Monday night Gov. Romney held a town hall meeting in Manchester and I attended with some ONE members to lend our voices for the poorest people on earth.
The last question of the night was posed from a NH student who asked what Gov. Romney would do to restore America’s image in the world. Gov. Romney spoke about a few different issues, and then he went into length about US efforts to fight AIDS and poverty in Africa, and other basic healthcare and education in desperate places.
Gov. Romney told the audience that he would place US regional coordinators all around the world, with what he said was a “sizeable budget” to help with things like health clinics. This is when we caught the final footage of his speech:
Afterward, I was able to thank Gov. Romney for going “On the Record” and for sharing his plans to fight extreme poverty.
On Sunday, Gov. Mitt Romney made a campaign stop at a toy store in Concord, NH. Keene State college student and Concord resident Kevin Schmidt came out to lend his voice to the world’s poorest people.
As Gov. Romney made his way through the toy store, Kevin spoke with him about the ONE Campaign. He thanked Gov. Romney for his ideas about saving lives in Africa. Gov. Romney thanked him, and Kevin told him about his Uncle Ken Hackett who is the President and CEO of Catholic Relief services and serves on the board of the Millennium Challenge Corporate with ONE Vote ’08 chair Sen. Frist. Kevin told him about all of the good work that the MCC was doing and urged him, if elected, to support the MCC.
Gov. Romney seemed very familiar with the work of the MCC and posed for a picture. You can even see the stuffed animal monkey that Gov. Romney’s grandson Parker Mitt picked out.
ONE by ONE, we are making progress with all of the candidates. By staying informed at ONE.org, we can use our voice to articulate the change we want to see in the world, save lives, and lift millions out of stupid extreme poverty.
Gov. Mitt Romney and his whole family made it down to the Nashua Winter Holiday Stroll on Saturday night. While holding his grandson Parker Mitt Romney, Gov. Romney shook hands and spoke with NH voters.
After talking with Mayor Rudy Giuliani moments earlier, ONE member Brandon Laws was not done yet and he and his friends made their way through the crowd to speak with Gov. Romney directly too. Brandon told him that he was a member of the ONE Campaign and thanked him for his ideas about reaching out to marginalized countries and expanding basic primary education in Africa. Gov. Romney thanked him and posed for a photo while still holding Parker Mitt.
It may have been a cold night, but ONE members braved the weather to come out and show support for the ONE Campaign and the world’s poorest people.
Nevada ONE member Robin Mercer delivered 50,000+ petitions asking Governor Mitt Romney to go on the record and tell us exactly where he stands on fighting extreme poverty and global disease. Will he – and the other presidential candidates – take up the challenge?
Stay tuned.
Update: UNR ONE Club President Tracey Gaffney and club member Adam Allen just presented John Edwards with “On the Record” petitions, too.
The ONE Vote ’08, South Carolina, Staff finally had an opportunity to meet with presidential hopeful, Governor Mitt Romney. He came to Columbia, SC, to host an open forum event.
We were not afforded an opportunity to ask a question publicly. However, after the event we were able to catch up with the governor. We thanked him for his kind words towards our Campaign across the country.
He responded, “Ah, yes, the ONE Campaign. Great group.”
We also were able to get a photo with Governor Romney. We told him we look forward to his next visit to South Carolina and that he can expect to see us at his future SC stops.
“77 million kids in the developing world aren’t enrolled in primary education. Either they don’t go to school or sometimes they end up being educated in madrassas. As president, what would you do to make sure those kids are enrolled in primary education?”
On September 27th, we had lunch with Josh Romney. (Believe it or not, there are four more Romney boys all out stumping for their Dad, Mitt Romney).
Josh was in Reno for a luncheon and then off to Vegas for an evening event. We were able to chat with Josh “ONE on one” for about 5 to 10 minutes. He knew of the ONE campaign and was happy to wear a wrist band. He indicated that ONE is a great campaign and then asked if we knew of an organization with which he works closely, called “Right to Play”. The organization organizes humanitarian projects in Africa, Asia and the Middle East that are sports programs; thus combining play and fun with immunizations to improve the health of children affected by war, poverty and disease. Josh impressed us most with his compassion for children living in poverty.
ONE is campaigning to ensure that the Congressional budget does not cut foreign assistance programs like Feed the Future that help people break the cycle of poverty and hunger.
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On September 27th, we had lunch with Josh Romney. (Believe it or not, there are four more Romney boys all out stumping for their Dad, Mitt Romney).
