Thank 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.
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