Thursday, May 1, 2008

The Final Hours (updated 11:30am EST)

1. IMPORTANT CHANGE: Please place one final call to the White House, through the Switchboard (not the Comment line). Number is 202-456-1414. Call and ask for "Mr. Bolten, please" (The Chief of Staff is Joshua Bolten). Try to sound important-- you are advocating for orphans, so you are!. Or, if you know other names of cabinet members, ask for them. You just need to give your name, where you are from, and your organization. You can either say "none" or "Operation Sundi's Gift". You can use the email text below.

2. Final barrage of emails or faxes. Please copy and paste the following addresses into your email, then use the text below. Fax is 202-456-2461.

first.lady@whitehouse.gov, comments@whitehouse.gov, vice_president@whitehouse.gov, askdoj@doj.gov

Note: In case there is a spam rule set up on us, adding your name in the subject line and body text gives it a better chance to get through. At least for the first hour. If you work for the US government and are secretly reading this blog, please don’t auto-archive us. We promise to leave you alone soon!

Subject: From (Your Name): Last day for Kenya adoption

Tonight is the deadline for the Smith’s to receive written confirmation that they are approved to adopt 2 children from Kenya, as per US-CIS receipt # BAL-07-006-50039. If the requested letters can’t get done in time, we respectfully request that President Bush or Dr. Rice please call Kenya to assure those handling adoption matters that the Smiths have received approval for adoption via the proper authorities. You can call Jeromy at 011-254-710-347-499 with any questions. THANK YOU so much for your time throughout the past 10 days.

Best regards,

Your Name.

3. Pray that (ouch, shudder) God’s will be done in court tomorrow. We sure as heck don’t feel like praying this particular prayer, so maybe you can do it for us!

Thank you, infinity to the infinity power.

2 comments:

stacey said...

Hi

Just called Mr Bolten's office.
spoke with a man named Ben.
He asked for a letter with all the details be faxed to his office:
202-456-7163. I will be faxing a copy of the letter you have just posted today. if you want to fax other stuff now you have the additional fax number. Send it to Mr Bolten's attention.

The Clendaniels said...

Hello Jeromy and Kim -

I just spoke with Jeromy's dad. My heart, prayers, and thoughts are with you. My family misses you both a great deal. I have called Mr. Bolten's office and sent all the emails. I will be saying prayers late tonight for you. We love you and your new family. The pictures of them are beautiful.

Continue to do God's work. That is what will always keep you focused. With all of our love and prayers,

The Clendaniels