Leadership Traning

I've been working on becoming more politically active, both within my local community and within the state of NH, and to accomplish this have been working with a group called Rights and Democracy. They're a nationwide coalition working to push progressive goals and people to affect positive change. They've offered me a chance to attend 2 trainings, both out of state. The first is April 22-25, and I need to commit to fundraising $100, as well as being able to pay for my meals while attending the training in Washington, DC. The second training opportunity is in July for a week in Chicago. Again, I'll need to be able to accomplish transportation and food while being away. If you can help me reach these goals so I can pursue my plans of becoming politically active and hopefully in a couple years a State Rep for NH, I would really appreciate your help!