AGR is depending on you.
As of this writing, Asheville Global Report has just
about $100 in the bank. With this $100, we need to pay the printer
for the paper you’re reading. The printer asks $253.59 each week
for its services. We also need to pay the post office to distribute
the paper to people in other cities across the US. Our postage costs
run anywhere from $100 to $140 every week.
Looks like we’re short about $275.
It’s a grim situation, and not an unfamiliar one. We find ourselves
in this kind of pickle nearly every week by the time our biannual
fundraisers come around.
Asheville Global Report’s financial needs are not excessive.
We don’t have a staff to pay, because every staff member donates
her or his time. We don’t pay our writers or photographers; they
too, work for free. And the wonderful people at the Asheville Community
Resource Center provide us with our office space, rent free. All of
these factors allow us to keep our expenses very low.
The fact remains, however, that we do still have expenses. We do need
to print every week, we have to pay for postage for distribution,
and we also pay for internet, phone, newswire access, and other such
requirements. Our yearly budgetary needs are met through the one or
two grants we receive (in the years we receive them), the local business
owners, organizations, and individuals who pay to advertise with us,
the benefits we have throughout the year… and you, our readers.
We depend on you in a very real way to make sure we can keep printing.
Please don’t doubt that every donation you make to keep AGR going
is doing exactly that. We are tremendously grateful for the support
our readers have always offered. The Asheville Global Report would
not be able to keep putting out the news every week without your help.
During our fall fundraiser, you’ll have a number of opportunities
to help AGR and have a good time doing it. Our first benefit, AGR
Film Night, is coming up on Thurs., Oct. 9. We’ll be showing
a film in which Michael Moore discusses the censorship of his book,
Stupid White Men, as well as Unprecedented, an Indymedia film about
the 2000 presidential election.
We’ll also be having a benefit show on Mon., Oct. 13 at the Asheville
Community Resource Center, located at 63 N. Lexington Ave. The show
will feature Queerwülf (from Chattanooga), and local bands Resurrectum
and Descolada, and will begin at 8:30pm.
Please join us at one or both of these events, and keep your eye out
for other upcoming events we’re planning for the month of October.
If the cooler weather is beginning to make you want to curl up at
home and hibernate, you can still make a donation. You can send checks
and money orders to our PO Box address, and we can now accept donations
online through Pay Pal. Just go to our web site at www.agrnews.org
and follow the instructions you find there. AGR is a 501(c)3 non-profit,
so your donation is tax-deductable; if you donate online and would
like to receive a letter of confirmation for tax purposes, please
make sure to include your shipping address in the appropriate spot
in the online form. And remember, if you make a donation of $25 or
more, we would love to send you our booklet of compiled coverage by
AGR, The War on Iraq.
Once again, thank you for your continued support. We really couldn’t
do it without you.
AGR Editorial Collective
Send your check or money order to:
P.O. Box 1504
Asheville, NC 28802
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