We have a new Angel match! Thank you, PatrickG!!
With the double-match for the next $6,000 or so – plus the Angel Match for the next $1,000 – donations up to $100 per person are 6x matching.
With the double-match for the next $6,000 or so, and this Balloon Juice Angel match, all donations up to $100 per person are 6x matching.
$100 (donation) + $100 (angel match) = $200. That $200 is matched by two different external matches The Civics Center found for us, which means that $100 turns into $600. $50 turns into $300. $25 turns into $150. 6x matching up to $100 per person.
Even more critically, once that angel match is met, we will still have about *$11,000 to go in order to meet our goal for The Civics Center.
*We are at close to $15k as I type this. ($1k Angel match that was sent by check so doesn’t show in the thermometer.) That leaves about $10k to go!
Every time I type “fundraising” in the media library to bring up the image above, it also brings up a picture of Harry Reid.
It makes me happy to see his face, and then the tears come.
He was a fighter, literally and figuratively. And boy do we need that right now!
Harry Reid is an example of how foolish it would be to make decisions primarily based on age.
Harry’s not here to fight for us anymore, so we have to do it ourselves.
Let’s do him proud, in every way we can.
A Lot of Good People Out There, Here’s One of Them
dc
In for $25
Dmkingto
In for another $100.
MazeDancer
Hard to turn down those numbers. Added 10.
Dorothy A. Winsor
Love Mike in Oly’s image at the top.
WaterGirl
@Dorothy A. Winsor: Did you click on the image and then enlarge it? It’s really stunning!
MJN
Donated $100 earlier this morning when this post was up briefly.
If there’s a concern about the age of elected Democrats, donating to an organization whose mission is to register young people to vote might be good way to begin to address that. Once those young people become voters, some of them might decide to become even more involved and wind up running for office.
Another Scott
+$100+
Thanks for the matchy!!
Inspirational Skeletor is inspirational:
+1
Hang in there, everyone.
Forward!!
Best wishes,
Scott.
Rockstar
In for $25, thanks Watergirl!!
H.E.Wolf
Thanks to the newest angel and all the donors!
Thanks to WaterGirl for the reminder of that canny old fox, Harry Reid (a complicated and interesting person). I think he’d appreciate our fundraising abilities!
Kristine
Just kicked in $25.
Baud
@Another Scott:
You’re not the boss of me.
Pinkpuppy
In for $100
WaterGirl
@MJN:
Yay! Someone made the connection that I hoped would be obvious. :-)
Repeated complaints and concerns about age of elected officials and the lack of engagement that helped determine the outcome of the election. check
Donating to not just register the high school pups but also to help them see why it matters and engage them in the process (note the word CIVICS in the name of the organization)… not quite as popular as expressing concern. :-)
I am infinitely grateful to all who are donating. I thought this would be a very popular effort, but it’s the slowest fundraiser we have ever done, which I find discouraging in these perilous times.
WaterGirl
@Baud: We’ll chip in to engrave that on your headstone when the time comes. :-)
On second thought, maybe since the sentiment is pretty widespread, we can get a special deal for that particular engraving?
WaterGirl
We just passed the halfway point on PatrickG’s Angel Match.
$500 x 6 = $3,000 so far today for The Civics Center!
BenInNM
Just put in $10
Tenar Arha
Count me in for $50
eclare
In for $25
H.E.Wolf
The jackals are still good jackals, never fear. Maybe instead we can blame the double whammy of rising costs and dropping stock market: pennies are scarce, and they ain’t makin’ any more of ’em. :)
WaterGirl
@H.E.Wolf: I’m sorry if my comment came off as blaming anyone. Just expressing my discouragement. My guess is that it’s more related to state of mind than pocketbooks.
As always, no one should ever feel obligated to donate to the Balloon Juice site or the political fundraising.
I also know that $5 from one person can be more of a sacrifice than $500 from another person. We’ve all been that person without much discretionary income at one time or another. I know I have!
Citizen Scientist
In for $25. Let’s hold the PA SC!
H.E.Wolf
@WaterGirl:
Oh, no worries! I didn’t imagine you were blaming folks. I was thinking that I didn’t want anyone to blame themselves if they’ve been slower than usual to participate this time.
If this turns out to be a tortoise-speed fundraiser… well, the tortoise crossed the finish line in the end, and crossed it ahead of the jackrabbit. :) We’ll get there.
WaterGirl
We are about 2/3 of the way through the PatrickG angel match!
Percysowner
In for $25