Many Generations, One Call for Change

August 25, 2009

At Tuesday's event in Delaware, this youngster enjoys coloring for change.

The Highway to Health Care RV pulled into Wilmington’s Rodney Square earlier today and was greeted by over 200 Delawareans who want real health care reform, capping two busy days that saw reformers from three generations come together with one call for change.

While some of our younger supporters used crayons to color their messages of support, the rest called and wrote to Sen. Carper and Rep. Castle urging them to support reform with a public health insurance option.

New Castle resident Claudette Sherwood is a child care provider who is among the 100,000 people in Delaware who don't have health insurance. She said she's struggling to pay off a $1600 bill as a result of a recent visit to the emergency room. WDEL 1150-AM has more:

Today's stop in Wilmington follows yesterday's successful event in Charlottesville, VA, where another large crowd gathered to support President Obama's plan for health care reform. NBC-29 spoke with supporters there including recent U.Va graduate Melissa McCrumb:

"I'm working two jobs, for two small businesses. I work with a bunch of bright, young, energetic people and not a single one of us has health care. I think it's absolutely absurd that we are at the mercy of insurance companies that care more about turning a dime, than our health."

The tour is now rolling up the coast and will stop in Portland and Bangor, ME, on Wednesday.

By the way, if you'd like to get out your crayons and color like the kids in Wilmington, download our health care reform coloring pages (104k PDF) and print your own copy.