Host a Toast to Democracy!

Get your shakers and jiggers ready and try these volunteer drink suggestions

Raise your glass and share a toast to Democracy with friends!

With the GOP doubling down on all kinds of repression at the state level, our energy and persistence are more necessary than ever!

Unwind with friends and share a drink in support of Schuyler VanValkenburg, a dad, high school civics teacher, and six-year VA House Delegate who's running to flip a key Virginia State Senate seat.

Sign up to host and mix up a few drinks (cocktails and mocktails) sourced from Sister District volunteers around the country. We'd love to add your favorite drink to the list!. We'll provide you with a unique fundraising link to keep track of donations. If you wish, our team of devoted organizers can even help you set up an event to track RSVPs and suggest best practices and talking points.

Purple Agate

4 tbsp. raspberry chambord
2 tsp. blue curacao
3 oz. seltzer
Juice 1 lemon
2 tbsp. silver patron tequila
Mint

Mix chambord, curacao, seltzer, and lemon together and shake. Pour over ice. Garnish with mint.

– courtesy Lana C

Summer Blush

Ginger ale
Pomegranate juice
Vodka
Sparkling water
Lemon slice

Mix ginger ale (Gus’s suggested), a splash of pomegranate juice, and vodka. Pour over ice. Top off with sparkling water and garnish with a lemon slice. Yum refreshing!

– courtesey Ellen S

Lemon Lime Mocktail

1 lime
1 lemon
Fresh mint
2 cups water
3 tsp. honey or agave nectar
Sparkling water
2 8oz. cups

Fill 2 8oz. glasses with crushed ice, add 1 ½ tsp. honey or agave nectar. Juice half the lemon/lime; cut other half of lemon/lime in thin slices. Add juice, top off with sparkling water. Stir. Garnish with lemon/lime slices and mint.

Lavendar 75

Lavender-infused simple syrup)
Lemon juice
Vodka
Sparkling winer
Lemon slice

Refrigerate lavender-infused simple syrup overnight. Mix simple syrup, lemon juice, and vodka. Top with sparkling wine. Garnish with lemon slice.

– courtesy Nikki K

Bloody Mary

1.5 oz. jigger vodka
3/4 cup spicey tomato veggie cocktail
Horseradish
Tobasco
2 dashes Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp. salt and celery salt
Dash of ground pepper
Kosher salt

Stir together tomato juice, horseradish, Worcestershire sauce, celery salt, garlic salt , black pepper, and Tobasco in a large pitcher. Dip the rim of the glass in a plate of shallow water, then roll the rim in a mix of celery salt and kosher salt. Top with the Bloody Mary mix you prepared.

Frosty Espresso

1 cup ice
4 oz. espresso
¾ cup whole milk
Sweetener of choice, such as vanilla or classic syrup (optional)

Fill a tall glass with ice and pour in freshly brewed espresso. Pour milk and sweetener in a mason jar until ¾ full. Seal jar tightly and shake. Pour milk and foam into glass with ice and espresso. (For froz.en latte, throw all ingredients in a blender with ice and boom -- froz.en latte for a hot summer day!).

– courtesy L. Curtiss

Peach Breeze

Herbal peach tea 4-5 teabags
2 tsp. honey
Lemonade mixture (e.g. Newman's)
Peach & lemon slices
1 sprig of mint

Place 4-5 herbal peach tea bags in 6 cups boiling water. Add honey and let steep 20-30 minutes. Mix 50/50 with favorite lemonade. Stir well, refrigerate. Pour over ice, add fresh peach and lemon slices, garnish with a sprig of mint.

– courtesy Emily R.

Sprisco

2 oz. pisco (capel suggested)
1 tsp. honey
1/2 oz. lemon juice
1 oz. hard cider
1 oz. seltzer

Mix honey, pisco, and lemon. Stir will. Add ice and stir again. Fill wine glass ½ with ice, pour mixture over ice, add hard cider and seltzer.

– courtesy SDP NYC

Oceanside

2 oz. Elderflower
2 oz. silver patron tequila
5 oz. pink grapefruit juice
3 oz. prosecco

Mix Elderflower, tequila, grapefruit juice and shake over ice. Pour. Add prosecco.

– courtesy Lana C

Cuba Libra

1 oz. espresso or black coffee
2 oz. aged rum
Seltzer
Lemon

Fill shaker with espresso. Add rum and shake well. Add ice, shake few seconds. Fill glass ½ with ice. Pour seltzer over ice. Pour mixture on top. Juice rim of glass with lemon and add peel.