Update at 6:30 pm:
The $2,500 angel CHECK has been mailed, and as soon as the final angel to adds their $2,000 to the thermometer, we will be at $30,000.
Balloon Juice peeps rock!
The NC thermometer is at $21,000 right now.
All we need to do is get the thermometer to $24,000 with your donations today – and we will have hit our $30,000 goal for Phase I of NC Black Alliance Campus Engagement!
For this last push today, there’s no need to send an email or list your donation in the comments. (Though you can if you want to!) At this point all we care about is that the thermometer gets to $24,000.
THE MATH
If you can get the thermometer to $24,000 – with donations of any amount – then our two angels today will add $3,000 or $3,500 – whatever it takes to get us to exactly $27,500.
Plus we have a paper check for $2,500 from one of our Angels whose match was met this week, and that will take us from $27,500 to $30,000!
I am so excited about the plans with this group. Let’s do this!
Open thread!
ljt
$25 in
Maxim
Threw another $100 in the pot.
WaterGirl
Everything up to $24,000 in the thermometer will be matched 4x.
David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch
Across the pond, where an election occurs in 13 days:
Tory on Tory crime
sixthdoctor
In for $25.
Joy in FL
$15.58 from me : )
Josie
Just put in $25.00
rodwell
Just added $50
Spanky
In for $100.
Josie
Just saw this on Political Wire:
https://politicalwire.com/2024/06/21/biden-looks-to-put-north-carolina-in-play-2/
Looks like WaterGirl is ahead of the game.
Joy in FL
@Josie: Maybe WaterGirl is on President Biden’s speed-dial : )
WaterGirl
@Joy in FL: Thank you! Goodbye, 42 cents! :-)
WaterGirl
@Josie: @Joy in FL:
See, we are not crazy!
H.E.Wolf
For anyone who’d like to learn more about the North Carolina Black Alliance, here’s a link to their website. They are doing a LOT to improve the lives of Black North Carolinians! It’s exciting that we’re supporting one of their efforts.
https://ncblackalliance.org/
Baud
@Joy in FL:
“Siri, call WaterGirl!”
Mike S. (Now with a Democratic Congressperson!)
Thank you WG.
I’m in for $100.
Baud
@David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch:
Did they learn nothing from Pete Rose?
Joy in FL
@Baud: Absolutely!
Alice
Donated $25. Fantastic group to ally with!
Joy in FL
@H.E.Wolf: Thank you for that link. It’s a really good website.
Kristine
In for $25.
WaterGirl
@Baud: That made me laugh!
WaterGirl
Wow, just $1,700 to go!
Mokum
Added $100.
KSinMA
Added $100.
TEL
In for $25.
Hirudo
$50 to NC
evodevo
Just put in $35 with ActBlue
WaterGirl
Wow, you guys, just over $1,000 to go!
MJ
In for $50. Thanks WaterGirl!
pika
In for $25
Professor Bigfoot
Another $25 in.
WaterGirl
Wow, you guys are blowing me away. Just $625 left to go!
japa21
Just got us to 23,500. Couldn’t do much, but I consider it a birthday gift to myself.
StringOnAStick
In for another $25.
FastEdD
25 smackers from old FastEdD. My old bass player friend Dave moved to NC from CA. Add one more lib-er-alll to the NC voting rolls. He’s working with the local Dem clubs. He’s a good guy, except he likes to get too drunk and smash things up.
WaterGirl
@japa21: thank you, and happy birthday!
lashonharangue
In for another $50.
Tenar Arha
Threw in $10
Suburban Mom
I threw in $100.
Fake Irishman
Just in for $100. I think the next donation puts us over the top.
WaterGirl
We’re going to get this done today. So exciting!
KSinMA
@japa21:
Happy birthday! :)
Coyoteville
De-lurking … Just donated another $55.
Coyoteville
Tom Levenson
$75 in.
sheila in nc
In for $250
WaterGirl
We did it! That you to everyone who participated in this fundraising!
Angels, commenters, lurkers!
Juju
I just donated $25.
and missed the match. Oh well.
Wolvesvalley
Just put in another $100.
WaterGirl
Thank you all!
Fundraising Phase I for NC Black Alliance Campus Engagement is now officially closed.
(Except for the angel that will be adding their $2,000.)
Dean g fitzgerald
@ljt: $10 as of yesterday at 8:33a. (Forgot to signal this).