Reports from the Field: Manning the Grill

Last weekend, Governor O'Malley and Lt. Governor Brown hosted the 2nd Annual Prince George's County Community BBQ. And what a great BBQ it was! The weather was perfect, the speeches were inspiring and number of campaign signs there could have filled up all of Ravens Stadium. But while the candidates were the main attraction of the event, the real heroes of the day were the grill staff.

The dream team was made up of an unlikely bunch: our field director, finance staff, communications team, and a handful of volunteers ready and willing to cook up food for 1,000 hungry Prince Georgians. They arrived at 7:45 in the morning, set up shop and got to work. All day they slaved over the hot grills, flipping burgers, grilling hot dogs and serving up delicious (but slightly unhealthy) potato salad and baked beans. And the day didn't end until 9pm.

You see, at the O'Malley-Brown campaign, every effort is a team effort. No job is ever too large or too small, too intellectually challenging or too mundane and the phrase "Not in my job description," does not exist. Everyone helps out and goes the extra mile to make sure that our events run smoothly and that our phone banks are full.

Because we have one mission, one goal and one focus. We work together because we believe in what we do. We work together because we know that Governor O'Malley and Lt. Governor Brown will move Maryland forward.

And that's why on Monday morning when the "Grill Team" came in to find pictures of themselves plastered in hair nets all over the Washington Post Blog, they didn't complain or throw a fit. They laughed.