Their support
by Melanie Jongsma, Publisher
LANSING, Ill. (September 2, 2021) – So many people make it possible for Lansing to have its own newspaper. More than 119 people (some are listed as couples) made contributions in August. Because of their gifts, we published 108 articles during the month, and 74 of those were original posts by our own team of local journalists.
Not only do those 119 supporters fund local news for the people in our immediate community, but they also make it possible for our local news to be discovered by readers around the world. In the month of August more than 23,000 individual people visited The Lansing Journal website and viewed more than 65,000 pages. Certainly, most of those visitors come from Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan, but it’s interesting that our hometown newspaper reached beyond the U.S. to 43 other countries last month.
I am grateful for these 119 people. They give different amounts, for different reasons, on different schedules — but all of them believe that having a community newspaper is important. Thanks to their vision and involvement, we all have access to local news, wherever we are.
Thank you, August supporters
- Lindsey and Saad Abbasy
- Karen Adams
- American Legion Riders
- Donna Marshall Attinello
- Judith Beezhold
- Dan Bergan
- Barry Bergstrom
- Bob Boer
- Dan and Kristy Bootsma
- Susan Bovino
- Theresa Bresnahan
- David Brickman
- John Bush
- Maryann Centracchio
- Laurel Clausing
- Greg and Jane Compeau
- Marlene Cook
- Diane Costello
- Denise Cox
- Kerry Czarobski
- Floret Daniels
- Debbie DeNardo
- Fran Duffy
- Barb Dust
- Rich Dust
- Roseann Dykstra
- Don Dykstra
- Alexa Edwards
- Sandra Farmer
- Frank Fetters
- Fine Tune Auto
- Marilyn Freeman
- Jim and Judy Friesema
- Tina Funchion
- Rebecca Garcia
- Sophie Gaylor
- Anonymous Community Member
- Edward Gonzalez
- Jacob Gourley
- Tony and Maureen Grady-Perovich
- Cynthia Griffiths
- Patty Grigutis
- Brian and Kathy Hardy
- Cam and Megan Harvey
- Julie Hiskes
- Ted and Helen Hnatusko
- Marjorie Holme
- Mark Hornung
- Donna Huizenga
- Stephanie Jansma
- Melanie Jongsma
- Anonymous Supporters
- Terry and Cheryl Kapteyn
- Jean Klacik
- Frank Knittle
- Judith Koch
- Pat Kremer
- Cynthia Krusza
- Pamela Lancy
- Jim and Suzanne Long
- Luci Lugowski
- Kathleen Maanum
- Dehlia Mendoza
- Lynda Mendoza
- Roberto Mendoza
- Christine Merchat
- Chuck Murach
- Marilou Ooms
- Grant Oppenhuis
- Mary Beth Palka
- Thomas Panichi
- Robert Parrent
- Moira Peterson
- Richard Podgorski
- Rosemarie Polgar
- Jay and Chris Popp
- Joanne Pritchard
- Lorraine Przybyl
- Jean Qualls
- Penelope Rellis
- Chuck Roseen
- Jane Roseen
- Anonymous Friend
- Jennifer Saia
- Wendy Sanders
- Carol Schaap
- Sandy Schultz
- Schultz Insurance Agency
- Dave Schurman
- Pete and Shirley Schurman
- Connie Simon
- Todd Simon
- Slaughter & Associates
- Michelle Smith
- Rich and Frieda Smits
- Kelsee Stallinga
- Kirstin Stellfox
- John Stole
- Jim Sweeney
- Carol Taylor
- Tiny’s Flowers
- Linda Todd
- Anonymous Friends
- Karen Trimuel
- Virginia and John Ulaszek
- Leo Valencia
- James Van Milligen
- Gerrit Veenstra
- Tim Vermeer
- Sandy Vree
- Scott Wagner
- Phyllis Warsen
- Waters Edge Aquascaping
- Tiffany Wells
- Dave Wilford
- Dana Wood
- Robert Wood
- Patricia Yos
- Chris Zdanowski
Your notes help too
Many of you include encouraging notes with the gifts you send in, and those are a big help as well. They let us know that you understand there are real people behind the Daily News email you receive each morning, and that you value the work they do. A recent note said:
“Just want to thank you for the sheer amount of work you and your staff go through each week to produce the Journal. Your work is never ending, but you maintain a professional and praiseworthy publication.”
Thank you for partnering with us to make this newspaper possible. Yes, it’s a lot of work, but with help from 119 friends, we are building community together.
