Help me help Kamala

[Thank you everyone. I'm past my goal, there is no need for additional donations.]

I am traveling to the swing state of Wisconsin to volunteer on the Kamala Harris for President campaign as a field organizer, primarily someone who knocks on doors and trains others to do the same. I'm raising funds to help cover the cost of my trip to America’s Dairyland—i.e., travel, car rental, housing, and incidental expenses while on the road. I estimate the costs to be between $6000 and $8000. I hope to raise the initial $6k now and will increase my goal as needed.

Wisconsin is one of the three must win states and there I will also be able to support their down-ballot candidates including re-electing (D) Senator Tammy Baldwin, and flipping the WI-8th by electing a Democrat to that House seat.

I'm attaching a letter of recommendation written by my supervisor in Ohio in 2008, which makes the case more strongly than I could as to my worth as a Field Organizer.

Thank you for helping to make this trip possible.

P.S. Any funds in surplus of my actual expenses will be used on behalf of other volunteers (e.g. gas, food, lodging) or to cover expenses at the local headquarters.

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Sept 13, 2011

To Whom It May Concern,

It is my utmost pleasure to recommend Richard Salzman. I met and worked alongside Richard in the battleground state of Ohio. Richard was the gift any struggling field organizer could ask for. He has the strategic skills, the knowhow, and, most of all, the unyielding grit needed to get the job done well and on time. He is a feverishly efficient worker and solid and passionate speaker and volunteer leader. His volunteer trainings were efficient and exhaustive and his appeals to potential recruits and undecided voters were consistently well finessed.

In 2008, the West Columbus, Ohio turf I managed with Richard's help turned "blue" for the first time since LBJ by a fraction of a percentage point. I know, both in my gut and based on the sheer volume of data he and volunteers he trained created, that that would not have happened without him. I'm grateful to him for that. He was a special asset to me as a field organizer and to our entire office. I would categorically hire him again. I can be reached as a reference at [phone redacted] or at [email redacted].

With pleasure,

Will Packer

Special Assistant for Policy and Civics Democracy

Prep Public Schools

Will Packer Field Organizer|West Side Barack Obama's Campaign for Change | 193 EAST RICH ST. COLUMBUS, OHIO 43215