How to Help
Jun 7th
The Lucas County Young Democrats will be accepting donations at our Mixer on June 8th (information in June Events post). We will accept canned goods, rakes, kitchen/household items. No cooked food or clothes please. Here are other ways you can help:
Fulton County
A Volunteer Reception Center will open at the Fulton County Senior Center Monday, June 7, at 9:30 a.m.. It will be located on the second floor at the Fulton County Senior Center at 240 Clinton St., Wauseon, OH.
Anyone wishing to volunteer to help the homeowners affected by the tornado south of Delta should come to the Senior Center and register to volunteer. Those needing assistance will make requests through the Fulton County EMA and volunteers will then be assigned to jobs that match their skills.
Volunteers will need to bring a photo ID and fill out some paperwork prior to receiving an assignment.
United Way of Fulton County will manage donations of all types. The contact number is 419-337-9606.
Millbury
A Red Cross client assistance center will be open from 9 a.m. noon Monday at St. Peter United Church of Christ in Millbury, OH located at 28505 Main St. Those needing assistance for damaged or destroyed homes by the tornadoes are encouraged to visit the center for help.
Walbridge
Mainstreet Church located at 5465 Moline-Martin Road will be serving food beginning at 6 p.m. for storm volunteers and displaced families in need. They’ll be delivering food to volunteers and displaced families beginning at 5 p.m.
The church continues to accept donations of food and bottled water. Bottled water is being continually sent out as fast as it comes in.
The church is open for anyone needing help or shelter Monday.
Toledo
WTOL’s Clothing Your Community has been set up once again. If you’ve been affected by the storms, we can at least help you get some clothes for your family. Call 2-1-1 for more information.
Rossford
The red cross has set up a donation center at All Saints Catholic Church. They’re collecting household items, clothing and monetary donations.
Free emergency pet boarding
Gold Star Pet Resort located in northern Bowling Green, will be offering free temporary emergency boarding for dogs and cats starting Monday, June 7 for those whose houses were damaged during the weekend storms. Certain vaccinations may be required before boarding. Call 419-354-7770 for more information.
Source: http://www.wtol.com/Global/story.asp?S=12604751
Save Us, Millennials ~ A New York Times Editorial
Jun 4th
June 3, 2010, 10:12 pm
Save Us, Millennials
By TIMOTHY EGAN
When an electorate is red-faced and fist-clenched, when the collective national blood pressure is 160 over 100, when the big issues of the day are mired in tired minds, it’s time to turn to the great, renewable resource of any vibrant democracy: the kids.
The millennials, that echo boomer generation born after 1982, have not been heard from of late, ever since proving that they could pull away from their Facebook pages long enough to help elect a president.
The young were Barack Obama’s strongest supporters, and still are, though there’s been some slippage. They were wise beyond their years and ahead of every other generation on the major issues — from offshore oil drilling (not so fast), to gays in the military (duh), to tolerance of the new American ethnic stew (you mean that’s still a problem?).
But having done their part for history, and now facing a job market that is forcing many of them to become reacquainted with their childhood bedrooms, the generation born to all those baby boomers has become somewhat invisible.
We’ve been led to believe that the grumpy, the cranky and the bitter will drive the midterm elections in the fall. You would never know, with nightly images of jowly Tea Partiers and their inchoate discontents, that people ages 18 to 29 years old made up a larger percentage of the 2008 electorate than those over 65.
Because they gave their hearts to Obama, by an overwhelming margin, the young have a proprietary interest in this president. And now, at Obama’s moment of peril, when people who are losing their heads want him to lose his, we need the cooler minds of a generation that grew up with endless wars and color-coded terrorist alerts.
If anyone should be complaining about deficits, it should be the 20-somethings who will have to pay for all those meds-popping boomers moving into the comfort of Medicare and Social Security.
If anyone should be upset over two long wars that were put on the credit card, it should be the generation shedding the most blood in those conflicts.
And if anyone should take personally the poisoning of a vast ecosystem in the Gulf of Mexico, it should the one cohort of the electorate that showed the most skepticism of oil companies and the strongest desire for a new green economy.
Instead, at a time when most Americans described themselves as “angry,” the generation now entering adulthood is keeping their trademark optimism. A recent, detailed survey of their attitudes done by the Pew Research Center was headlined: “The Millennials: Confident. Connected. Open to Change.”
Those are precisely the character traits needed for this age, and all the more reason why Obama should engage these voters for the upcoming election.
For starters, consider what it would be like to have Mitch McConnell, the dyspeptic Republican from Kentucky who emerges from his turtle shell every two weeks to say no, as the next Senate majority leader. Or John Boehner, who called expansion of health care for 32 million Americans “Armageddon”— running the House.
Let Boehner take away from millions of fresh-minted adults the provision in the new law that allows dependent children to stay on their parents’ health insurance until age 26.
Or look at the exhausted fight over gays in the military. More than any other generation, millennials see this as a nonissue. But a week ago Senator John McCain threatened a filibuster to keep gay men and lesbians from being able to openly serve their country in uniform. He is a man of his age.
Can we just press the fast-forward button a decade or so into the future, or have McCain debate his eminently more sensible daughter, Meghan?
Nor are the millennials afraid of immigration — in part because it’s a family issue. Nearly one in four Americans under the age of 18 have at least one immigrant parent, according to a recent national portrait put out by the Brookings Institution.
“This is the most diverse generation in history,” said Heather Smith, the president of Rock the Vote, a nonpartisan youth political advocacy group. “They’re also optimistic, and don’t participate in the all the fear-mongering.”
Obama could rouse this generation to help save the oil-choked gulf, much the way Franklin Roosevelt did with his youthful Civilian Conservation Corps. While still holding BP accountable, the president could set up a millennial corps of workers, calling on their sense of service, their desire for change, their youthful belief in restoration.
Besides, with news that George W. Bush is now on Facebook, what better time to leave the digital den?
Source: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/03/save-us-millennials/
June Events
Jun 1st
LCYD Monthly Meeting – June 3rd at 6PM – 1817 Madison Avenue, LCDP Headquarters
June is finally here, and you know what that means! Our monthly meeting will be held on Thursday, where we’ll talk about festivals, events, phone banks, door-knocking! The warm weather has finally come to stay and there’s a lot of work to be done. The summer season is starting off with a bang, and we hope you can join us to discuss on Thursday. If you’re unable to attend the meeting but would like more information, don’t hesitate to contact us.
Parade Walking for Marcy Kaptur! – June 5th at 9AM & 11AM
Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur has invited the Young Dems to walk with her in the Old West End Festival and Point Place Parades. Come out on Saturday to show our support for Congresswoman Kaptur!
Lineup starts at 9am at Robinwood and Collins for the Old West End Festival parade. Please park at Glenwood Elementary. The Parade starts at 10am. Note: Marcy’s opponent knows she’s been asked to Grand Marshal this parade and is ramping up efforts to get his supporters out to this Festival. Let’s be sure to let everyone know that the LCYD supports Marcy Kaptur!
Lineup for the Point Place parade starts at 11am at Summit and 101st. The Parade starts at noon.
Campaign Kick-off and Day of Action – June 5th at 1PM, 101 Main Street
Celebrate the kickoff to the 2010 campaign – We will be joined by State Treasurer Kevin Boyce and Candidate for Supreme Court Justice Judge Mary Jane Trapp. Following the kickoff join us to reach out to voters across Toledo by going door to door. More information can be found at the link below:
http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/vote2010kickoff/gp8lsw
LCYD Mixer – June 8th at 6PM – Nick & Jimmy’s- 4956 Monroe St.
We hope to see you out and about this month!
About Us
May 1st
The Lucas County Young Democrats is the official youth arm of the Democratic Party in Lucas County. The LCYD mobilizes young progressives, ages 18-35 to participate in the electoral process, influence the ideals of the Party and develop the skills of the next generation of leaders at the local and national level.
Our group has a variety of activities for any level of political interest. We run trainings for activists and candidates, we provide volunteers to local campaigns, we throw fundraisers, and we do outreach and recruitment at local festivals and events.
We also have members who run local campaigns, act as the principal local organizer for the presidential campaigns, and some of us even run (and win) for local office.
Along with all the more overtly political activities, we also like to relax and have a good time with other democrats. We meet at Democratic Headquarters, 1817 Madison Avenue in downtown Toledo, the first Thursday of every month. Hope you’ll join us at our next meeting!

