This month there are four fundraisers I am pushing. One I am on the host committee of, two I am full on co-host (one of which is at my apartment) and one I am merely plugging for friends.
The first one was last Sunday, and I now have results from that. Sunday, Marjorie Gersten, Joy Romanski and I hosted a fundraiser for Norman Siegel, running for NY Public Advocate. You can read about my (3-year old interrupted) comments on the event here. And you can read another participant's obeservations here at the Brooklyn Optimist. But now I would like to add that the fundraiser did quite well for a small scale event put on by people like me who almost never do fundraising. We brought in $1400 for Norman Siegel. Now I am sure many out there see that as small potatoes, but it's damned good in my world!
If you want to add to this, please call his campaign at 212-448-6271. Tell them Marjorie, David and Joy sent you.
Tonight is the second fundraiser. Just a reminder that tomorrow night is a large (as compared to the small potatoes gig we put on Sunday) for Jimmy Dahroug for State Senate. You can read about this event here. Briefly:
JIMMY DAHROUG FOR THE NEW YORK STATE SENATE
Wednesday, January 9, 2008, 6 pm
1050 Park Avenue, NYC
(at East 87th Street)
Checks payable to: People for Jimmy Dahroug
24 Nostrand Avenue, Brentwood, NY 11717
Also a reminder that Thursday you can come by my own home for a fundraiser for Josh Skaller running for City Council in Brooklyn (he's number 44 on the Brooklyn Paper's top 80 list of what's interesting in Brooklyn in 2008). Details here. Briefly:
Thursday, January 10th, 6-9 PM. 195 Garfield Place, bell #11, Park Slope, Brooklyn.
I am already getting more RSVPs for this event than we got from the Norm Siegel event, but we'll see who shows.
Finally, let me mention a friend's fundraiser for Steve Harrison (who is number 13 on the Brooklyn Paper's top 80 list of what's interesting in Brooklyn in 2008) running for Congress against Republican Vito Fossella. Here's the invite:
Merle McEldowney invites you to an event in support of Stephen Harrison, Candidate for US Congress.
January 17, 2008 – 6 to 9 PM
2166 Broadway 16F
(between 76 & 77 streets)
I will blog more about that later, but for now mark your calenders...Merle promises some mulled cider made with Rum from the Dominican Republic. THAT should draw more people than my event.
Thanks to all who donated to Norman Siegel and hope there's more for these other candidates.
