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National
Federation of Republican Women
NFRW
Plays Significant Role at GOP
Convention
Local
Republican Leader Serves as
Alternate Delegate for the State of Ohio
TAMPA,
Fla. – A local Republican woman
leader is among the hundreds of members of the National Federation of
Republican Women (NFRW) who served as delegates or alternates to the
Republican
National Convention in Tampa on Aug. 27-30.
Lyn
Bliss of Greenville served as and
Alternate Delegate. She is among the approximately 650 members of the
NFRW who
played a significant role in convention activities, including as
delegates or
alternate delegatess, as members of
key
convention committees, as convention officers, and even as featured
convention
speakers.
“These
conventions are a time for all
of those attending to get to know their candidates, hear their life
experiences, their ideas, their goals and vision for the future. It
gives us
all information to bring home to our friends and neighbors. There are now thousands of
citizens who know
more about their candidates than they could ever have learned by
reading about
them. We have not only heard and seen them, we have also heard and seen
those
who have dealt with the candidate through life experiences.” Said Bliss regarding the
experience.
Bliss
also attended daily morning
breakfast events held for the Ohio delegation and various evening
activities,
including a beach party, harbor cruise, and an evening dinner/dance.
Bliss
is First Vice-president of the
Ohio Federation of Republican Women (OFRW), serves on the Legislative
Committee
and is a board member for the National Federation of Republican Women.
Founded
in 1938, the NFRW has thousands
of active members in local clubs across the nation and in several U.S.
territories, making it one of the largest women’s political
organizations in
the country. The grassroots organization works to promote the
principles and
objectives of the Republican Party, elect Republican candidates, inform
the
public through political education and activity, and increase the
effectiveness
of women in the cause of good government.
For
more information about the NFRW,
visit www.nfrw.org. For more information about the OFRW, visit
www.ohfrw.com
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