When I decided to run for president, I had significantly fewer gray hairs than I do today.

Michelle says I've earned them, which is the nicest possible way to say I'm getting older.

In fact, I'm turning 51 in a couple weeks, and to celebrate I'm heading home to Chicago for a get-together at my house.

I'd love for you to be one of my guests.

Donate $X or whatever you can to support the campaign, and you'll be automatically entered to join me at home in Chicago -- flight and hotel covered for you and a guest of your choice.

Chicago is where I fell in love with my wife and where our daughters were born. It's where decades ago I first started as a community organizer and where, six years ago, I first talked with Michelle about the possibility of running for president.

I'm looking forward to spending a few hours celebrating there before it's all systems go for the final weeks of the election.

Should be fun.

Thanks for all your support so far. If you can, enter today for a chance to join me and some friends at my house in Chicago, and I can thank you in person:

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Hope to see you soon,

Barack

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For my birthday this year, I'll be celebrating in the backyard of my home on the South Side of Chicago, with some of the people who mean the most to me.

If you chip in $X or whatever you can today, you and a guest will be automatically entered to be there:

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It's going to be a great party -- so save the date: August 12th.

Hope you'll be among the guests,

Barack

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I'm celebrating my 51st birthday back at home in Chicago -- and I'm delighted to invite a few grassroots supporters like you.

This get-together might be the last chance we'll all get to relax for a few hours in the next few months. Each of us needs to dig deep if we want another reason to celebrate on Election Night.

I hope to see you at my birthday party -- and don't worry about travel to Chicago or a hotel. It's taken care of.

Make a donation of $X or whatever you can today to be automatically entered:

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Thank you so much for all that you do -- and I hope to see you at my house.

Barack

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I'm turning 51 in a couple weeks, and I want to celebrate it with you at my home in Chicago.

When you donate $X or whatever you can today, you and a guest will be automatically entered to join the party.

You'll also take ownership of this campaign at a critical time.

I will be outraised if things continue as they have for the last two months -- we need to close the gap before we fall irreversibly behind:

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Your donation will go a long way right now.

And if you step up today, I'd like to thank you in person.

I can't wait to show a few of you, and your guests, my home in Chicago.

Barack

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There's nowhere I'd rather celebrate my birthday for a few hours this year than in my own backyard in Chicago, surrounded by friends and family I've known for years.

I'd like you to be there as well.

Chip in $X or whatever you can to grow our grassroots organization, and be automatically entered for you and a guest to fly out to Chicago and join me at my birthday party -- airfare and accommodations on us.

It's always right around my birthday that elections start to heat up. Before you know it, it'll be September, then October, then Election Day's here.

Before we hit that final stretch, I'd like to take a moment to celebrate what we've done with folks like you who are making it happen, and get ready for the tough months ahead.

Plus, it will be great to show you the house.

I can't wait. Make sure to get your name in today:

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Barack

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Michelle likes to say I've earned all these gray hairs.

I tell her they're worth it, because the change we fought for is already helping millions of Americans. In the face of what some called insurmountable odds, we passed historic health care reform, brought the economy back from the brink of depression, saved the auto industry, ended the war in Iraq, repealed "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," and more. We've done quite a bit, and there's a lot more to do.

Next month is my 51st birthday, and I'd like to invite you to celebrate what we've accomplished and what's to come with me and some friends at my house in Chicago.

Pitch in $X or whatever you can today to be automatically entered for a chance to be there.

The next few months will be the toughest yet for our campaign. We're facing a very different opponent this time around, and the landscape has changed dramatically. We'll be outraised and we'll be outspent.

We can win this election, but it won't be because of what I do it will be because of what you do.

We've seen what we're capable of when we come together to fight for what we believe in.

I'm asking you to chip in what you can now and you'll be automatically entered to join me for my birthday in Chicago:

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Thanks for all you're doing out there. I can't say enough how much I appreciate it.

Barack

P.S. The campaign is covering airfare and accommodations for you and a guest.

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