In Providing Healthcare for All

Representative Eileen Cody, Chair of the House Health and Wellness Care Committee.

Thursday, September 27, 2012, 6:30 PM at St. Luke’s Community Health Education Center at 3333 Squalicum Parkway, Bellingham, near St. Joseph’s Hospital. Information: Aileen Satushek (360) 398-2295

Representative Cody will discuss health care reform implementation and controlling the cost of care. After the presentation, there will be a question and answer session.

September 18, 7 PM, Chuckanut Brewery The Whatcom Young Democrats are pleased that Stonewall Bird, or a representative from NO COAL!, will join us on September 18 at 7 PM at Chuckanut Brewery. We invite all interested to attend for an informal, informative discussion.

Your Whatcom Democrats Outreach Committee has had a busy month. On
August 4th and 5th we had a booth at Drayton Harbor Days in Blaine. We had a great location on the harbor. We sat in the hot sun until 2 PM greeting Democrats and even some grumpy Republicans.

From August 13th to the 18th the Whatcom Democrats had a booth at the

This month has seen some turnover in your Whatcom Democrats Executive
Board. Jeremy Mohn has resigned as chair of the Whatcom Young
Democrats to take up a position with Washington United For Marriage.
He will be the Field Director in their Tacoma office, working to promote
marriage equality in the upcoming vote on R. 74. We will certainly miss
Jeremy’s hard work and enthusiasm, and wish him luck in his future
Democratic endeavors. Young Dems Vice Chair Lauren Hatch will take<
over as Chair. Lauren is the daughter of an Alaska fisherman and a member

We would like to thank all volunteers that spent many hours to make the Northwest Washington Fair booth a huge success – Alyce and George Werkema, Bob Seaman, Steve Schuck, Judy Mullenix, Peggy Borgens, Steve Lydolph, Bob Lewis, Joe Kirkman, Dylan Richardson, Steve Ganz, Margo Thorpe, Tom Brakke, Linda Schonborn, Nancy Wiebe, Madeline Cavazos, Jeremy Mohn, Lisa Herzog, Lauren Hatch, Piper Mertle, Suzanne Schwake, Mike Estes, Jenn Mason, Sonja Jansen, Sue Henderson, Nick Milhoan, John Ernisee, Rachel Simpson, Joe Knight, Sherry Partlow, Charlie Ward, Carnelia Foster and Daydre Phillips

Gwen Groden is our new Whatcom Democrats Program Coordinator, as of August 20th. Gwen was previously an office volunteer, and is thrilled to be devoting her time and energy to a cause for which she feels such passion. She worked for Customs and Border Protection in Miami for 16 years, but left in 2003 to stay home with her kids.

Last Tuesday the Whatcom Democrats held our annual “Eleanor

Our September meeting will feature endorsements for the November general election for candidates who have requested it, as well as informational presentations for issues such as the Charter Schools, Marijuana and Marriage Equality initiatives. It will also be an opportunity for you to find out how to get involved in the campaigns you believe in. We hope to see you there.

Join us August 12 from 1-5 for some fun in the sun and support of our Democratic legislators! Candidates and legislators will be competing for the "Best Chili" Award. Tickets are $10 on brownpapertickets.com, or contact David Narsico at dnarsico2@aol.com for more details.

The Natalie McClendon campaign is sponsoring Get Out The Deomcratic Vote phone banks on Monday and Tuesday, August 6 and 7 from 12 to 5 at the Whatcom Dems office. All volunteers welcome! Also, Monday from 5-8:30 PM we'll be having a GOTV phone bank for Darcy Burner atthe Whatcom Democrats Office. RSVP to Lisa Herzog at 360 324-0257.