Thank you, January supporters
by Melanie Jongsma, Publisher
LANSING, Ill. (February 2, 2022) – It’s been a long season of fundraising here at The Lansing Journal (maybe you’ve noticed), and the end of January marks a reprieve from that focus for a while. With this morning’s winter storm, school closings, and other local impacts, it’s a good time to get back to the news!
And I know that our subscribers would rather be reading local news than reading fundraising appeals. Frankly, I would rather be reporting. News is the purpose of this newspaper.
But I also know that if I don’t tend to the business side of things, The Lansing Journal will disappear, and local information for our community will disappear with it.
So I am grateful for readers like you who understand that. I’m grateful for those of you who responded with donations, and I’m grateful for those who couldn’t give right now but thanked us for the work we do. Your financial support and encouragement helps keep The Lansing Journal in business.
When you peruse our list of January sustainers and supporters, you’ll see some new names. Those are all people who joined us specifically to help reach our goal of becoming a healthy newspaper, a newspaper with 10 percent of subscribers giving monthly to sustain the work. We fell shy of the 6.1 percent mark I was hoping for, but we achieved 5.3 percent, which is slightly more than halfway to healthy. Thank you for that milestone.
Monthly sustainers
We are especially grateful for people who are able to commit to a recurring gift of a set amount each month. Those gifts have long-term impact. They allow us to plan with confidence. They demand less administrative involvement. Monthly support gives us the freedom to focus on news. Please join us in thanking these monthly sustainers who gave gifts in January:
- Anonymous Friends
- Anonymous Readers
- Anonymous Supporter
- Anonymous Giver
- Lindsey and Saad Abbasy
- Karen Adams
- Anthony Arnold
- Donna Marshall Attinello
- Jennifer Avenatti
- Patrick Baker
- Judith Beezhold
- Jeanne Benson
- Dan Bergan
- Marlene Biesboer
- Wes and Joy Blocker
- Bob Boer
- Dan and Kristy Bootsma
- Debbie Boroviak
- Susan Bovino
- Theresa Bresnahan
- Joseph Bugajski
- Marsha Bultema
- John Bush
- Maryann Centracchio
- Kathleen and William Clausing
- Laurel Clausing
- Greg and Jane Compeau
- Marlene Cook
- Ruth Cook
- Diane Costello
- Denise Cox
- Kerry Czarobski
- Tricia Deblock
- Owen Deckinga
- Patricia Deckinga
- Antoinette DeLaurentis
- Debra DeNardo
- Rob and Sandy DeVries
- LouAnn Dommer
- Lisa Doorn
- Fran Duffy
- Barb and Rich Dust
- Don Dykstra
- Roseann Dykstra
- Pamela Edrington
- Alexa Edwards
- Edwin H. Lugowski, Jr., AIA, Architect
- Martina Eldsmoe
- Margaret Evans
- Frank Fetters
- Fine Tune Auto
- Bob Forner
- Marilyn Freeman
- Jim and Judy Friesema
- Tina Funchion
- Geraldine Giglio
- Edward Gonzalez
- Jacob Gourley
- Cynthia Griffiths
- Patty Grigutis
- Carey Halsey
- Brian Hanigan
- Jan Hansen
- Brian and Kathy Hardy
- Cam and Megan Harvey
- Agatha Hason
- Julie Hiskes
- Ted and Helen Hnatusko
- Marjorie Holme
- Mark Hornung
- Donna Huizenga
- Smilja Ivancevic
- Stephanie Jansma
- Arlo and Brenda Kallemeyn
- Jean Klacik
- Nicole Kleidon
- Frank Knittle
- Judith Koch
- Anita Kowalisyn
- Pat Kremer
- Cynthia Krusza
- Mark and Missy Krygsheld
- Jill Laboy
- Cheryl LaMar
- Pamela Lancy
- David Larsen
- Morris Lewis
- Judy Lohr-Safcik
- Jim and Suzanne Long
- John Long
- Luci Lugowski
- Rich and Diane Lund
- Kathleen Maanum
- Chanta Manson
- Michele Marek
- Barbara McKinney
- Dehlia Mendoza
- Lynda Mendoza
- Roberto Mendoza
- Christine Merchat
- Martha Montiel
- Chuck Murach
- Marilou Ooms
- Grant Oppenhuis
- Gregory Ott
- Don and Mary Beth Palka
- Thomas Panichi
- Robert Parrent
- Moira Peterson
- Gabriel Pierce
- Susan Planer
- Rosemarie Polgar
- Jay and Chris Popp
- Joanne Pritchard
- Sherlena Puyol
- Jean Qualls
- Penelope Rellis
- Rose Rivas
- Jane Roseen
- Kristin Russell
- Jennifer Saia
- Ann Schenkel
- Roberta Schopp-Coe
- Sandy Schultz
- Dave and Janice Schurman
- Pete and Shirley Schurman
- Fred and Patti Seibel
- Connie Simon
- Todd Simon
- Mike and Denise Skrbina
- Slaughter & Associates
- Michelle Smith
- Rich and Frieda Smits
- Reba Spilis
- Kelsee Stallinga
- Dan Stamper
- John Stole
- Jim Sweeney
- Debbie Terpstra
- Linda Todd
- Karen and Gammon Trimuel
- Virginia and John Ulaszek
- Leo Valencia
- Lionel Valencia
- Wendy Van Der Aa
- Jill Van Kuiken
- James Van Milligen
- Arlyn VanEk
- Ken Varnes
- Gerrit Veenstra
- Tim Vermeer
- Sandy Vree
- Sandra Wagner
- Scott Wagner
- Phyllis Warsen
- Waters Edge Aquascaping
- Dave Wilford
- Adrienne Winchester
- Nancy and Bob Wojcik
- Bob and Jean Wood
- Dana Wood
- Patricia Yos
- Chris Zdanowski
- Char Zralka
Impromptu givers
This month, many of you gave in response to the “birthday appeals” I published. Thank you for your warm birthday wishes and for giving to The Lansing Journal out of friendship to me. You are a wonderful community, and I am grateful for the following supporters who gave in January:
- Anonymous Supporter
- Anonymous Giver
- Debbie Albrecht
- Gord Blom
- Sally Blom
- June and John Cole
- Larry Conley
- Geary DePue
- Pam Edrington
- Sue Ekkebus
- Jennifer Fischer
- Margaret Fosdal
- Patricia Frederickson
- Carol Gadbois
- Michael Gaffney
- Sharon Giles
- Evelyn Gossman
- Tony and Maureen Grady-Perovich
- John Hallberg
- Beverly Jacobson
- Lisa Korajczyk
- Diane Lund
- Kathleen Manno
- Ed Marco
- Tom and Krista McSwiggan
- Dr. Wes Molenaar
- Neil Okuley
- Marilou Ooms
- Patrick Prendergast
- Lorraine Przybyl
- James and Carolyn Ridder
- Ada Stovall
- Raymond Sutorius
- Becca Trepton
- Evelyn Ustanek
- Rita VanDrunen
Thank you for putting this newspaper on a strong foundation for the work we want to do for you this year. And now, back to the news…
