I am pleased to announce that the New York chapter of the Young & Powerful for Obama (Y&P) exceeded fundraising expectations and voter registration benchmarks. With your support, we have raised over $15,000 for the Obama Campaign and registered over 6,000 new voters since our inception in May of 2008. I am proud to serve as Y&P chairman for New York City and am extremely grateful for the hardwork of my fellow executive board members and hosts. I remain enthusiastic about the success and great potential of our future efforts.

The Young & Powerful For Obama organization is rolling out a few new fundraising initiatives. The first one will be the Final Countdown event which will be held in seven cities at the end of September. The other initiative dovetails perfectly with one of the new ideas put forth by the Obama campaign which is fundraising through merchandising. Since Yves Saint-Laurent is no longer with us and Louis Vuitton could not meet our aggressive schedule, we decided to create our own Y&P for Obama line and make it available to you at:

http://www.yp4obama.com/tshirts.html

The New York chapter will also team up with the Syndicate and Generation Obama to bring you 'The End Game' which is expected to raise over $1 million dollars for the campaign.

As always, I want to remind everyone to vote for change. We are at a critical juncture and need to help restore America's image as the world's democratic, economic, and social leader. Together, we can change this country and change the world.

Fired Up and Ready to Go!


Yves Louis-Jacques
Chairman, New York Chapter, Y&P