LDNews.com published a feature story on Pennsylvania ONE super volunteer Brian Sweeney. An excerpt:

Daughter inspiration for ‘ONE’ campaigner

Brian Sweeney has a full-time job and a busy home life. Yet, the 33-year-old Jonestown man still finds time to volunteer about 20 hours a week for the ONE campaign.

When he’s not working as a warehouse technician for Sherwin-Williams or spending time with his wife, Michelle, an English teacher at Northern Lebanon High School, and 3-year-old daughter, Grace, he’s trying to further the cause of the ONE campaign….

“I’m doing this because of an Irish rock star and a little girl named Grace,” Sweeney said, referring to Bono, the lead singer of U2 and a ONE advocate, and his daughter.

“What took off after that was being a dad, being a parent,” Sweeney said, “and starting to realize some of the unfair things that face kids and children every day. It makes me angry. Where you live should not decide whether you live.”

“I think of her (Grace), and that’s what gets me out of bed in the morning,” he said. “That’s what keeps me up until 3 in the morning reading online about whatever legislation is on the Senate floor.”

Read the full story here.

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