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Central Committee Meeting

Please join us at the "Conference Center" at McHenry County College!

It's the regular monthly meeting of the Democratic Party of McHenry County.  RSVP'ing beforehand is a MUST. 

Join us! Community is how we will persevere and triumph over the next 2 years

NEW TO THE DEMS?  If you are new to our Party or looking to find out more about who we are and what we do, please come 15 minutes early to meet the chair, Ruth Scifo, and get a primer.  If you can't make this meeting, but want to find out more about us, email us at [email protected].

Agenda

• 7:00 p.m. — Doors open 
• 7:15 p.m. — Meeting begins
• Introductions
  • PC Oath of Office
  • Candidate Introductions
    • Kevin Ryan, US Senate
• Chair's Message
  
  • Role of PCs
  • Petition Passing
• Reports - Officers/Committees/Districts
  • OPEN POSITIONS 
  • County Board Report - John Collins, County Board Member, District 2 
  • Board Reporter Program
  • District Chair Reports
  • Secretary
  • Fund Development Chair
  • Tech Chair
  • Committees:
    • Communications - Stephanie Gerritsen/Michelle Thimios
    • Parades - Marc Sparber & Labor Liaison
    • Veterans Committee
  • Events
• Announcements -
  • The purpose is to announce events, presentations, and items of interest to Democrats  If you have an idea for a speaker or broader discussion, you must request an addition to the agenda a week before the meeting. Please limit your announcements to 2 minutes.
• 8:30 p.m. — Adjourn

Invite a friend to attend the meeting! Introduce a friend or neighbor to grassroots politics and help us grow the Party.

McHenry County College is located on Route 14, halfway between Woodstock and Crystal Lake. 

Turn in at the traffic light, then turn right and right again to park near the entrance for Building A, the very first building you come to.  Enter the building, walk straight ahead, and you'll find the Conference Center on the left, opposite the library. There's no stairs and everything is fully ADA-compliant.  

Come early and chat, we're always there by 6:30.  Here's a map of MCC.  (If you accidentally parked on the south side, by the Luecht Auditorium or the cafeteria, no matter, just walk around to the left past the gym, up the stairs at the end, turn right and we're there.)

NOTE: There will be NO AUGUST Central Committee Meeting, as many of us will be in Springfield for the State Fair.  See you at the picnic on August 23rd!

Map of MCC

PC Minivan Training

Learn to use NPG Votebuilder

Are you a PC new to Votebuilder? A veteran who needs a refresher or an update? Join our own VoteBuilder guru Renee Hill for a training session to get up to speed with what you need to know to run lists for your precinct.

Training will be held at the DPMC office. Please bring your laptop or tablet and your smart phone with MiniVan installed from the app store. Be sure you can log into your VB account prior to the training. If you have forgotten your password or have trouble, contact Renee at [email protected].

Limited to 5 Trainees per session. First come, first served, so don't wait to RSVP.

McHenry County Fair 2025

It's that time again - join us at the Fair!

Tuesday July 29th through Sunday August 3rd
Volunteers Needed

There's always plenty of fun to be had at our annual extravaganza, the McHenry County Fair, at the fairgrounds in Woodstock.  And there's no better way to have that fun than volunteering for a shift at our Democratic Party booth.  We need at least two and preferably three people for each shift.  We pay for your admission so it's a great way to combine seeing the fair and doing something highly worthwhile.

We do setup on Monday July 28th.  The fair opens at noon on Tuesday July 29th.  Opening time on every day thereafter is 10am.  Closing time is 9pm Tuesday through Thursday, 10pm on Saturday and Sunday, and then 8pm on the final Sunday day.

Please RSVP and choose your shift.  Tuesday's first shift starts an hour before opening time to allow for last-minute setup, and Sunday's last shift allows an hour after closing for teardown.  If you have any questions at all please contact us at [email protected].

The fairgrounds are at 11900 Country Club Road, on the north side slightly east of South Eastwood Drive (Route 47).  It can be crowded so please allow half an hour for parking, getting into the fair and then finding us.  We are in building D this year. It's on the south side of the fairgrounds, backing up to Country Club Rd. 

It's really important that we have a good turnout this year.  Many of our most dedicated Democrats found us for the first time at the fair.  And even if you can't volunteer please plan on dropping by and hanging with us.  Thanks so much and see you there!

McHenry Fiesta Days Parade

JOIN US AT THE MCHENRY FIESTA DAYS PARADE!

Put on your walking shoes and a smile and let's show we are proud to be a force in McHenry by marching with us at Fiesta Days. 

It's Sunday, July 20th, 2025, and the Democratic Party of McHenry County and all our great candidates and office-holders will be there.

The parade steps off at 1:30pm.  It will be crowded so please arrive by 12:30 or 1 at the latest, and if you wish to help decorate the float, please arrive at 11:30.

The parade steps off from Mill Street and West Crystal Lake Road and terminates at Riverside Drive & Washington Street.  The route is Main Street to Green Street to Pearl Street to Riverside Drive to Washington Street. 

You can park at St. Patrick Catholic Church at 3500 Washington Street, which is near the parade terminus, and from 11:30 to 1pm we'll have a van to shuttle you over to the assembly point.  The last van run will depart the church parking lot at 1pm sharp.  Then after the parade you can ride on our float for the quick hop back to the church.

Here's a map showing the starting point, the terminus, and the parking location at the church.  The blue line is the parade route, and the red line is the shuttle route.

Volunteer