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June VGFD Meeting: Meet the GorillasJun 17 2009 - 7:00pm Jun 17 2009 - 9:32pm Location Name: State Building Auditorium Address: 6150 Van Nuys Blvd Van Nuys, California 91401 At our June meeting we'll be meeting the gorillas in the room: the various reasons why the state is in such financial crisis. What are they, why are they so bad, and what can we do about it? We will also split up into groups and try to balance the budget ourselves. Join us on Wednesday, June 17, at the State Building Auditorium, 6150 Van Nuys Blvd, at 7:00 p.m. »
VGFD Book Club for May and JunePlan to join us for this month's meeting- Thursday, June 25 - when we will discuss "House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street" by William Cohan. Our member, Doris Dent, will lead the discussion of this analysis of how and why Wall Street recently crumbled. We have dinner at 6:30 PM, followed by discussion from 7:30 - 9:00 PM at Coco's, 10841 Sepulveda (just north of the 118 and just east of the 405) in Mission Hills Honoring the legacy of Art Torres
Under his leadership the Democratic Party has regained its prominence in California. We have Democratic majorities in both houses of the Legislature and our Congressional delegation. VGFD is asking our members and friends to honor Sen. Torres' legacy by making a contribution of any size to the California Democratic Party in Community Service OpportunitiesAIDS Project Los Angeles' Necessities of Life Food Bank VGFD has committed volunteers for the 3rd Wednesday of each month from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm to help bag groceries in North Hollywood. Our next scheduled date is January 17. We need 10 people per month on an ongoing basis. More information about the food bank is at http://apla.org/programs/nolp.html Blood Drive If you are interested in helping with the food bank or blood drive, please contact Tauby at rosstauby@yahoo.com  |
Art Torres is retiring as chair of the California Democratic Party after 13 years of outstanding leadership.