DNC To Hold National Organizing Day on July 29

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DNC To Hold National Organizing Day on July 29: More Than 800 'Democratic Reunion' Events Planned Nationwide

7/27/2006 7:42:00 AM

Contact: Stacie Paxton or Mark Paustenbach, 202-863-8148, both of DNC Press Office

WASHINGTON, July 27 /U.S. Newswire/ -- On Saturday, July 29, Democrats across the country will participate in "Democratic Reunion" events, the Democratic National Committee's next national organizing day, during which Democrats across the country will hold voter contact and outreach events.

DNC Chairman Howard Dean will participate in events in Pittsburgh, PA. He'll be kicking off a "Democratic Reunion" event in Murraysville, PA where he'll canvass with House candidate Jason Altmire who is running against Rep. Melissa Hart. Then he'll speak at a "Democratic Reunion" picnic and pig roast in Mt. Pleasant Township, PA.

"Democrats are unified and ready to take our country back," said Chairman Howard Dean. "From picnics and barbecues, to canvassing events and phone banks, volunteers will join friends and neighbors across the country to help elect Democrats up and down the ballot. Americans have a real choice before them this November. Democrats offer a new direction for our country and these grassroots organizing events are part of our ongoing efforts to win in November and put an end to the failed policies of the Bush Administration and his 'rubber-stamp' Republican Congress."

July 29th marks 100 days until Election Day and on this day, Democrats around America will gather at more than 800 locations to kick off a national effort to mobilize and engage voters and ensure Democratic victories up and down the ballot on Election Day. The "Democratic Reunion" is the latest in a series of volunteer recruitment and voter contact events the DNC has sponsored across the country. During the last national organizing day on April 29th, DNC-funded organizers and volunteers knocked on more than one million doors carrying door hangers with the Democratic Vision for America. The DNC will hold another organizing event in September...