On Sunday, July 14th TEAM PATLAK REPUBLICANS including many CYRs will participate in a 5k run/walk for the benefit of A Safe Haven Foundation, a facility which provides housing, food, clothing, drug & alcohol counseling, education and job training to men, women and children. Many of the clients of A Safe Haven are veterans and every penny we raise in the 5K run/walk will be directed to A Safe Haven’s veteran programs.

A Safe Haven’s goal is to make each of its clients completely independent from the need for charity or government assistance when they complete the program.

Please click here to run or walk in the event or to contribute to our team. Last year 2,500 people participated in the 5K and this year we are aiming for 5,000 participants with a fundraising goal of $200,000.

Become a member of TEAM PATLAK REPUBLICANS and help to end veteran homelessness.

Over the last four years, the CYRs' use of digital media has helped us grow to become one of the largest, most active, and most well-regarded YR chapters in the country.

In fact, our website redesign in 2009 took first place at the Young Republican National Federation (YRNF) meeting in 2010, our Twitter account @CYRs was featured by the Chicago Reader as a runner-up for best person to follow, and the CYR Weekly newsletter was selected for the Outstanding Club Newsletter Award by the YRNF in 2011.

But what's next? What should be next? How can we keep the momentum going, and what needs to change? If you're interested in helping us answer these questions (web, tech or marketing experience helpful but not required), please join our Digital Strategy/Planning team to help shape what's next. More details to come. Email info@chicagoyrs.com for more information.

We welcome new, current and prospective CYR members to join us for our

June 2013 Business Meeting

featuring special guest speaker

Robert Dold, candidate for Congress (IL-10)

Tentative agenda for the 2013 Young Republican National Convention is as follows:

Wednesday, July 10, 2013
    8pm-10pm – Welcome Cocktail Reception @ the Mardi Gras Museum w/ Jazz Entertainment

Thursday, July 11, 2013
    2-6pm—Registration
    2–6pm—Committee Meetings
    6pm– 9pm—YR Fest @ GulfQuest – The National Maritime Museum of the Gulf Coast (opening in 2012)

* Discounted tours will be arranged for Bellingraph Gardens, the Gulf Coast Exploreum, Fort Conde, Blakely Battlefield and Park, Fort Gaines and Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Friday, July 12, 2013
    7am—Registration Opens
    8-10am—Committee Meetings
    10 -Noon—Final Board meeting of previous Administration
    Noon—1:30 Lunch with Alabama’s Republican Governor (meal provided)
    2-5pm—Breakout Sessions
    5–8pm—Dinner on your own

Saturday, July 13, 2013
    7am—Registration Opens
    8am– 5pm—Convention (Lunch will be provided)
    7pm– 11pm—Young Republican Gala – Cocktail reception on the USS Alabama; Dinner in the Hanger Museum (meal provided)

Sunday, July 14, 2013
    9am-Noon—New National Committee 1st Meeting

Americans for Prosperity - Illinois

As you may know, the Illinois General Assembly will hold a “lame duck” session over the next few days and the newly-elected General Assembly will be sworn in on Wednesday. Legislation dramatically affecting you and your family may be taken up in the near future.

Take a few minutes to contact your state legislators about two very important issues: 1) Keeping the 67% state income tax increase temporary; and 2) Saying “no” to the further implementation of Obamacare in Illinois through a massive expansion of Medicaid.

Contact your legislators by clicking HERE to let them know we want lower taxes and less spending in Illinois, not more!

Kyle Stone is a practicing attorney in Chicago, co-chair of Maverick PAC Chicago, and Board Member for the Chicago Young Republicans.

The Land of Lincoln is still aflame.

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn, upon signing income tax hikes into law on January 12, 2011:

We had to take decisive action. … Our fiscal house was burning.

Almost two years later, the Land of Lincoln is still aflame. The state began its 2013 fiscal year this past July with an estimated $8 billion of unpaid bills and a total of some 160,000 bills awaiting payment.

See the full article HERE on PJ Media.

Chicago has been chosen as the host city for the 2015 Young Republican National Convention!

Congrats to the site selection team, which includes John Head, Kristin McCarter, and Mike LaPidus. They were supported in Omaha by Illinois Federation of Young Republicans Chairman Dennis Cook and Chicago Young Republicans President Angel Garcia.