Watching America fundraiser
Posted with Skinner's permission
http://www.watchingamerica.com/News/
Welcome, dear Reader, to Watching America!
This year, I spent just under $1500 in hard costs, just keeping this organization running. And more than 300 people (yes, 300) have worked consistently to bring you content that is not available anywhere else in English. Watching America continues to perform a unique service - simply because there is no business model that will support this kind of work-intensive output, given the relatively low traffic it receives.
This year, we have only received about $250 in donations - for which we are EXCEEDINGLY grateful. We were making up the difference by selling text ads, but now Google has prohibited us from so doing.
Therefore, Watching America now has to rely entirely on you, our readership. PLEASE click the yellow button above or below to donate what you can afford to keeping us up and running for another year. I am confident that a total of just $1000 will be enough to enable me to keep this project going. Thousands of man hours are spent to do our important work. If you see its value, please put some money where your mouse is. Watching America represents an amazing hub of volunteerism for the greater good of humanity in general, and the U.S. in particular, at a time when we need it more than ever: breaking down the final barrier between Americans and their world - the language barrier. This is too important to stop after nine years. I thank you in advance for your help - Robin Koerner.
unhappycamper comment: Watching America has been one my daily staples for years.