grassroots solutions facilitated a series of strategy sessions with coalition partners to establish a united front going into the legislative session. grassroots solutions then created a comprehensive plan that integrated direct lobbying, communications, and grassroots activities. In order to execute a solid campaign strategy, grassroots solutions also identified and hired staff to run the effort. As the campaign evolved, the Sunflower Foundation asked grassroots solutions to help its talented new campaign team to fast-track grassroots pressure on decision-makers in key legislative districts. A tight timeline, combined with the sheer geography of a large and sparsely populated state, made one-on-one contact with people on a mass scale very tough. As a result, grassroots solutions worked with the Clean Air Kansas campaign in the fall of 2009 to develop a paid phones program that identified thousands of new supporters who effectively put pressure on targeted decision-makers through patch-thru phone calls and “I support smoke-free air” voice message captures. Feedback from legislators confirmed that the constituent messages were extremely compelling, and previously insurmountable opposition to clean indoor air policies was thoroughly neutralized as a result.