League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area's Springfield Unit meeting will be held on Thursday, March 10, at 9:30 a.m

PLEASE JOIN US! In March, the League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area (LWVFA) is looking for ways to reach more potential voters. One of the approaches might be to seek local nonprofit agencies with whom to work to reach their clients. Nonprofit vote is a nationwide consortium of nonprofit organizations that have developed resources for agencies to learn how to encourage their clients to vote. It has also conducted studies that show that its methods are effective. This month's report is an introduction to the organization and its resources.

At this time we are not ready to implement the training methods that Nonprofit Vote recommends, but we should consider whether to approach social service agencies with offers of support for encouraging their clients in to engaging in civic activities. The League of Women Voters of the United States has outreach materials that we can use at the outset. We may be able to build on them to help some agencies develop full-fledged voter outreach programs on their own.

It would be helpful to look at Google Nonprofit Vote or go to the website: http://nonprofitvote.org, while reading the study and discussing it in the LWVFA Units.

Contact: Marge, (703) 451-0589