(Houston) -- With Florida’s 29 electoral votes the possible determiner for the presidential election, talk show host Michael Berry is bringing listeners from across the country to Florida to help win it for Romney.  The listeners will pay their own expenses, caravaning from Texas and picking up other listeners from other states on their route.

“I just threw the idea out there, and listeners across the country responded with an overwhelming willingness to do it, “ Berry says.  “I was half kidding, because the logistics of such a trip are a nightmare.  But we brought in 50 listeners to volunteer to coordinate this, and what they’ve done is nothing short of amazing.”
 
The leadership created a website within a couple of days, www.WinFlorida2012.org.  Since Berry’s flagship station is in Houston, TX, the group will caravan from there beginning on October 28th and arrive in Pensacola, Florida that night.  They will spend the week driving vans to assist locals in voting for Romney during early voting.    
 
One listener, Kyle Coplen, was tapped by Berry to be a vice chairman for the committee, but unable to pay his expenses.  With a pregnant wife, and a new business cleaning swimming pools, he wasn’t able to spare the thousand dollars from his family’s finances for the trip.  Berry offered to pay his expenses for him, but he decided instead to use this as a “teachable moment” and earn the funds through hard work.  “I just made a simple flyer, saying ‘Will Work for Romney’, which I thought was catchy.  I put the flyer on the doors of houses that Romney signs in the yards,” Coplen notes.  Requests for his work came pouring in, mostly by people impressed by his work ethic and unique need for money.  He turned down every offer of a donation, explaining that he wanted to earn his way there, just as we need to earn our way out of our nation’s problems.
 
Michael Berry says, “The stories of people like Kyle amaze me.  There are plenty more.  People want to make this country great.  They refuse to lose this election.  It’s truly inspiring.”
 
The committee is accepting donations from those unable to make the trip who want to sponsor others who cannot to go.
 
Contacts:
 
Michael Berry – through his website template at www.MichaelBerry.com
 
Committee leadership – through the website at www.WinFlorida2012.org
 
Kyle Coplen – workforromney@gmail.com