Have you volunteered for the Sanders campaign?
Have you actually canvassed?
Have you made phone calls?
As a volunteer for other campaigns including Obama's campaigns, I have noticed that a lot of people volunteer but then don't show up to do the work.
I think it would be helpful to those who may never have worked in a campaign if those who have share their experiences.
I'll start. In the 1972 McGovern campaign, I met the mother of a future president of the United States and chatted with her for over an hour. The president was Jimmy Carter.
That was just a beginning.
Since that time I have volunteered for many campaigns. You meet great people, not only the people you talk to when you leaflet or register voters, but the people you work with on the campaign.
It's great to make good friends and work together for a cause you believe in.
Please, to encourage others to carry through on their offer to volunteer for Bernie, please share your goals and your experiences.
I have a personal goal in addition to getting Bernie elected: I hope to lose some weight walking around and being actively involved in the campaign. Just a little bonus for campaigning.
Please share if you can.
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I try to kick the activist threads whenever I see them. I don't know why the activist threads sink but they do. 
Being the good little racist, Useless White Supremacist Liberal that I am. 
AND SHE WON! I campaigned and phone banked for Bill Clinton, my local State Rep., Howard Dean And Obama. Attended rallies and parades for them.
In a 2004 February blizzard, I took my son out of school (11 years old) for a trip to Nashville TN. and for a civics lesson to phone bank, attend rallies, put out election signs and stand on street corners with signs for Wes Clark (I know) at his Nashville campaign headquarters and as soon as we got home from Nashville, Clark dropped out of the race. I'll never do that again, but my now 22 year old son participates in the political process and is a Bernie supporter! It was a lesson learned by him, so it was worth the trip.
While I am not an "official" Bernie campaign campaigner, I have fliers, Index Cards and Wallet size cards I keep with me at all times. I wear my Bernie for President bucket hat and button every morning when I walk and actually had a guy stop me and ask me about Bernie, but he started talking about how popular TRUMP is, so he's probably a lost cause. However, if he ever stops me again, he's getting a Bernie card. My Bernie buttons are on my coat and shirts at all times when I'm out. I'm prepared for questions and have my cards and fliers when I need them. I'll eventually phone bank for Bernie too!
Go Bernie!
Personally canvassed nearly 3000 doors in 2002. I carried literature for all Democratic candidates that year, including myself 
I have phone banked, contributed, shared precinct analysis and more. I have also been on the State Committee and an officer in an LD (that's how I was sent to the State Committee). I volunteered for a few Presidential campaigns until my job has simply taken over, so now I try to do what I can influencing people one on one. If I get some time, I might go down and phone bank for Bernie, but that's going to be tough with my travel and 70-80 hour work weeks.
Just so people know:
Don't be intimidated by phone banking. Campaigns use voting lists to make sure you are calling friendly voters. Some fun conversations on those calls.
Going door to door, use a good voting list, but that is a little more intimidating than phone banking. Mostly, it's delivering literature. Sometimes conversations and sometimes it's hard to break away politely so you can maximize your walk. The best thing is meeting groups of people with very common interests, oh and usually somebody brings donuts. Just be friendly and always pair up.
Yard signs are nice, but not effective really at all. Still I would never turn down a good yard sign.
