McHenry County Blog

The McHenry County Young Republicans elected officers this week.

Bryan Javor will be leading the 700-person organization for the second year. Other officers are

• Erica Poremba, re-elected Vice-Chairwoman
• Garret Hill, re-elected Secretary
• Austin, re-elected Treasurer
• Salvatore Cucinella, re-appointed Membership Chairman
• Brian Hain, re-appointed Fundraising Chairman
• Robert Lee, re-appointed Social Chairman
• Angela James, re-appointed Education Chairwoman
• Brendan Murphy, newly appointed Technology chairman.

Accomplishments listed by the leadership follow:

• Membership exceeds 700 members.
• Unprecedented local use of technology, the knowledge of which is being shared locally
• Participated in 2008 Independence, Fiesta and Founder’s Day parades and so far this year in Independence and Fiesta Day parades. Will be walking in Founders Day Parade on Saturday, too. (Those feeling like Young Republican are invited to join the group at Eastwood School in Algonquin at 10:30.)
• Operating budget surplus.
• Assisted the following campaigns in general elections (8 of 9 Elected):

Dan Duffy; Elected
Phil Lonigro: Elected
Michael Carbone: Elected
Joni Smith: Elected
Dennis Jagla: Elected
Tom Palmer: Elected
Jim Schlader: Elected
Lee Jennings: Elected
Robert Lee: Not Elected

• Assisted in Republican election victories by working unappointed, unelected and unworked precincts.
• Obtained Federation of Illinois Young Republicans probationary charter and official charter.
• 1 of only 14 county Young Republican groups in Illinois 102 counties.
• Members who have moved away have been instrumental in the creation of other Young Republican groups in their new counties of residence such such as Derek and Maria Graham in Cumberland County TN.
• Young Republicans have assisted the Republican Party in setting up new computers and networks within the headquarters facilities in addition to performing requested maintenance.
• Held a very successful Candidate Rally for township elections

Goals for the coming year are

• Increasing funds 200%.
• Increasing quantity of active, voting members by 5%
• Working side by side more effectively with candidates to aid in their election.

For more information, try this email: chairman@mchenryyoungrepublicans.com

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In the photo on top, you see, on the left, Bryan Javor, who was re-elected president of the group. Next is Brendan Murphy, who will serve as the new Technology Chair. Seen to his left is Jake Justen, one of the original members. Brian Hain will head up fundraising. Photo is posted by permission of photographer Brendan Murphy.

Other photos are from The McHenrian, the Young Republican’s start-up blog.

Not only are McHenry County Democrats having a meeting for prospective 2010 candidates to explain the lay of the land, but Young Republicans say they are getting inquiries “about becoming Republican Precinct Committeemen.”

Details about the earliest time for passing petitions (August!) and other information from the organization’s weekly newsletter is below.

Here’s the latest missive from the McHenry County Young Republicans:

Weekly Newsletter

There is certainly lots of things happening in the world of the McHenry County Young Republicans right now!

EVERY member is invited to our next meeting at O’Leary’s in Woodstock. O’Leary’s is open to all ages. There will be time to talk and meet other members before and after our short meeting. During this gathering we will be hosting a business card drawing. All members are encouraged to bring a business card. This activity is meant to help network with other Young Republicans and local businesses.

Over the last week we have received many inquiries from you about becoming Republican Precinct Committeemen. As you may already know, August is the time petitions begin to circulate for committeemen hopefuls. We encourage you to get involved in your respective precinct by contacting us. We can tell you what Precinct you reside in and direct you to our officials to begin the process. We will be hosting several Question and Answer forums in addition to training at no cost for those who are interested. Please contact Bryan at info@mchenryyoungrepublicans.com or by calling 847-354-1243.

On July 4th there will be a variety of Tea functions available for those who want to attend. Below is a list of the one’s to date in McHenry County:

• Algonquin IL – 101 S Harrison Contact Julie (815) 404-9320
• Cary IL – US-14 Contact Kelli (847) 639-8594
• Crystal Lake – US-14 Contact Mary postscript1@comcast.net

-Details: http://www.teapartyday.com/Locations.aspx

MCYR will be walking on the July 5th Independence Day Parade in Crystal Lake begining at 12:30PM and meeting for line-up at the corner of Woodstock St. and Walkup Ave. We have 2 members considering taking on the last available committee role in MCYR at this moment. If you would like to get involved in any of the committees, please let us know! There is a Membership Committee (Salvatore Cucinella), Fundraising Committee (Pending), Social Committee (Rob Lee), Technology Committee (Open) and a Education Committee (Angela James). All committees are taking in members right now! Please speak to our Vice Chairwoman Erica Poremba if you would like to get involved! ericaporemba@mchenryyoungrepublicans.com

A very sincere thank you to Brian Sheekey of DMI Marketing for providing high quality targeted business lists and fundraising data to MCYR. DMI Marketing is strong proponent of Republican values and organizations. Please support our Republican businesses by calling Brian for your data needs. http://www.dmimarketing.com/ 1 (888) 627-7849

We are currently working with McHenry County’s Home of the Sparrow. Please see the left column for details on this event! If you wish to participate, please let us know.

For those of you interested, for a limited time the NRA is offering membership for no cost to our members. Please follow the link if you wish to sign up.

Thank you very much for reading this weeks update and we can’t wait to see you all very soon.