Our monthly DPMT monthly meeting will be held Thursday, May 28 at the Glen Ellyn Historical Society, located at 800 N. Main Street in Glen Ellyn. You can find the agenda here. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. A social hour with refreshments and snacks will follow the meeting.
One of our goals this year is to become more involved in our community. Look at the lineup of social service agencies supporting our community who you can meet on Thursday.
Metropolitan Family Services, Family Shelter, Megan Benyoussef, Community Advocate
DuPage PADS, Michelle Rollins, Director of Corporate and Community Engagement
Glen House Food Pantry, Laura Glaza, Executive Director and Terri Venzon, Pantry Services Manager
PFLAG DuPage Chapter, Dan Hemmer, President of PFLAG DuPage Chapter
Literacy DuPage, Kristin L. Chmiel, Executive Director
Stay tuned for more details on who from the following organizations will be joining us at our June meeting:
Illinois Workers in Action
Liberal Moms of the Western Suburbs
Democratic Socialists
Democratic Women of DuPage
Wheaton Ally Collective
ACLU Illinois
Get involved with your community! We'll be cleaning up roads and trails, working festivals, and marching in parades this summer. Check your availability for these dates, and hit the “Volunteer here” button below!
Picnics, parades and even cemeteries await this summer. Check your availability for these dates, and hit the “Volunteer here” button below. Or mark your calendar and be sure to join us there!
Save These Dates:
June 4-7, Cream of Wheaton, Wheaton | Last call to sign up for our biggest event of the summer. Meet new friends, talk to community members, pass out promotional info. We still need gift cards in small amounts ($10 - 25) to use as giveaways, too.
June 13, Wheaton Pride Picnic, Memorial Park, Wheaton | We'll have a small table with giveaways and information. Come out and talk to folks.
June 27, Jewel Grove Cemetery Concert & Picnic, corner of Geneva Rd. and Coventry Dr., Winfield | Picnic with friends and neighbors while enjoying the festivities sponsored by Milton Township.
Fourth of July Parades | March with your favorite candidates at Independence Day Parades!!!
July 3 evening: Warrenville (march with candidates)
July 4 morning: Wheaton (with DPMT)
July 4 midday: Glen Ellyn
All of the ABOVE
July 23-26, DuPage County Fair, Fairgrounds, Wheaton | We'll work the booth alongside other townships in support of the Democratic Party of DuPage County
Get Your DPMT T-Shirt
We will place an order in May. Fill out the form linked to below today. Let us know if you are interested and what size (s) you need. Shirts will cost between $20 and $25, depending on the total quantity ordered.
Would you like to suggest a guest speaker? Are you interested in doing more at our monthly meetings? Extrovert - be a greeter! Introvert - bring the food! We are always looking for volunteers. Please email us at democratsofmilton@gmail.com with your ideas.