One cool thing a bout working for a candidate is that you get to go to the South Carolina State Fair and get in for free. Since I was homeless by now, I had a lot of free time. So, I volunteered to sit in the booth to give out material about Andre and stickers. The other candidates had representatives, too. It was a little crowded in the booth, but we carved out our spots. Another cool thing was we got lunch for free. If you have ever been to the fair, you know how much money that saved.
Before arriving, everyone had to agree to the rules of the fair. The main rule was that we couldn't go on the midway and campaign for our respective candidates. If we did that, we would be asked to leave the grounds. The candidates had to agree to that rule as well. The idea of that rule was not to give an unfair advantage to one candidate over another, and to keep the fair's leaders from choosing sides. I really would have liked to go through the fair and handing out "Andre" stickers, since that was what I was good at, but we all had to agree to the rule.
The only female gubernatorial Republican candidate showed up at the booth. She said she wasn't going to abide by the rules, because she thought it was stupid just to stay at the booth. She wanted to "press the flesh" on the midway. She got a few steps out of the booth, when a security guard saw her and told her she needed to get back to the booth. As soon as he left, she was out on the midway campaigning. Another guard saw her and escorted her back to the booth. She then found a TV crew and had an impromptu press conference. She was complaining about the rule that she had to agree to. The head of the fair was asked for a comment. He said that they had rules. She was escorted off of the property, but she got a lot of free publicity. People saw she was spunky.
In January 2010, Haiti had a catastrophic earthquake. The people of Columbia wanted to help. Andre put out an announcement that they wanted to collect supplies to sent to Haiti. On Sunday, his volunteers assembled on the block of Sumter by the State House. We were there to get the donations. I was still suffering from pneumonia, but I had to be there. We had one semi-truck for the donations. People started to come. We had sections for babies, children, teens, and adults. The donations started to flood in. We were prepared for a block's worth of goods. It ended up with two blocks worth of goods. The line was about four feet high and five feet deep. Diapers, clothes, toys, and more. It was truly unbelievable. We filled the truck and had to call for another one. There were also a couple of SUV's that were filled. The donations were sent to Greenville and flown out to Haiti. It was a remarkable event, and all the glory was given to God.
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