We Hunted The Mammoth
The pledge drive got off to a worrisome start, but thanks to you, things have once again turned around in a big way. Thanks so much to everyone who has donated so far!
But we’re still a few thousand dollars short of what I need to keep the blog running. This is a one-man, two-cat operation, and I depend on these pledge drives to pay the bills. So if you haven’t donated yet, please click the button below and give what you can.
You can also give by Venmo at David-Futrelle-1.
My last post on the pledge drive inspired many of you to donate, some quite generously, and I’m very grateful for it. But, seven days into what was going to be a ten-day Pledge Drive, I have raised less than half of what I need to keep this blog going.
So if you care about this blog, and you haven’t donated already, please go ahead and click the button below and give what you can. The future of the blog is literally at stake, and even a small amount will make a big difference.
You can also donate to me on Venmo at David-Futrelle-1.
I need your help. Donations are coming in very slowly, and unless that turns around in a big way, there is no possibility I can raise enough money to keep writing this blog. That’s not a threat; it’s a simple statement of fact.
If you care about this blog at all, I need you to donate at least a few bucks (or a lot of bucks if you can swing it) to make sure We Hunted the Mammoth can make it until the next pledge drive.
You can also donate to me on Venmo at David-Futrelle-1.
The pledge drive came to a close earlier this week, and I want to offer the hugest thanks to those who turned it from an apparent impending failure to a great success! Thank you to those who donated, some quite generously. And thank you to those who helped spread the message. It’s not overstating things to say that you’ve saved the blog
As I mentioned before, I am going to be taking some steps to get the finances of this blog on a more stable footing so we won’t have another emergency like this one. I’ll fill you in on that in another post soon.
Though the pledge drive is over, I’m still happy to get donations if you haven’t gotten around to it yet — just click below. And if you want some ideas on non-financial ways to help this blog, take a look here.
You can also boop me some cash via Venmo at David-Futrelle-1.
Thanks again,
David
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We Hunted the Mammoth relies on support from you, its readers, to survive. So please donate here if you can, or at David-Futrelle-1 on Venmo.
Good news, folks! Thanks to a new wave of donations, the pledge drive is getting back on track! Huge thanks to everyone who has donated, some of you quite generously, and to those who helped spread the word.
I was really worried — terrified, really — that this was it for the blog, but you all came through in a big way and things are looking much more secure.
But we’re still not quite there. And so if you haven’t donated yet, please do!
You can also give by Venmo at David-Futrelle-1.
There are several more days to go in this pledge drive — though of course you are free to donate any time if you can’t swing it right now.
Thanks again! I honestly don’t know how to thank you all enough. Your generosity has really touched me deeply.
David
PS: I will have another post up in a few days in which I set out some plans on how to stabilize this blog’s finances so that this sort of crunch doesn’t happen again, knock on wood.
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Send tips to dfutrelle at gmail dot com.
We Hunted the Mammoth relies on support from you, its readers, to survive. So please donate here if you can, or at David-Futrelle-1 on Venmo.
I want to offer my deepest thanks to those who have responded to my urgent fundraising appeal — with donations, and by helping to spread the message.
But we’re still well short of the money I need to keep We Hunted the Mammoth running. If you haven’t donated yet, please give what you can. Your donations are what makes it possible for me to do this blog.
You can also give by Venmo at David-Futrelle-1.
If you have donated already, please once again accept my profound thanks. Your support means everything to me.
David
I have bad news, and I’m going to have to be blunt. The pledge drive is going very poorly so far. Some of you have donated already – and I can’t tell you how much I appreciate those of you who have. But most of you haven’t, and the donations are coming in so slowly that, if this continues for the rest of the pledge drive, it’s going to mean the end of We Hunted the Mammoth. I’ll have enough to get through another month, maybe, and then I’ll have to shut it down.
The last time I was in a similar situation, during the early days of the last pledge drive, you folks came through in a big way and, well, saved the blog, and again I thank you for that act of generosity. I really hope you can do it again. If everyone who reads and enjoys this blog were to donate, we’d be more than fine. If even a good portion of you donate, we’ll be alright.
With the anti-trans backlash on top of the misogynistic backlash I’ve covered for more than a decade, this blog is more necessary than ever. Having to shut it down would break my heart, and I think it might break some of yours. Please help, if you can.
You can also donate by Venmo at David-Futrelle-1.
Thank you.
David
It’s that time again — well, past that time again — for a WHTM Pledge Drive. You know the drill: If you appreciate this blog, please send along a couple of bucks (or a lot of bucks) to keep it going. Or sign up for monthly donations. Here’s a little button to click. CLICK IT.
It’s PLEDGE DRIVE TIME again. Well, way past time, really. DONATE HERE NOW! Please?
By David Futrelle
So this little blog of mine (and yours!) got a nice writeup in the New York Times today by fellow Illinois writer Peter C. Baker. Check it out! Nice to see the Paper of Record take note of what we’re doing here.