Patriot Fund Update #3

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Fellow Patriots,

Publishing, like freedom, is not free.

As of this morning, we have raised approximately 65 percent of our 2009 Annual Fund budget. There are only 30 days left to meet our budget commitments.

Like many mission-based organizations, we typically raise most of our budget in the last two months of each year. We still must raise $227,857 before year's end.

The Patriot is entirely donor-supported, which allows us to deliver our timeless message of liberty, limited government and free enterprise, and our advocacy for national defense and traditional American values, to a wide forum of readers at all levels of government and the media. More importantly, your support provides Patriot subscriptions, free of charge, for thousands of American military personnel, students and those in ministry and other professions with limited financial means.

"Aside from bending my knee daily before God in thankfulness, I must thank you for encouraging us. Fifty-two years ago I was led to these shores after escaping from East Germany, via Berlin. Having served my adopted country in the U.S.A.F. and accepting gratefully citizenship in the U.S., I feel so blessed to be here to express my gratitude for your labor. In my limited capacity, I am mirroring your admonitions to people around me as much as I am able. I am here to tell you to 'Keep her headed straight into the wind.' And STAND! With appreciation," --Uli, Grass Valley, California

If you have not already done so, please take a moment to support The Patriot's 2009 Annual Fund today with a secure online donation -- however large or small. Every dollar you contribute provides a free subscription for someone serving our nation, or a young person who will fill a family, community or national leadership role in the next generation.

If you prefer to support The Patriot by mail, please use our printable donor form or print the donor guide below.

On behalf of your Patriot staff and National Advisory Committee, thank you for your support!

Sincerely,

Christy Chesterton
Director of Advancement

(Note: The Patriot is not sustained by any political, special interest or parent organization, nor do we accept any online or e-mail advertising. Our mission and operations budgets are funded by -- and depend entirely upon -- the voluntary financial support of American Patriots like YOU! (You can view our expense allocations here.)

"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it." --Thomas Paine

Donor Guide:

Recommended Operation Support Levels:
Family Defender: $26 (50¢/week)
Frontline Patriot: $39 (75¢/week)
Company Command: $52 ($1/week)

Recommended Mission Support Levels:
Battalion Command: $100
Regiment Command: $250
Division Command: $500
Corps Command: $1,000

Send your contribution to:
The Patriot Annual Fund
PO Box 507
Chattanooga, TN 37401-0507

Please make your check payable to "The Patriot Annual Fund" and please note your e-mail address on the memo line so we can credit your subscriber account, and so our publisher can thank you.

Once your donation has been recorded, your e-mail address is removed from our appeal and update lists. However, when the year-end campaign is complete, we will send you a report.