Bring Your Phone Cards to December Meetup

The next DFA - Democracy for New Mexico Meetup is Wednesday, December 1st from 7-9 PM. In Albuquerque we'll be at Page One bookstore and in Santa Fe at the Church of Religious Science at 505 Camino de los Marquez. 

All across the country people are discussing what to do next. One suggestion received by DFA's national office was to reactivate DFACorps (nee DeanCorps), which performs community service on behalf of Democracy for America. The first effort will be to donate long-distance phone cards to wounded and disabled veterans in VA hospitals for the holiday season. You can read about the details in a post last week on this website.

Note that each phone card donation sent into the DFA offices will be matched by Democracy for America. Your $10 card will immediately become $20 worth of phone time!

We think Democracy for New Mexico should rise to this occasion. We all talk about making the holidays less about consumerism and more about real generosity. This is a tangible way to help wounded soldiers while bringing attention to the fact that the Bush regime, which gets such undeserved credit for being pro-military, is leaving them high and dry during the holidays.

So when you come to the Meetup on December 1st, please bring an unused phone card of any denomination. (DFA is non-denominational.)

Collect cards from friends and family, too. Meetup Coordinators will send them with your best wishes to DFA headquarters in Burlington. If you can't make it to the Meetup and still want to donate cards, you can send them to us in Albuquerque or Santa Fe. We'll send the address to you on request.

We have a friendly bet going as to which group will donate the most phone cards, so give generously and often!

John McAndrew, Santa Fe
Barbara Wold, Albuquerque

P.S. Please don't forget to RSVP at Meetup.com if you plan to attend!