Well, I don’t know what to say to this but: Wow!

When I asked readers last week to help us get to $1,500 in donations for the month of March, I couldn’t believe my eyes when I checked the totals thus far.

We’re already around a quarter of the way there, after only a few days!

Thank you to all of you who have donated in March, and especially a reader who contributed $300! That’s the biggest single donation we’ve received in this and previous requests for reader support.

I’m so touched by that gesture, but we know that not everybody can donate that much.

When I started the “1500 Club” it was with the goal of having 1,500 readers make recurring monthly donations.

I still want to reach that figure, but for the month of March, we’re simply asking for $1,500 in reader donations.

In February we surpassed the $800 mark, and I think this new goal is definitely achievable.

It’s a big goal, but this news site was founded on big dreams, and we’ve been able to do so much more than I initially envisioned.

I want to continue to grow this site and its role in our community and give it a lasting presence for many years!

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