From a ONE Delegate at the DNCC


Aug 31st, 2008 3:42 PM EST
By Virginia Simmons

An amazing email from a DNCC ONE Delegate Lori Macklin to ONE Vote ‘08 National Coordinator Erin Eagan.

Dear Erin, 
  


Thank you so much for the opportunity to participate in this week’s DNC as a ONE delegate – it was a blast!!  My husband and I stopped by the ONE bus and participated in the ONE Service Project at Manual High School, where I got to meet David Lane and see Dana Buck, my old friend from World Vision.  It felt so good to be a part of the caregiver kit project – Josh from Daughtry told me in the assembly line that it meant a lot to him to do something so meaningful.

At our morning delegation breakfast meeting on Wednesday, I spoke about ONE and distributed wrist bands to our entire WA State delegation.  People were very interested, and I encouraged them to join the movement.  There are a couple of photos attached of us wearing ONE gear at the convention, and a friend sent me this link to a photo from MSNBC, where I was hugging my fellow delegate, Moe Spencer, after Barack Obama was proclaimed the nominee by acclamation:

ONE Delegate-400

Thanks so much for all that you do, and for being at both the DNC and RNC – ONE’s issues should matter to all of us, and I’m so proud to be a part of the movement to eradicate global poverty and disease.

Greetings to Josh Peck and Jamie Drummond too! 
  


Sincerely Yours, 

Lori Macklin 

Obama National Delegate 

Washington State

TAGS: Barack Obama, DNCC, ONE Bus Tour, ONE Delegates, ONE Vote 08, Washington

 

  1. sammisays: Aug 31st, 2008 9:52 PM EST

    August 31, 2008 at 9:52 pm

    Lori – a Washington State ONE Delegate! how awesome, and thanx for going. great choice Erin, glad it turned out so well. i hope that many followed thru and did sign on to ONE.

    sounds like a great time for you and your husband and great expression of gratitude for this great gang of folks who treat us volunteers so well.

    stay close, find me at Seattle ONE,

    sammi =)

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