The Charlotte News reaches new fundraising high

Thank you to everyone who contributed to this year’s Annual Fund Campaign. With your help, we exceeded our goal, raising $26,476 to help sustain the paper’s operations this year.

Readers contributed 203 gifts — a new campaign high — showing that the paper continues to be relevant, meaningful and valuable to our community. 

We are pleased to welcome 22 first-time supporters whose gifts were generously matched by the Lionheart Charitable Trust.

A special thanks to all those who shared their personal reflections on why the paper matters, inviting others to join them in supporting the campaign. These included: Sandi Detweiler, Dorothy Grover-Read, Susan Hong, Damaris Herlihy, Peter Joslin, Lorraine Koffman, Claudia Marshall,  Susan McCullough, Meredith Moses, Susan Ohanian, John Quinney and Greg Smith.

If you would like to help support the paper’s ongoing efforts to raise funds through advertising or charitable giving, please contact me.

(Andrew Zehner is chair of board of directors of The Charlotte News.)