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| Free Republic 2nd Qtr 2024 Fundraising Target: $81,000 | Receipts & Pledges to-date: $25,797 | |||
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| Woo hoo!! And we're now over 31%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless. | ||||
Posted on 07/13/2018 2:38:38 AM PDT by onyx
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Our FReepathons used to take 30 days, then they scooted into 45 days and finally into the dreaded 8 weeks or 60+ days. Now, unbelievably, we're into 80+ days! Unreal!
Free Republic's quandary is how to remedy the situation?
Have a look at 2018 and 2017...
We are now into 2018's Q3. Only a mere 5 days separated the conclusion of Q2 on June 25, 2018 and the start of Q3 on July 1, 2018. We came that >< close to a never-ending FReepathon!
How to remedy? Too unfair to ask all you wonderful, generous, FReeper-Patriot Donors to dig deep so soon again! Yet, without very prompt donations, those 80+ day FReepathons will continue indefinitely.
2018 Q2 — 546 donors - 86 days
2018 Q1 — 373 donors - 82 days (is 373 correct?)
2017 Q4 — 542 donors - 74 days
2017 Q3 — 520 donors - 84 days
2017 Q2 — 544 donors - 76 days
2017 Q1 — 572 donors - 63 days
All of us love Free Republic. It's our home! It's the first place we come to in the morning and the last place we visit at night. Free Republic is my Home page. Is it yours?
We have lifetime FRiends here. Besties! Many of us have met in person. We cherish one another. Many of us consider one another family!
Free Republic is more than a political forum for conservative, Constitutional patriots who trust in God, love our country and cherish our families and friends. We are the salt of the earth.
Have you noticed Mail-In Donors ROCK?
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Monthly Donations will shorten FReepathons and we have some very generous FReepers kicking in $10.00 for every New Monthly Donor and so far 4 New Monthly Donors have signed up! Please consider Donating Monthly!!
Free Republic's 300 Club is another way to really help shorten FReepathons. IF you send in $100 or more per Quarter, you qualify for membership in the 300 Club. $34.00 Monthly also makes you a 300 Club Member! We have received 37 donations of $100 or more so far this quarter!!
I hope and pray several of you will let Jim know that you will be happy to join Free Republic's FReepathon Team and I hope and pray even more of y'all will be able to help remedy Free Republic's situation.
Something's gotta give!
Thanks very much, everybody.
God bless and keep you all and everyone you hold precious.
On behalf of MEG33, trisham, Salvation, deoetdoctrinae & musicman, I am onyx
I donated last week, but should donate again.
Over 17 years a FReeper. Am retired, but may need to step up more.
God Bless Free Republic.
Wow.
Who knew so few supported so many!
Come on freepers, do a monthly for a couple of dollars a month.
Freerepublic saves the greatest Constitutional Republic in the world!
I will continue to donate and bitch about the FREE LOADERS, that are jumping in the wagon, waiting for a few of us to pull the load.
Posting should be a privilege of membership. Rarely does a non contributor post a comment or an article worth consideration. Reading should be free. Posting not so much.
Honest to God, if my pitifully fixed income can manage a monthly, as meager as it is, almost anyone can.
Tho FR has its occasional glitches, they only serve to remind me of the gist of the old quote attributed to Churchill:
It's not perfect, but it beats hell out of all the others.
This interminable fundraising of late also serves to remind me, sadly, of something else:
Freeloading is, apparently, not the exclusive province of the seditious left :-\
BUMP!
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Thank you very much onyx for putting this out here for all to see and ponder.
Considering the number of people that count on Free Republic to stay informed, it's mind blowing to think that not enough are contributing to keep these FReepathons from stretching out endlessly.
I implore all our FRiends to make it a priority to contribute as generously as possible, and to take the painless route of setting up automatic monthly donations.
Sell ads to raise funds
There is no way that they would compromise the integrity of FR. There should be lots of conservative businesses who would jump at the chance to advertise in FR.
Just my two cents worth.
Thank you my dear FRiend for this thread and the stats you brought up, it’s an eyeopener.
Nowhere that I know of can a person go to a site and get the news, converse with conservatives and enjoy the insight that so many are willing to put out there.
Free Republic is easy to use so it’s simple to join in the discussions and exchange ones thoughts.
God bless you FReepathon team members, you do an excellent service for the thousands that use this site.
Finally something we can blame on the Freemasons. Jacques DeMolay was arrested on Friday the 13th by the French king in conjunction with Pope Clement V. The king wanted the gold stored in Templar vaults for pilgrims journeying to Jerusalem. The Pope was under pressure because the Templar’s fighting forces were well tested against pirates and highwaymen (mostly Muslim) and Europe’s kings feared their military prowess.
DeMolay was tortured for months before being publicly burned at the stake. His parting words were a curse upon the King and the Pope. Within months the Pope died, and the king succumbed to a mysterious ailment. Hence the curse of Friday the 13th is known to this day.
I wouldn’t sell ads. But, maybe T-shirts and covfefe mugs...
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