SEPTEMBER 2025 NEWSLETTER
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A Day of Action at our September 14 meeting |
Our Day of Action is planned for Sunday, September 14, in lieu of our regular monthly meeting, We have a broad range of activities planned all afternoon. Please join us and help write postcards, knock on doors and phone bank starting at 1 p.m. at The Gathering Place at RVA Around the Table, 155 Junction Drive in Ashland.
Here are all the opportunities we have planned: Fundraiser for Attorney General candidate Jay Jones in Mechanicsville from 12:30-2 p.m. RSVP here. Postcard writing from 1-5 p.m. similar to the postcard program we did last fall. Please consider bringing postcard stamps or money for stamps. Canvassing in Ashland for Abigail Spanberger, Ghazala Hashmi, Jay Jones and other Democrats on the ballot. For novices, we'll provide all the training you need. Please bring your smartphone and install the MiniVan app in advance if you can. We are excited to talk to voters with you.
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HDC reorganization is coming later this year |
Heads up—reorganization is coming. Every two years, all local Democratic committees in Virginia reorganize according to the state party plan. This will happen for the Hanover Democratic Committee in December 2025 for the 2026-2027 term.
All members must reapply for membership and pay dues anew, and new elections will be held for officer positions. You can always join via our website and follow the dues instructions after you fill out the application info. You also can go directly to the dues page. Yes, you will need to re-up even if you are a current member although there is no need to take action at this time.
For the time being, membership is still open for the 2024-2025 term and anyone who joins may pay half price dues ($20 per person). Just send in that amount after you fill out the form on the website.
Starting in October, anyone who joins will pay full dues and will be counted toward the 2026-2027 term. Stay tuned for notifications about our reorganization meeting. For questions and answers, contact Wendy Brooks, vice chair for membership, at wendybrooks82@comcast.net. |
Postcard writing continues |
The postcard writing program that was so popular last year continues in 2025. Here are dates and times:
Saturday, September 6 from 9-11 a.m.: Courthouse Library, 7527 Library Drive, Hanover, VA 23069 Sunday, September 14, 1-5 pm. Postcard writing with the HDC's Day of Action at Arounf the Table, 155 Junction Drive, Ashland Saturday, September 27 from 10 a.m.-noon. Atlee Library, 9212 Rutlandshire Drive, Mechanicsville Center for Common Ground: Write to over 900,000 Black voters in Virginia for the upcoming general election. Get started here. |
Friday, Sept. 12 from 2:30-4 p.m.: Whistlestop Tour with Jay Jones. The Hanover Democratic Committee will be joining our friends in Goochland at Hidden Rock Park (1920 Hidden Rock Lane, Maidens, VA 23102) to rally for Jay Jones and help him to raise money as he makes his way across rural Central Virginia. Sign up here. Donate to Jay Jones here.
Friday, Sept. 20 through Saturday, Nov. 1: We'll be poll greeting every day of Early Voting at Hanover's Early Voting polling place at the Hanover Government Center at Hanover Courthouse. For more details and to sign up, please go here.
Friday, Sept. 26 to Sunday, Oct. 5: Volunteer at the Democratic Party Booth at the Virginia State Fair (organized by the VA LGBT Dems). Sign up here. |
Keep up with volunteer activities |
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Hanover Democratic Women: Karen Winston has invited us to her home at 14487 Pinehurst Lane, Ashland 23005 for this month's Coffee, a morning get together this time, on Sept. 17. She will have the coffee brewing at 10 a.m. Karen's Home is in the Country Club Hills subdivision just off State Route 54, west of the town of Ashland. Scott Konopasek, our 59th District candidate for delegate to the Virginia House, will be our special guest. For RSVPs or for more information, contact dianeandallen1@gmail.com or 804-304-1951.
All Democratic and like-minded women are invited to our Hanover Democratic Women's Coffees which are for bringing together Democratic women from all parts of Hanover (and sometimes beyond) for energizing fellowship and for forming strong relationships to help elect Democratic candidates and promote our Democratic ideals locally and nationally. We meet monthly at the homes of different volunteering hostesses and in different parts of the county. We have no formal memberships or dues. Come for great fellowship. We look forward to seeing you. |
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You received this email because you subscribed to our list. Do not reply to this automated email. Unsubscribe from this list or email info@hvadems.com and include "unsubscribe" in the subject line. Join us the second Sunday of every month at 4 p.m. for our monthly meeting at the Around the Table, 155 Junction Drive, Ashland, VA 23005. Snail mail: Hanover Democratic Committee, P.O. Box 22, Ashland, VA 23005 P.O. Box 22 Ashland, 23005 USA |
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