Volunteer Sign Up - They Don't Want Me!

Hi Everyone and Happy Spring!

I'm kinda bummed. I signed up about 2 months ago to be a campaign volunteer. I won't say who because I don't think it's appropriate to talk about who we are for or against but I'm happy to share or discuss off the boards if anyone wants to PM me.

Well, since then I've been kind of given the runaround. The organizers in my area claim that I'm on the list and that they desperately need mine and others help. But I find out about meetings minutes before they happen. At one meeting I did make it to last Sunday they told me my neighborhood captain would be in touch to help with voter registration drives. I'm in PA so the deadline for registrations to vote in the primary is this Monday. It's Friday and I've heard nothing at all. They didn't even give me a name and number to follow up. In fact, the place was so packed Sunday that we were basically just shuffled out the door within a half hour, whether we had time to ask questions or not.

Now I'm not a face-to-face kind of person. I prefer to be behind the scenes - entering data, helping with mailings, research, etc. I know there isn't as much demand for someone like me, but at the meeting they did say they needed multiple data entry people. Sounded perfect for me.

I feel personally insulted and rejected although I do tend to be overly critical of myself. Maybe this is just how these things work and they are not organized properly?? I'm trying hard not to take it personally but I've had trouble all of my life feeling invisible, especially in situations like this. This doesn't help.

I guess I'm not really looking for the magic answer, but just some reassurance that it's probably not just me - that it's just the nature of these types of volunteer projects. Anyone else had something similar happen? Were you able to let it go and learn not to take it personally?

Thanks guys! Namaste...
Misty