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Dear FFRW Members and Friends:
Surfing the Red Wave
What a great time to be a Republican in the Free State of Florida. You can feel it in the air, like that first cool front coming down from the North. It invigorates you and reminds you of why you live here. The excitement of this election season is the culmination of the hard work that you have put in this last year. We never gave up the fight. We never accepted the silly rhetoric of the left. We know what freedom is and we stood up for it. November 8th is here; don’t slow down for a second. Redouble your efforts to bring home the Win for our side, the side of Freedom and Liberty.
As I write this, we are hard at work responding to the over 2,000 requests for membership that our “We Are Florida” campaign has produced. Our 500,000 text messages have hit a cord with new Florida Republican women voters, whom we targeted with our advertising campaign. The response has been amazing. I want to personally thank the members who have volunteered to make the welcome calls to the perspective new members. We have been contacting them via e-mail within hours of their inquiry and have followed that up with a telephone call within 24 hours. The FFRW knows how to Phone Bank.
What’s even more interesting is that we have only put out 2 text blasts. We have 2 more to go! Ladies we are adding thousands of new members and solidifying our freedoms in our beloved State.
Wow, what a great time to be in Florida. God Bless America and all our hard-working Republican Leaders.
God bless America!
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For Florida, For Our Country,
Maricel Cobitz
President FFRW
FFRWPresidentMaricel@gmail.com
786-290-4333
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FLORIDA CABINET TO ELECT
Governor Ron DeSantis
Lt. Governor Jeanette Nunez
Attorney General Ashely Moody
Agricultural Commissioner Wilton Simpson
CFO Jimmy Patronis
and
ALL REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES
KEEP FLORIDA FREE!
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Governor Ron DeSantis is a fighter Floridians can count on to defend their families, jobs, and personal liberties. Last week, we announced the “Fighting to Keep Florida Free” ad featuring MMA fighter and Miami native Jorge Masvidal, highlighting how Governor DeSantis fights for Floridians.
Inspired by his father's story of escaping communist Cuba, Masvidal has been an outspoken advocate against socialism and communism and is a fighter for freedom.
Watch the latest ad below — it sure packs a punch!
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FFRW AWARDS WELL DESERVED! | |
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Congratulations Ladies!
The FFRW received 4 Awards for Political and Campaign Awards
from the NFRW
1st Place for calls and Top Hours for States with 30-49 clubs for January 1, 2022 to June 30, 2022
1st Place Top calls and Top Hours for States with 30-49 Clubs for
July 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021
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Calling All Members
PLEASE REPORT VOLUNTEER POLITICAL & CAMPAIGN HOURS!
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All Members please keep track of your Political and Campaign hours.
Report it to your Club President or Club Campaign Chair.
Many more hours are included for volunteering, making phone calls; and for working on campaigns. All the time we spend planning and attending meetings; Lincoln Reagan Dinners are all to be included. This is an inclusive list of volunteer hours not exclusionary as in the past. Associate men hours for campaigning; members campaign hours and so much more all count toward your club hours. This is a great opportunity for clubs to get involved and to get credit for all the hard work the club members do throughout the year in other Republican clubs from the RNC to the REC's to your local clubs.
Third Report is:
July 1, 2022 to December 2022 (Due January 15, 2023)
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Treasure Coast
Federated Republican Women
host Meet The Candidates
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The Treasure Coast Federated Republican Women’s “Meet the Candidates” was a huge success! Thank you to our candidates and our fantastic moderator!
Representative Toby Overdorf, State Representative Dana Trabulsy, Anthony Bonna for Port St. Lucie City Council District 3, Jamie Fowler for SLC Commissioner District 4, Larry Leet for St. Lucie Commission District 2, James Clasby for Fort Pierce City Commission District 2 and Senator Gayle Harrell.
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Republican Federated Women of The Villages
Get Out The Vote Initiative
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The Republican Federated Women of The Villages phone calling team has been working diligently during the primary and the general election period to Get Out The Vote (GOTV).
On Wednesday, October 19th, their phone bank team surpassed their 2022 goal of making 100,000 GOTV phone calls and hit a total of 106,478 calls as of the end of the day. The phone bank initiative for our club is run by RFWTV 1st VP & Campaign Activism Chair Dianne Olsen and her husband, (RFWTV Associate member) Mike Plocharczyk.
Dianne and Mike will continue to lead the calling effort all the way through Election Day on November 8th. They have a dedicated team of over 50 volunteers working 2-hour shifts.
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CARING FOR AMERICA UPDATE | |
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Each year the Brevard Federated Republican Women present four Scholarships to high school graduates. This year, William Sullivan was the recipient of our Trade School Scholarship. He is attending Eastern Florida State Fire Science Technology and Fire Training Academy. The Fire Training Academy offers those interested in becoming a firefighter the essential training that will prepare them to meet the Florida Fire Fighter standards to become a First Responder Firefighter/Paramedic.
The pictures above are of William in action as he trains to repel the side of the building. Its particularly interesting as he is one of our members’ sons and we have the opportunity to follow firsthand he goes through the Training.
There are many career avenues other than college for students and this is representative of the options.
Jill Gentis, President
Brevard Federated Republican Women
Caring for America FFRW Chair
jilgentis@sbcglobal.net
773-896-8616
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DID YOU KNOW...
The latest McLaughlin poll has shown a major upswing for our Republican candidates to take over the House by a 4-point margin and now maybe taking the U.S. Senate. Biden’s popularity continues to tank despite their celebrating continued inflation and government spending by design.
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Our country has experienced tumultuous challenges and yet we prevail. The American people do NOT want socialism. The following topics were recently polled by McLaughlin polling:
- 49% say they are “worse off” under Biden and Pelosi, while just 40% say they were “better off".
- 68% say they disagree with Biden’s claim inflation is “zero.”
- 53% believe in smaller government versus bigger government 32%.
- 81% say they have been “impacted” by inflation.
- 75% say they believe in capitalism versus socialism, 10%.
Past President Theodore Roosevelt, born October 27th, 1858, became the youngest President in 1901. He was a progressive Republican, a railroad trust buster, pioneered the development of our National Parks, received the Nobel Peace prize by ending the Russo- Japanese war thereby benefitting America, and supported the 16th amendment (Income Tax). Although Roosevelt was not elected a second time having run against Taft within his Bull Moose Party, he is credited with some very interesting and inciteful quotes. To name a few:
"Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care."
"Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far."
"To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society."
For more Quotes:
CLICK HERE
The last quote reminds me of what we are seeing today in the White House. We will recover from this hurricane. We shall do the same with our country, but we must exercise the power of the ballot box!
Sincerely,
Pam McAloon
President Pinellas Federated Republican Women
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Election time is here! Campaigning is a lot of work but a great time for us all to pull together. Hope you have had a chance to meet new people in the field and have told them about your club and invited them to your next meeting. I am sure our success at the polls will carry over to more success in our clubs. Let’s be ready to strengthen and expand our clubs to get ready for Election 2024!! Here are some tips for our clubs:
- Start collecting those dues for next year
- Honor the Veterans in your program or have a push to bring a guest who is a Veteran to your meeting so they can see how we support our military
- Remind the club about the NFRW Membership Competition and the rewards given at the 2023 NFRW Convention
- Send out renewal letters, postcards, emails and or text to the membership to remind them it is time for renewals.
- Use Early voting & Election Day to reach out to those voters who might not know about your club/clubs in the area. Our FFRW campaigning never ends. Don’t make your club the area best kept secret
- Use this month’s meeting to give thanks and look back on your clubs accomplishments in 2022.
Use this post election meeting to inspire, celebrate and challenge your membership to set new goals in bringing on new warriors.
Dates to Remember:
- November 6, 2022 —-Daylight Saving time ends
- November 8, 2022 —-Election Day
- November 11, 2022—-Veteran’s Day
- November 24, 2022—-Thanksgiving
Have a Day of Rest on Nov 9th and then put your red heels back on and start recruiting new members for 2023! As Republican women we are known for being the shakers and movers so let’s get going. Fill your quivers with many arrows for our fight in 2024! The Red wave is here to stay!
Victory 2022,
Vickie Herrington
407-234-8658
Herringtonvickie@gmail.com
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The Book Report
By Joy Ashlock
FFRW E&L Committee Chair
Joyashlockdecatur.com
407-493-1372
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