Mobi in San Antonio, Texas is the first official Recruitment Challenge winner. We’ll be sending her a signed copy of Bill McKibben’s new book, Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet, for getting 10 businesses signed onto “The U.S. Chamber
Doesn’t Speak for Me” campaign. Check out what Mobi had to say about her experience recruiting thus far:
“Life as an inner city fifth grade teacher can be a bit demanding, and at first when I received word of 350.org‘s campaign targeting the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, I thought, “Don’t think I’m going to have time for that one, no time to personally visit businesses, etc…,” but then I started thinking of friends and acquaintances I know who actually run small businesses. I contacted a massage therapist friend, Skye Daniels, who has her own business, and after she and I made several phone calls and sent out several emails, we had 10 businesses signed up. Okay — it wasn’t all positive. A local bakery and restaurant that had generously given us a donation of fresh baked muffins for San Antonio’s Global Work Party on 10-10-10 declined to sign onto the campaign (and I thought they’d be a shoo-in!) and a couple other businesses never responded. Still, it was surprisingly easy to sign on the first 10. All it took was a couple hours of phone calls and emails, and we felt great to help spread the word.”
If you haven’t yet been able to sign on 10 businesses during your recruitment efforts (or even if you haven’t started), don’t worry—the Recruitment Challenge isn’t going away anytime soon, and in the coming weeks we’ll be switching up the prizes and challenges to keep the campaign fun and exciting. Also, be on the lookout for an announcement from us soon—we’ve got some exciting campaign updates to share, as well as some new recruitment materials to help ensure your success when you go out into your community and ask business owners to declare “The U.S. Chamber Doesn’t Speak for Me.”
