Last Chance to Take Part in the Grist Grapefruit Challenge
It’s the very last day of the 2003 Grist Grapefruit Challenge — mere hours left for us five Grist staffers to subsist only on grapefruit, and mere hours left for Grist readers to contribute toward our goal of raising $35,000 to help hire an additional editor. So far, devoted readers have pitched in an impressive $28,208, leaving us just $6,792 short. (A profuse thank-you to givers; you’re making it possible for us to ramp up coverage of the environment during the upcoming oh-so-important election year.) If you’ve been putting off donating until the last minute, well, here it is! Whether you can spare $10, $50, or $100, every gift makes a difference (and earns you green karma points). Just click on through to our giving page, where you can make a tax-deductible donation by credit card or find our snail-mail address and send a check, retro-style. Come on: It’s painless. It’s fun. It’s virtuous. Dick Cheney wouldn’t want you to do it …
