This morning I had a wonderful surprise waiting on my laptop – overnight The Balanced Mind Foundation moved up from #10 to #9 in the Pepsi Refresh Contest.  An hour later I checked again and we’re at #8.  How did this happen?  Through each of you and the power of ONE.  Every ONE vote, every ONE email, every ONE person that you ask to help.  It’s the power of all of these ones that is making a difference and will help us to WIN.

Here are some examples of what The Balanced Mind Foundation members are doing to get out the vote! 

• One volunteer shared that her 94 year old father and 83-year old mother are voting every day.
• One daughter made a Youtube video to post on Facebook that tells her moving and inspirational story. 
• One teen texted everyone in her phone contacts asking them to vote.  Many did.
• One dog created his own Facebook page (well, he had a little help) and is faithfully campaigning to encourage his ‘friends’ to vote.
• One dad (begrudgingly) overcame his fear of technology and has been voting all three ways every day.
• One board member has been handing out voting cards ( order yours here) at every event in her area.
• One mom asked 18 people at her women’s group to vote.  They said “It will be so cool if The Balanced Mind Foundation wins because we’ll know that we helped”!
• One high school teacher has her classes vote by cell phone each day at the beginning of class.
• One high school student gets her school voting
• One high school sports team votes each day at the beginning of practice.
• One The Balanced Mind Foundation member (and volunteer) made a compelling video and poem about her experience with The Balanced Mind Foundation. 

The power of team work is amazing!  What ONE thing will you do today and every day in November?