Ready to help!

Tuesday night at the #DemPromise headquarters, 15 volunteers made over 450 calls to Tazewell County. Staff community workers are helping to resolve problems discovered through talking to people as we speak!

The Democratic Promise is a new initiative spearheaded by Del. Sam Rasoul (D-Roanoke City) as an effort to (most importantly) help people, while also building trust in the Democratic party.

Democratic Promise uses voter data to contact people through phonebanking, start some conversations, and ask people if they are having any issues with government services. We’re best at helping with government agency issues, but we’ve had all kinds of responses — such as one lady needed her septic system drained, and didn’t have the money to do so, and one woman needed a hearing aid. Did you know that Medicare will pay for the doctor’s appointment to verify that you need a hearing aid, but won’t pay for the hearing aid? In this case, we were researching local community organizations for assistance, but luckily, she was able to get a hearing aid through another route.

We have a community worker on staff. He’s a licensed social worker who is eager to jump in and help, liking to call within an hour or so of getting the information from the phonebankers. He responded to one woman who was having difficulty with disability, he took her information, called the disability office, wasn’t able to resolve the issue in one call, but when he called back and spoke to the woman, she told him she was grateful to have someone else’s eyes on her problem, she didn’t feel quite so alone.

In most cases, even the people who did not need help were happy to hear about Democratic Promise. Some people requested more information so they could pass it on to family and friends. We’re calling everyone, not just Democrats or Democrat leaning.

Thank you to our incredible volunteers and community workers for your commitment to helping people! Interested in volunteering? You can phonebank from anywhere. Head to www.DemPromise.com to sign up! Or email us at info@dempromise.com

We’ll be calling into Floyd County next.

If you can’t phonebank, but are interested in donating, you can find the Democratic Promise at this link: secure.actblue.com/...