More on Mailing and Phone Notifications

If a group has a dozen contacts, or a few hundred, sending notification of a public event is an excellent way to make contact with people who have expressed interest in your work in the past.

It's when you can offer ways for volunteers to participate that it gets easier to find people to volunteer. If you have had people in your community offer to help, now is the time to take them up on that offer. A mailing can put you back in touch with people that you haven't communicated with in a long time. Get them involved, for example, by helping to plan a Journey for Justice event, a special opportunity to get in touch with people again.

Using the phone shouldn't cost any money unless you have long distance numbers within driving range of a public event. Volunteers can share a phone list for calling people to planning meetings and the public event.

Download Phone Tree form here (PDF format).

Your group may want to begin using a 'phone tree', and thereby share the calls through a time tested method. A phone call from a volunteer is another way to get in contact with people who have been part of your group or a project of your group in the past.

If mailing or calling, or using a combination of both methods, don't forget to review "Expanding Your Network." Now is a good time to reach out to others in your community who may share the desire to reform drug laws. Invite them to plan with you, at the very least, and perhaps they will attend a public event.

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