One Week Left in ELi's Fundraiser

With just one week left in our October fundraiser, we have raised $7,402 towards our goal of $10,000! If we can reach our goal, we will have funding in the bank to keep ELi safely rolling through the end of January.

Several ELi supporters have stepped up to our match challenge—a $500 match from an anonymous donor for every $500 individual donation or $500 donation bundle.

We extend our heartfelt thank to our generous “anchor” $500 campaign donors:

• Kurt and Claire Hankenson
• Stephen Thomas and Joe Lonstein
• Robin and James DeMuth
• a $500 bundle donation from Ralph and Sharon Monsma, Jim and Nancy Robertson, Steve Osborne, Elizabeth and Robert Anderson, and Mark Sullivan, organized by Chris Root
• Lisa Lees
• Alice Dreger and Aron Sousa

These donations have provided us $3,000 in matching funds. (Those matching funds are shown in the current total.)

We also have the following people to thank for also generously donating to our campaign this month!

• John Kloswick
• Lisa Berg
• Catherine Lindell and Walter Chomentowski
• Susan Cusick
• Gordon and Sheila Taylor
• Cindy Sabin
• Pauline Sondag
• Chris Root and Dave Wiley
• Bobby and Maddy Mavrogordato
• Joseph Glass
• Kali Majumdar
• Kathlyn Peterson
• Michael Teager
• Marsha Grisinger
• Ann and Rob Nichols
• Jeffrey Powers
• Michael Conlin
• Paulette Johnston
• Pamela Weil
• Patricia Bonito
• Suzanne Bernsten
• Jane Turner and Elias Strangas
• Thomas Bauman
• Joan Fairey
• Jean Golden
• Susan Molstad
• Hyung Kim
• Brian Smith
• Michael and Deanne Lawrence
• Ryan Adams
• Rob Privette
• Jonathan Kidder
• Thomas Bird
• Sally Silver
• Jill Baker
• Miriam Schwartz Ziv

We still need you.

Have you ever been grateful to ELi for one particular article? Consider donating $5. Three stories? Think about $10. A whole series, maybe EL Rewind, Council Capsule, or our school board reports? What about a $50 donation? Especially impressed with the work one of our reporters—perhaps Paige Filice’s coverage of the Red Cedar River watershed? Consider donating $100 specifically in honor of that reporter.

You can contribute by credit card or check. Every dollar helps us bring you this public service, and your contributions are tax deductible!

Want to be reassured that we do our best to keep expenditures low and local? Read our annual report.

Thank you!

(Note: We are updating the campaign donor list here as more donations come in, and will continue to do so until we issue another report on the current campaign.)