Donation

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

Marilyn from Prevent Child Abuse was kind enough to return my call this afternoon. Turns out that the $35 level of giving is enough to make you a “member”, so that’s the minimum amount I’ll be donating over there thanks to the kind contributions of folks from my sites. That’ll also mean I’ll be subscribed to their members newsletter and invited to local events. I’m sure that I’ll be sharing whatever information they have with my readers!

Thanks again for making this possible, and remember you can always contribute to the next donation by using any of the methods laid out in this post.

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