Category: Democrats office

2024 Annual Picnic was a great time!

First of all, the weather was an absolute gift, on a day that was forecast to be hot and sultry, we had intermittent overcast and a breeze off the lake. It did start getting hotter toward the end, but since the picnic was scheduled to end at 2, we were packing up by then.

We had over 30 attendees, speakers CD2 Democratic candidate Brandon Wade and CD1 Democratic candidate Dennis Baker. There was a great vibe of importance and gravity in the air, with the incipient Presidential election, and most important, support for Joe Biden, on everyone’s mind.

We want to thank all the volunteers, folks who brought salads and chips and drinks, for all their hard work and pulling together.

County Chair and Master of Ceremonies Gerry Mooney
Lori Hager and County Vice-chair Paula Strickland at our donations table
Some spirited discussion. There was a lot!
Rick Tinkler, Stephen “Uncle Sam” Hager, and CD1 Candidate Dennis Baker
Team Baker!
Grillmasters Dave Strickland and Stephen Hancock
Some good eats!
Uncle Sam offering a seat
A group of supporters
Pretty good crowd actually
CD2 Candidate Brndon Wade
Attentive listeners
Good crowd shot
Standing: CD1 Candidate Dennis Baker, CD2 Candidate Brandon Wade; Seated: County Party Secretary Sue Lamb, Communications Director George Schaefer, County Party Vice Chair Paula Strickland, County Chair Gerry Mooney.

Mailing project goes really well!

On Saturday April 27 a bunch of us gathered at our office at 106 S. Cherokee Ave. in Claremore to kick off our main fundraising mailer of the election season.

Small, monthly donations are the backbone of our funding. The office rent, internet services, utilities are all paid for by the generosity of our regular members. Our new effort is designed to bolster our funding, but more than anything to let the Democrats of Rogers County know that we exist!

What a great group of volunteers! No one stopped until we had stuffed, stamped and addressed 1,000 envelopes.

Headed and run by George Schaefer, it was truly a group effort. Chair Gerry Mooney arranged for the flyers to be printed and folded, dowloaded and printed address labels, Vice-Chair Paula Strickland ordered envelopes and mailing labels, and several of our regular members donated sheets and rolls of first class stamps. About 700 stamps were donated so we have another 300 or so stuffed envelopes that need postage.

In addition, Rogers County has over 11,000 registered Democrats so this will be an ongoing project throughout this election season. You can always get involved in helping the county party expand our message.