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you so much to all of you who helped make our summer fund
drive a success. Our final total amount raised comes to
$97,446, which is more than we’ve raised during
any fund drive thus far. We continue to be inspired by
the deep support that exists in the community for our
work and are committed to keeping up our end of the deal
by providing opportunity for our vendors, a quality newspaper
for our readers and effective advocacy to build a more
just society for all of us.
Our goal for this drive was $140,000. We knew going into
the summer that this amount — nearly twice what
we raised last year — was a huge goal. Real Change
has a longstanding practice of hoping for the moon and
then adapting to life here on Earth. We know how to live
within our means.
Anyone who reads our strategic plan — available
at realchange.wikispaces.org — can see that our
goals for this year are huge. Two of these, the redesign
of the paper and a 10 percent increase in circulation,
have already succeeded fabulously. Readers and vendors
love the new look, and sales are up by 17 percent.
We’ll keep working on getting the resources we need
to hit all of our goals. This might slow us down a little,
but, thanks to you, we’re in good shape and going
strong.
Read daily posts by Tim Harris at apesmaslament.blogspot.com
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