.... YOU can do, right now, to help elect Amanda Fritz to the Portland City Council

1) Make sure your name is listed on the Supporters page! People who know and trust you will want to find out more about Amanda Fritz after they read your name on the Big Ol' List. Contact Robert to add your name.

2) Send an email to all your friends who live in Portland, telling them you support Amanda Fritz for Portland City Council. Send them the link to the Oregonian endorsement, if you need a shortcut. It's especially effective if you speak from your heart about your own reasons for supporting me.

3) Help us run out of our dwindling stock of yard signs! Call the office, 503-235-2295, if you don't have a yard sign, or drop in to pick one up (check the Volunteer page for office hours). We have just a few dozen left, and I'd like every one to be placed in a home or business before Friday.

4) Pick up postcards to send to your friends in Portland - come in to the office, 3525 NE Broadway, just of the 33rd Avenue exit of I-84E or 43rd Avenue exit of I-84W. If you like, bring your address books and write them out while you're at the office enjoying the company of other delightful volunteers.

5) Write Letters to the Editor - fire off an email to the Oregonian, applauding their endorsement!

Willamette Week's endorsement goes to print Monday (mzusman@wweek.com) and the Tribune (TribLetters@PortlandTribune.com) and Mercury (LoveNotes@PortlandMercury.com) on Tuesday. Letters to those editors would be helpful, too! Please send a different note to each, rather than one to all.

6) Plan to Host a Meet-and-Greet at a coffee shop or neighborhood gathering place in your neighborhood, the final two weekends of voting! Call Amanda Mansfield at the office for details and scheduling.

7) Sign up for Sign Waving! Morning and evening, every day of voting, we will have teams on street corners waving. There will be one near your home! Very fun! You can bring a chair if you need to sit while waving - everyone is welcome and needed. Call the office to sign up for a shift - experienced sign-wavers believe you'll want to do another, once you've tried it.

8) Keep informed! Email Linda to sign up for the e-newsletter to be notified of upcoming events where lots of participants are needed, and/or call the office if you can give a couple of hours this weekend, or the next, or the next....

9) Keep wearing your Amanda for Portland button! Call the office, 503-235-2295, if you need one. When someone comments on your button, tell them:

Amanda is running to:

* Make sure the City Council spends taxpayers' money wisely and stops expensive overruns. She will work so that all 95 neighborhoods and 35 business districts have basic services including public safety, safe streets and sidewalks, and good schools.

* Support our Schools. Amanda has been an active PTA member in Portland Public Schools for 17 years, and earned the endorsement of the Portland Association of Teachers. She will support programs that help families stay in Portland.

10) Stay positive! Let's continue to honor Public Campaign Financing by emphasizing Amanda Fritz's strengths in experience, knowledge, and community support.

Do you notice how many times I wrote "Amanda Fritz" in that summary? Please help get that name out, over the final 23 days of the campaign.