05/09/2016
*** ATTENTION FELLOW VA**RS, V**E SHOP OWNERS, and ADVOCATES ***
Reminder: 510 Day for Va**ng Advocacy is tomorrow!
We're issuing a challenge to ALL V**e Businesses (retail and wholesale) to organize an event on 5/10/2016 to help raise awareness and funds for va**ng advocacy! We're also challenging ALL consumers to participate in 510 Day.
Ideas for businesses:
* Donate a % of the days sales to an advocacy organization.
* Conduct a fund raiser.
* Sign up customers to join an advocacy organization.
* Hand out advocacy materieals.
* Have someone speak about advocacy.
* Have voter registration forms available or a computer to register online.
* Have people answer CASAA's Call To Action for HR2058.
* Have people call their Senators and Representatives in Washington DC and ask for their support of the Cole Bill (HR2058) AND the Cole / Bishop Amendment - both of which would change the grandfather date from 2007 to now for all va**ng products.
* Have customers write letters and the shop pays for postage
* Play Advocacy Videos
* Have a Sponsor a Smoker Event
* Online businesses put an advocacy message on their websites
* Online / wholesale businesses put a flyer in every package they mail.
*Send thank-yous to politicians who are supporting va**ng
Ideas for Customers:
* Visit a shop that is participating in 510 Day
* Go to the website of a v**e business that is participating
* Donate to advocacy
* Register to vote
* Complete Calls To Action
* Make phone calls
* Write letters
* Promote advocacy and postive V**e stories on Social Media
* Take a smoker to a v**e shop
* "Hand Checks" that are a va**ng message
* Pro-Va**ng profile pictures
Please post any other ideas in the comments. Also feel free to post your individual events in the comments. Have fun! There is power in numbers!!!!!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1022408124463153/*** ATTENTION FELLOW VA**RS, V**E SHOP OWNERS, and ADVOCATES ***
Reminder: 510 Day for Va**ng Advocacy is tomorrow!
We're issuing a challenge to ALL V**e Businesses (retail and wholesale) to organize an event on 5/10/2016 to help raise awareness and funds for va**ng advocacy! We're also challenging ALL consumers to participate in 510 Day.
Ideas for businesses:
* Donate a % of the days sales to an advocacy organization.
* Conduct a fund raiser.
* Sign up customers to join an advocacy organization.
* Hand out advocacy materieals.
* Have someone speak about advocacy.
* Have voter registration forms available or a computer to register online.
* Have people answer CASAA's Call To Action for HR2058.
* Have people call their Senators and Representatives in Washington DC and ask for their support of the Cole Bill (HR2058) AND the Cole / Bishop Amendment - both of which would change the grandfather date from 2007 to now for all va**ng products.
* Have customers write letters and the shop pays for postage
* Play Advocacy Videos
* Have a Sponsor a Smoker Event
* Online businesses put an advocacy message on their websites
* Online / wholesale businesses put a flyer in every package they mail.
*Send thank-yous to politicians who are supporting va**ng
Ideas for Customers:
* Visit a shop that is participating in 510 Day
* Go to the website of a v**e business that is participating
* Donate to advocacy
* Register to vote
* Complete Calls To Action
* Make phone calls
* Write letters
* Promote advocacy and postive V**e stories on Social Media
* Take a smoker to a v**e shop
* "Hand Checks" that are a va**ng message
* Pro-Va**ng profile pictures
Please post any other ideas in the comments. Also feel free to post your individual events in the comments. Have fun! There is power in numbers!!!!!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1022408124463153/