Last week issue we received a very important donation. For some time now, Â鶹´«Ã½ has been running behind financially. Upgrading our equipment and expanding our network and coverage have placed financial strain on the paper. This strain was partly relieved by a donation we received from a Â鶹´«Ã½ sponsor in Canberra last week.
The donation came from a founding member of the Democratic Socialist Party, with over 20 years of active involvement in progressive politics. He has been a sponsor of Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly since the first issue.
Recently, our donor came into some funds from an inheritance. Desirous of seeing the paper prosper, he donated over $10,000 to Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly.
On its own, this money will not solve Â鶹´«Ã½'s publishing problems for all time. The fund appeal is still around $8000 behind target, for instance. But this single donation is a magnificent boost to the fortunes of the paper, and helps bring us further back from the brink.
Donations like the one from Canberra this week help keep Â鶹´«Ã½ afloat. Also important are smaller contributions: 100 donations of $100 are another way to get to $10,000. Not all of us have large sums that we can give to worthy causes, but most of us can afford at least a little something from time to time.
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