Our Dean Ice Cream Social w/ Joe Trippi: A Success!

[deutsey]

The ice cream social I helped to organize on Maryland's Eastern Shore last night was BIG success (at least by my standards). We had nearly 100 people show and we raised over $2000. People came from all around our rural area and even from as far away as Baltimore, DC, and Northern Virginia to attend. :bounce:

Joe Trippi, Dean's national campaign manager, was the main attraction for the event. It was great to meet him and his family and to socialize a bit with other Dean supporters (after I finished my "organizer" role when the speeches were over, that is...I then had a chance to have a couple glasses of wine and chat with people).

Here's a picture of the coordinators/volunteers with Joe, his wife, and their dog (the director of canine outreach :-) ) before the event.


That's me in the jeans standing on the far left (of course, :evilgrin:)

You can read more about the "pre-game" stuff here:
http://blog.deanforamerica.com/archives/001118.html#more

Here is a shot of the event in full swing:

That's Joe in the middle, giving a gen-u-ine stump speech (he was standing on the stump of a tree).

If you'd like to read more about it, go here:
http://blog.deanforamerica.com/archives/001121.html#more

I'm a bit exhausted (we pulled this together in a very tight timeframe), but I still feel the buzz from last night (and it's not all wine-induced :-) ). So I'll stop here.

Whew! Who knew democracy could give you such a high?

:hi:

[gully]

1. Wow, that's great...what beautiful country!

Glad it was fun/rewarding.

Edited to add; Dennis Kucinich is the only true believer in Ice Cream. He pledges to form a department of Ice Cream if elected. No one else really cares about Ice Cream the way Dennis does. If we want real change in Ice Cream flavors and pure Ice Cream...we MUST elect Dennis Kucinich as our next President! Dean says he understands Ice Cream but he doesn't. Case in point; Did you know in 1978 he 'claimed' chocolate was his favorite flavor? Then when Dennis questioned him on it, at a recent debate, he claimed it was spumoni?!

I'm sorry but I can't throw my one precious vote away on such a heathen...


OK, enough dissing my Kucinich brothers/sisters. ;) AS I said I love their passion, this is all in good fun ok?

And, hey, I can laugh at myself too...

http://www.cbs.com/latenight/lateshow/top_ten/archive/ls_topten_archive2003/ls_topten_archive_20030624.shtml

[deutsey]

3. Hey, put away that flamethrower, you!

You're going to melt all that ice cream...

:hi:

[renie408]

9. That was funny.

[renie408]

2. What a cool idea....

No pun intended.

Glad it went well.

[Ripley]

4. Congrats on the meeting!!

Wow, you got Trippi to speak to only 100 people? That's great. I went to my first Dean Meet-Up last month (20 folks in my college town, Alabama) and it's so nice to meet other people in my area who have common beliefs and goals!

I'm one of those Independents who has never been involved in a campaign in my life (middle-aged here). But you're right, this guy makes me want to DO SOMETHING!

Thanks for sharing pictures.

[deutsey]

5. Thanks...

It helped that Joe was in the area for his vacation...

And 100 people on a Wednesday evening in the summer where I live is pretty huge! We would have had lots more, I believe, if we weren't so far out in the country (i.e., if we had it "in town" where I live), but this was where Joe wanted it.

We had a wonderful breeze coming off of the creek and a beautiful evening weatherwise.

[Rose Siding]

6. That's a gorgeous place, deutsey

Looks like so much fun. And a genuine "stump speech". I love it.

Thanks for all your hard work.

I get to go to the rally in Seattle on Sat and I'm really looking forward to it.

[Fleshdancer]

7. beautiful pictures!

Thanks for sharing them and the story with us, I wish I could have been there. Everything is SO green...this time of year down here in TX the grass struggles and ultimately loses its battle with the harsh sun and goes brown. :(

Did Kasey do his/her trick for the crowd? What's the gender of that cutie anyway?

[deutsey]

8. Kasey did the trick

while the volunteers were eating earlier in the day.

However, during the actual event, there were too many people.

You know, I was so busy last night I didn't catch whether Kasey's a male or female.

PS: It's so green because we got a lot of rain this year (maybe a little too much at times). This time last year, when we had a drought, it would have looked more like the Sahara. :hi: