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If you’re an Obama supporter, or want to find out if you could be, join us tonight at AMF Ritz Classic Lanes to Bowl for Change. This is a low-dollar fundraiser for the Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign. The suggested donation is $5, and you do pay for your own bowling costs. It’ll be a lot of fun, and there will be plenty of people there to answer your questions, whether it’s how you can help the campaign, or even what the campaign is all about. You can also pick up a bumper sticker, and we’ll have some t-shirts for sale ($15, I think). There will also be prizes for the high and low scorers (Obama’s books, I think).

Generation Obama Utah is hosting the event. Generation Obama (GO) is about trying to involve the under-40 crowd in the political discussion. GO Utah is closely aligned with Utah for Obama, but with the aim of these types of low-dollar events and socializing.

Join us from 7:00 PM to midnight tonight (October 19) at AMF Ritz Classic Lanes, 2265 South State Street in Salt Lake (look for the giant bowling pin).

Saturday night, the Utah chapter of Generation Obama held a fundraiser at The Woodshed. It was a wonderful success, and a great time!

The suggested donation to the Obama campaign was $5, or $12 if you wanted food, too. Many people donated more, and some purchased t-shirts. I think that the total campaign donations we recieved were around $500, though I’m not certain yet how many people contributed. The idea behind Countdown for Change was that we had a goal of raising $1 for each day left until the Nevada Primary (since Nevada is one of the first 4 “Primary States”), so our goal was $126. We blew that out of the water! And had a good time doing it!

Here are a few photos of setting up:

This is Benny, the owner of The Woodshed, who offered to host the fundraiser to support Senator Obama. Much thanks to him for all of the effort he put into the event! On the right is Paul Lohrenz, who has offered to loan us PA equipment for future Obama events.

Photos of us enjoying the Generation Obama event:

Rob Miller, Vice Chair of the Utah State Democratic Party, speaking to us about becoming more involved with the Utah State Democrats, and how to become a Delegate to the National Convention next year:

This was a very fun event, and I look forward to Bowling for Change, which will be the next Generation Obama event, October 19. And if you’d like to learn about the process of becoming a Delegate, the process is listed here.

P.S. If you’d like to help Utah for Obama reach the group fundraising goal of $5,000, click here to donate.

Generation Obama Salt Lake City launched last Saturday, with about 25 people in attendance at the BBQ. Most of the faces were familiar, though we did meet a couple of new people. We all signed public supporter cards, so the campaign can use our names as endorsers. Here are most of the children who were in attendance:

Drake, Preston, Victoria and Autumn all made their own "Kids for Obama" t-shirts, and Chase wore the extra one I made. They all spent time designing and coloring their own Obama signs at the BBQ, too.

This shows most of the attendees, including Ivonna, the "Momma for Obama" who was featured in news reports during the sign-making for the Obama rally recently. Ivonna also arranged for us to have PA equipment for the BBQ, allowing everyone to hear Barack during the Generation Obama conference call, and to listen to music during the BBQ.

Maria and Kim sit near while Autumn and Chase work on their Obama signs.

I'm guessing they were watching Theo grill, hoping the food would hurry and get done!

This BBQ generated a lot of excitement, and great ideas, and also served as a good time to have an impromptu steering committee meeting. The purpose of Generation Obama, GO, is to get the younger generation involved in the campaign, and allow them to use their excitement and energy to help transform the nation. We will be having a fundraiser at a local club on September 14 or 15. Theo will be announcing the details, soon. Theo will also be organizing the contact information that we have, so that it can be better used by our group and for mobilizing voters for the primary on February 5.

A big "thanks" goes to Mark, Nikki, Theo, Ivonna, Strider and Jenee for helping put the event together, and set it up. We have an amazing group, and the Obama campaign even knows it, considering that Barack specifically pointed out that SLC was one of the limited number of cities who were invited to participate in the GO launch. 

I hope that anyone interested in being part of Generation Obama will join the group. You don't have to be "under 40", as long as you're young at heart!