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$8,000 NEEDED BY DEC. 31, 2019

As we prepare to celebrate the beginning of 2020 (ÂÌñÒùÆÞ’s 120th anniversary), we have been reminded time and time again how much our members have helped us achieve during 2019—truly a transformative year.

Thanks to your generosity, ÂÌñÒùÆÞ raised funds to purchase a new ÂÌñÒùÆÞ home in Alexandria, VA—The James F. Strange Center. Moving into our new home was and is an amazing accomplishment (see moving article).

We are almost to the finish line with our fundraising campaign. We have two weeks to accomplish the second half of our challenge for an extraordinary 2-for-1 matching gift.

We reached many milestones this year, but we still need YOUR partnership and participation to achieve this final goal. As you remember, we received aÌýchallenge pledge of $450,000 that will ensure the future of the building—but we need to earn this gift. We have already met the participation challenge with 461 donors in Fiscal Year 2019. We now need to earn the dollar amount of the challenge ($225) by December 31:

• We must raise $225,000 in new gifts and pledges for the Ìýby December 31, 2019. To date, we have received gifts and pledges of $217,000 for this challenge—so we only need $8,000 more!

Your membership in ÂÌñÒùÆÞ is crucial to our shared success. We thank you for making our plans a reality. Your donations enable ÂÌñÒùÆÞ to carry out our mission at a higher level and with greater impact. Even modest gifts add up to create significant support for ÂÌñÒùÆÞ, and the high level of donor participation from our memberships helps us attract gifts from foundations and major donors. Truly, every donor is important, and every gift is meaningful. This year, every gift gets us closer to theÌý$450,000!

If you are one of our generous members or donorsÌýwho has already made a gift, thank you for your support. If you have not yet made a gift this fiscal year, please consider joining the ranks of ÂÌñÒùÆÞ donors (click here to see the donors from last year—Fiscal Year 2019). We have just over two weeks to reach our goal, so please !