Rachel Rothman, a campaign organizer for Rep. Abigail Spanberger, and Kandis Holley, the campaign’s political director, will bring club members up-to-date at our January 12 meeting on efforts to re-elect the best representative the 7th Congressional District has ever had.
The meeting will take place in Classroom 1 at the Lake of the Woods Community Center starting at 3 p.m. Attendees should wear face coverings and practice social distrancing to keep us all safe.
It’s especially important for members to attend to help the Spanberger campaign collect signatures on a petitition to get Abigail on the ballot.
There will probably be a lot of questions about the new redrawn 7th District and what the redistricting changes may mean for us.
The Lake of the Woods Democratic Club will meet at 1 p.m., Wednesday, November 10 in Classroom A of the LOW Community Center.
During the meeting, members will consider new officers for 2022 and plans for the annual holiday luncheon. There will also be discussion of the experiences of club members who were involved in the recent General Election campaigns.
Come and help us celebrate the passage of the infrastructure bill in Congress.
Annette Hyde, Democratic candidate for the Virginia House of Delegates from the 30th District, is scheduled to appear at the Oct. 13 meeting of the Lake of the Woods Democratic Club.
Annette Hyde
In addition, Jackson Miller, regional organizing director for the Virginia Turnout Coordinated Campaign, will provide an update on the statewide races and what we can do between now and Election Day to help the Terry McAuliffe / Haya Ayala / Mark Herring ticket win.
The meeting will begin at 1 p.m. with a time for meeting and greeting and the program will commence at 1:30 in Classroom 2 at the LOW Community Center.
Invite your Democratic, Republican and Independent friends in meet the candidate and pose your questions. Everyone is welcome.
“Combating Food Insecurity in Central Virginia” will be the subject of the September 8 meeting of the Lake of the Woods Democratic Club.
Dan Maher
Dan Maher, president and chief executive officer of the Fredericksburg Regional Food Bank, and Nicki Buell, director of the Lions Wilderness Food Pantry in Locust Grove, will speak about the role of their organizations in addressing the needs of our food insecure neighbors. They will also discuss the impact of COVID-19 on their programs and offer suggestions for ways citizens can help.
The meeting will begin with a meet-and-greet session at 1 p.m. in Classroom 2 of the Lake of the Woods Community Center at Sweetbriar Park. The program will begin at 1:30 p.m.
Maher, who grew up in Hampton, Virginia, attended The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, where he earned a B.B.A. degree in business management. He continued his education at St. Charles Seminary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, obtaining a master of divinity degree.
Subsequently, he spent almost 15 years in a variety of roles in ministerial and religious settings in northern Virginia and Washington, D.C., before returning to Virginia to work three years as director of education at The Mariners’ Museum in Newport News. His non-profit organization career path then led him to the Beaumont, Texas, area, where he served as vice president for development and communications with Catholic Charities of Southeast Texas for four years, followed by nearly eight years as chief executive officer of the Southeast Texas Food Bank within the Feeding America network.
Maher’s recent move within the Feeding America network has returned him to Virginia. He began serving the Fredericksburg Regional Food Bank in January of this year.
Buell has has been an active volunteer with the Lions Wilderness Food Pantry since 2017. For the past four years she has been responsible for setting up the “link to feed” program as well as preparing and submitting all monthly federal reports.
Lee H. Frame, representative of District 5 on the Orange County Board of Supervisors, will speak to the Lake of the Woods Democratic Club at its August 11 meeting.
The meeting will take place at 1 p.m. in Classroom 2 of the LOW Community Center. It will be the club’s first in-person meeting since the COVID-19 pandemic began last year. In view of a continuing rise in COVID cases in our area, it is strongly recommended that face masks be worn at the meeting.
Frame, who represents all of Lake of the Woods, will review current issues facing the county and answer questions from members.
The meeting is open to the public without regard to political affiliation.
