All along, we’ve been talking about how our campaign is a people-powered grassroots campaign. With the release of our campaign finance report on the 31st, we’ve proven that. We raised $60,675.08 by building our campaign from small, grassroots contributions. Instead of taking a large portion of PAC money, we’ve worked through a grassroots network of activists who care about positive change in Kalamazoo and Michigan.
327 of our donors came from Michigan, with 147 donors right here in Kalamazoo. By fundraising locally, we are building a local team of supporters that will have their voices heard as opposed to only listening to a few big-buck donors. The support we’ve garnered early on will help our campaign to move forward.
We’ve released an infographic to show people what our finance report looks like. We finished strong in 2013 - take a look, and maybe you can be one of the folks who helps us move forward in 2014!
Link to infographic