‘Tis the
season of giving
Support the Camden Community News —
your community newspaper
Thanks to all of you who
have donated to the Camden News in
the past — we appreciate your support. You know that newspapers around the
country are failing due to decreased advertising revenue.
It’s very likely that
someday the Camden News will be an
on-line only newspaper. But the Camden Community has a disproportionate amount
of seniors and low income residents who still don’t have a computer or Internet
access. As one long-time Camden resident says, “I enjoy the paper…I hope you
never stop publishing. I and many of my friends do not have a computer, so where
would we get our local news?”
The Camden Community News has been serving
the community for 39 years, and we want to continue printing and mailing the
paper for free to residents until the need no longer exists. But if we don’t
get donations from you and ad money from businesses we won’t be able to publish
and mail a hard copy newspaper.
We have a very lean
budget for a small nonprofit organization. It costs more than $5100 a month to
publish the Camden News — that
includes printing, labeling, postage, business delivery, typesetting, layout,
bookkeeping, editing, taxes, insurance and all the other basic costs of running
a small business. Our ad revenues have fallen dramatically and our monthly
expenses currently exceed our ad revenues by about $600 each month. We come to
you twice a year to help supplement ad revenue losses, but we typically only
get enough in donations for the total year to pay for one issue of the Camden News. So help us make that goal.
The Camden News is a nonprofit, volunteer-run,
volunteer-written newspaper mailed free to all Camden homes. Our mission has
been the same since 1975: To build bridges, connect neighborhoods, encourage
citizen participation, promote local events, people and businesses, and provide
a forum for folks who care about the quality of life here in Camden. So please
use the enclosed envelope and send in a generous tax-deductible contribution.
Or mail your donation to Camden News PO Box 11492, Minneapolis, MN
55411. You can save the footwork and stamp and donate online at camdenews.org;
just click on the Paypal button (you don’t need a Paypal account).
And please send us your
comments and suggestions.
Thanks for your support,
The Camden Community News Board of Directors