We Are The Difference
by Jennifer on 12.31.2009
This week, you may have read messages from my husband, Rick, and from my campaign manager, David Dettman, telling you about our ambitious goal of 500 new contributors to our campaign by the end of the year (that is--midnight tonight).
I'm delighted to tell you that the response has been overwhelming! Over the past few days, 367 people have joined our campaign by donating here. The timing could not be better. We must file our December 31st report shortly, and we are just 133 people short of our goal of 500 new donors. I need your help. Now is the time to step up, and here's why:
* You can count on me to continue to speak out and work to bring our troops home from Afghanistan and Iraq.
* You can count on me not to back down in keeping women's health issues at the forefront, including a woman's right to choose.
* You can count on me to be outspoken and tenacious in the fight for civil and human rights for all of our citizens, especially LGBT citizens, and to carry on the fight for them to marry under the law and raise and nurture their own families.
* You can count on me to fight hard to protect consumers and small businesses with fairness and common sense.
* You can count on me to make government a force for good to help businesses and communities work together for jobs that will make Ohio the cradle of our country's renaissance in clean and renewable energy and biomedical advances.
I have great hope for Ohio, and I believe you do, too. I am willing to do more than hope, though, and I believe you are, too. I'll continue to put myself on the line for a better Ohio and for the kind of campaign we all can be proud of--not bound by or beholden to special interests that squelches real change for greed and at any cost. Ohioans--and Americans--are a generous people, and I believe in them. I will fight for them every day I'm in the Senate. Because I can't forget voices like those of the 367 new supporters who have stepped up already:
* an engineer in Wood County who gave $25,
* a food service professional in Franklin County who gave $15,
* a college professor in Cuyahoga County who gave $100,
* a minister in Delaware County who gave $25,
* an unemployed steelworker in Lorain County who gave $5, and
* a teacher in the Cleveland Public Schools who gave $50.
I am honored and touched by this kind of support. With your help, we can send a message to those who prefer auctions over elections of our American leaders. If you've already contributed, I thank you. If you haven't yet, please click here to help us reach our goal.
Today is the end of a year of struggle for many. It began with hope, and it should end with hope. We are not done. We must see this fight through to a better day.
Let's push into 2010 with a momentum that can only come from lots of people working together side-by-side. We are the difference. Show them that we matter and that we will be heard on the issues that matter. Please be one of our new donors today by giving whatever you can today.
Thank you very much, and warmest wishes for a happy, healthy and prosperous new year!
Sincerely,
Jennifer Brunner
P.S. We can change the way we elect our leaders, and in doing so, we can change our government. It will take each of us, joining the fight, one-by-one. Our work can capture the hearts and imaginations of our families, our neighbors and our friends, empowering them to be a part of our fight. We can do this. Please give whatever you can as soon as you can. Thanks. -JLB