Hello friends and neighbors!

This year I'm doing something I never thought I would do--I'm running  
for public office. Politics for me isn't about me but it's about the  
situation we find ourselves in the world and how we urgently need  
some new leadership on peace, energy, and the environment. That's why  
I'm running as a Green party candidate. The Green party stands  
against violence and for social and environmental justice, and we do  
it without a cent of corporate campaign money.

The office I'm running for is a seat on the Champaign County Board in  
district 8, an urban district containing, among other things, my  
childhood home on Ohio street, several west Urbana neighborhoods,  
most of the dorms at the University of Illinois, and part of Savoy.  
The incumbents in the vote-for-two district are Democrats who regard  
my candidacy as a sideshow, but all I have to do is come in second  
and I'll get a seat on the board--not hard, since there's no  
Republican running and voters are dissatisfied with "politics as usual."

I do need some money, pretty much all of which is going to go to  
advertising. This a better year than ever to be a Green, since we  
offer such a clear alternative to the major parties. In the next two  
months I plan to advertise in several different local media as well  
as putting together materials like yard signs and buttons. I'll also  
be doing some door-to-door work where I'll talk to voters and hand  
out flyers.

Today I'm asking for you to contribute to my campaign fund. Even a  
small contribution will be very helpful, since some forms of  
advertising can be cheap. Every little bit increases the very real  
chance I have to win, so please give whatever you can now to help  
overgrow the government!

The easiest way to donate is to go to my campaign website at http:// 
joefutrelle.prairiegreens.org/ and click on the "Make a donation"  
button. The website has been slow lately, so be patient.

You can also send checks made out to "Futrelle for a Green County" to  
me at

Futrelle for a Green County
1205 S. Race St.,
Urbana, IL 61801

We can do it!

Thank you,

--
Joe Futrelle
Person