Hi John,

This year is almost over, and recently I’ve been taking the time to look back at all that OLCV has accomplished. Although we’ve had an uphill battle with the Trump Administration ever since he took office, there is one thing that gives me comfort and hope: our dedicated OLCV members. None of our work is possible without our members like you, John. We can’t do it without you, so our important work begins with your generous gift of $50.

To show how important our members are to our work, I’d like to share this donor’s story with you. Meet Pete Sandrock. Pete first took action with us in 2015, and has now been a committed OLCV donor for a few years. He lives in Portland, Oregon. This is Pete’s story:

"I care deeply about Oregon, its people, and its natural environment. I was born here, the great grandson of Sherman County homesteaders. My mother taught me to love and protect nature. I still have the bird book she gave me in 1955. For high school graduation, she gave me Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring. Mom and dad were active New Deal Democrats. I remember meeting Edith Green when my parents hosted a campaign coffee for her in our Rose City Park neighborhood home. As a 13-year-old I knocked on doors, collecting one dollar donations for JFK, later meeting him at 

Cleveland High School (I just wish I knew what I did with his autograph!). In 1964 I joined some of my Jesuit High School classmates to picket George Wallace at the old Portland airport. My sign read, “If Hell is Free, Why Can’t Alabama Be?” JFK’s famous admonition, “ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country,” led me to 44 years of government service, from the Navy to elected office to appointed management positions.

The sum of those experiences: love of place, love of nature, and appreciation for effective government brought me to OLCV 25 years ago. OLCV shares my values and puts them into effective political action. OLCV has earned my respect and financial support."

The work that we do every day matters. For over 50 years we have been a catalyst of holding our state elected officials accountable for how they voted on climate, providing easily accessible resources to assist voters in making informed decisions, and advocating for monumental climate legislation.

As long as we have the support of our members, there is nothing we can’t achieve in the new year. Will you join Pete and I in the new year?

Please give a generous gift of $50 now so OLCV can continue to march on in this fight in 2026.

Thanks for your support,

April Christenson (she/her)

OLCV Development Director

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