{"id":2952,"date":"2010-10-08T23:52:16","date_gmt":"2010-10-08T23:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pennaction.org\/pablog\/?p=2952"},"modified":"2011-07-23T22:04:46","modified_gmt":"2011-07-23T22:04:46","slug":"youve-done-it-again-penn-action-supporters-leads-the-way-nationally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marcstier.com\/blog2\/?p=2952","title":{"rendered":"You\u2019ve done it again: Penn ACTION supporters leads the way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2900\" href=\"https:\/\/marcstier.com\/blog2\/?attachment_id=2900\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2900\" title=\"Penn Action logo_spot\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marcstier.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Penn-Action-logo_spot1.jpg?resize=101%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"101\" height=\"78\" \/><\/a>As you know, Pennsylvania had one of the strongest Health Care For America Campaigns over the last two years, with more of you taking part in more and more varied actions\u2014both online and offline\u2014than in other states.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">And now you have done it again, twice, in the last weeks<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Penn ACTION supporters lead the way in the PEPSI Challenge. We win $1000.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">In the last few weeks, we have asked you to vote in the Pepsi challenge, in the hope that our national organization, US Action, would come in first or second in the competition and win $250,000.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Well, unfortunately, US Action came in third just a little out of the running. We will try again, probably, in November.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">But Penn ACTION, which is the newest US Action affiliate, had more people vote in the Pepsi challenge than any other affiliate. As a result, and thanks to your efforts, Penn ACTION will get a $1000 contribution from US Action.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Penn ACTION supporters lead the way in contacting members of Congress on tax issues.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">In the same vein, when US Action affiliates sent out an email blast two weeks ago asking people to call their Senators about not extending the Bush tax cuts on the rich, we had three times as many phone calls come from Pennsylvania as the next highest state.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Again, thanks to all of you who are taking part in our efforts.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;\">And congratulations to our frequent partner, Keystone Progress, for their victory in the $50,000 award category.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you know, Pennsylvania had one of the strongest Health Care For America Campaigns over the last two years, with more of you taking part in more and more varied actions\u2014both online and offline\u2014than in other states. And now you have done it again, twice, in the last weeks Penn ACTION supporters lead the way in the PEPSI Challenge. We win $1000. In the last few weeks, we have asked you to vote in the Pepsi challenge, in the hope that our national organization, US Action, would come in first or second in the competition and win $250,000. Well, unfortunately, US Action came in third just a little out of the running. We will try again, probably, in November. But Penn ACTION, which is the newest US Action affiliate, had more people vote in the Pepsi challenge than any other affiliate. As a result, and thanks to your efforts, Penn\u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/marcstier.com\/blog2\/?p=2952\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[113,123],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-about-penn-action","category-penn-action-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p35YuU-LC","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcstier.com\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcstier.com\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcstier.com\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcstier.com\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcstier.com\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2952"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/marcstier.com\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5676,"href":"https:\/\/marcstier.com\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2952\/revisions\/5676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcstier.com\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcstier.com\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcstier.com\/blog2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}