Sen. Thune a surprise guest at Dan Coats event

Oct 21st, 2010 5:52 PM UTC
By Field

ONE is hitting the campaign trail to find out where candidates stand on extreme poverty. Stay tuned for more updates like these from our field team and organizers on the road.

Wednesday evening, U.S. Senate candidate Dan Coats attended a gathering in Terre Haute, Indiana. I made it out with some ONE members too, including some local Indiana State University students, to show support for fighting global poverty and preventable diseases in Africa.

Coats had spent the majority of the day in Terre Haute, taking time to speak to local Indiana State University Students on campus. But this event was at the local Shriners Temple with more than 400 attendees, including many local candidates and staff. But when we got there, we noticed a surprise guest – South Dakota Senator John Thune!

Lucky for us, Sen. Thune was certainly familiar with ONE, as he just saw ONE members in Colorado, and New York City this past Monday, and made a point to come shake our hands and thank us for the work we do as ONE members. He told us that he sees ONE everywhere, which makes sense! With more than two million ONE members across the country, ONE is making a point to get out and talk with our elected leaders, celebrate recent efforts to save lives in the developing world and to urge even greater leadership moving forward.

We thanked Senator Thune for his work with PEPFAR, which is helping to save millions of lives from HIV/AIDS and malaria, and we urged him to be a torch bearer in the senate in the future.

Our country can help fight extreme poverty in Africa and help make sure that no child is born with HIV – all of this is possible, and it begins with you and your voice!

Be sure to connect with other ONE Vote 2010 Indiana members on Facebook and Twitter.

-Maddison Klontz, ONE Vote 2010 state organizer, Indiana

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