[Nfbofnc] Washington Seminar recap

[Cindy Bennett]

And I forgot to mention Randy Vickers who, from what I gather was an
awesome driver, went with us as well.

Cindy

On 2/13/11, Cindy Bennett <clb5590 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I just wanted to take a  second and note the success of this  year's
> Washington Seminar. I enjoyed making the appointments, and had a lot
> of great support and help from Gary Ray, and Julius Locklear. I
> appreciate all of the advice I got from Stu Mclean, my predecessor and
> am appreciative that he was willing to pass the appointment-making
> onto me. It was a valuable learning experience. I am also appreciative
> of Lusi Radford and Sharon Weddington who offered to help me with
> thank you notes, and for the other members, Easter McCall, Tracy King,
> Brice Smith, Boyce Locklear, and Sharon Newton who traveled with us to
> Washington. We met with our congressmen, and from what I gather, the
> appointments went well. Because we had 2 new issues and one that has
> barely been introduced to congress, and also because it was a district
> week, we did not get a lot of definite answers, but I am confident
> that our work on the hill and the work we do from home will contribute
> to the sponsorship of bills for our issues. Even though our work on
> the hill is done, we can still make calls, and keep up with our
> congressmen and let them know that we still need their support.
>
> So thanks to all of you who assisted me in making this Washington
> Seminar successful, and for those of you who did not go, your support
> from home whether it was from fundraising to assist these of us who
> did go or whether it will be from making phone calls to congressmen in
> the future, you are much appreciated.
>
> --
> Cindy Bennett
> uNC Wilmington Psychology major
>
> clb5590 at gmail.com
> 828.989.5383
>


-- 
Cindy Bennett
uNC Wilmington Psychology major

clb5590 at gmail.com
828.989.5383