BARTELS: Arapahoe County GOP piggybacks on Secretary Wayne Williams’ food bank bet
Arapahoe County Republicans are borrowing a page from Secretary of State Wayne Williams and will participate in a food drive at their county assembly on March 19.
County chairwoman Joy Hoffman said she was inspired by the Super Bowl bet between Williams and North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine Marshall. Both secretary of state offices collected goods for their respective food banks, Food Bank of the Rockies and Food Bank of Central and Eastern Carolina.
Because the Broncos were victorious, the goods to both food banks were donated in the name of the Denver Broncos.
The bet garnered plenty of national attention and praise. “We could all win this bet,” read the headline in a North Carolina paper.
“Wayne certainly kicked off the idea in my mind,” Hoffman said. “It was such a positive idea.”
Also collecting food on behalf of the Colorado Secretary of State’s office was Enstrom Candies, the Denver clerk and recorder and elections division and the Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder’s Office.
To read more posts by Lynn Bartels, visit her official blog at the Colorado Secretary of State website.
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