I sign several progressive petitions a day. It helps keep my aging mind alert and often the petitioners experience powerful real life results, as follows. As a low income senior I have to carefully budget donations to progressive causes. The fund raiser at Dogwood went to the trouble of sending me a personal thank you email for my $25 donation (which was tripled by a much wealthier supporter). Sure, this is humble bragging or virtue signalling, but then it's my damn blog ; )-
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Happy New Year Chris, and thank you so much for sharing!
I'm so glad you're sharing your light with the world through your blog, and that folks are responding so strongly to it. Bravo. It means a lot to have your support despite the difficulties of being on a pension - and all the way from Marmora, no less :) You took me on a quick Google Maps trip down memory lane right now, which I appreciate (old friends in Ennismore and Woodrous). I made a quick adjustment to our database so I'll only pester you for a gift once per year now - otherwise please just enjoy the news and do your part with the petitions and other actions. I'm glad you're on our team!
Happy new year,
Adam
On Mon, Jan 1, 2024 at 11:56 AM Chris Faiers <zenriver@sympatico.ca> wrote:
New Year's Best and Congrats, Adam, to you and the staff at Dogwood ; )-
Wish I could give more, but I'm a low income pensioner (a substantial part of my income is the income supplement). I try to budget donations to one a year per organization, which is why I held off until today to make this one for 2024. Great that the special donor is still tripling them!
Chris
Marmora, Ontario
Chris,
There was a round of cheers for you from Dogwood staff at our first meeting back after the winter break.
I was sharing how our end-of-year fundraising went (it was a great success by the way, thanks to you!) and everyone was thrilled to hear you and 487 other folks chipped in to get us ready for 2024.
The amount generous people like you donated more than made up for the foundation that backed out on us last minute, and the end of year budget coverage we needed to move into the new year fresh and ready to tackle the big challenges ahead.
On top of that, there was great news on the fracked gas front over the holidays: Fortis’ proposed gas line in the Okanagan was denied by the utilities commission, a decision almost unheard of by the historically pro-industry group.
Their statement explained that the pipeline wasn’t needed due to the decreasing demand for fossil fuels.
This win could be one of many in 2024. There’s an exciting tipping point coming in B.C., thanks in large part to people like you.
Dogwood’s Director of Communications, Kai Nagata, lays out the oil and gas state of play in our province in this recent blog, give it a read! There’s a lot to be hopeful about.
Thank you again for making a contribution to Dogwood, we would be nothing without your support.
here's my New Year's blog posting. It recently went global, with over 300K visits now.
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