189 of you started 2021 with an investment in community news
by Melanie Jongsma, Publisher
LANSING, Ill. (February 1, 2021) – “I contributed because I understand your commitment to your community by publishing an excellent community information medium,” read the email I received on January 16.
“Having The Lansing Journal as my local news is important to me,” said a January 10 message.
“The Lansing Journal is part of my morning news I read each day, even though I’m no longer living in Lansing,” a handwritten note explained on January 23.
I hold on to these messages—and all the notes I receive. They express the reasons we started 2021 with plans to keep growing this newspaper. We want to keep reaching our current readers with useful information. We want to reach even more readers, in our own town and the surrounding region. And we want to provide more original in-depth articles for all of you.
Supporting the journalism
You want that too. That’s what you were giving to this month. You give to The Lansing Journal because you know every dollar supports the journalism—paying our freelancers, publishing their stories, and delivering those stories to readers every day.
Thank you for sharing our vision to provide balanced, trustworthy, local news in a way that builds community. Thank you for giving to make it happen. And thank you for starting 2021 with a solid foundation we can build on together.
Thank you, 189 January supporters
- Lindsey and Saad Abbasy
- Karen Adams
- Jane and Joe Addison
- Judy Alderden
- Nancy Bales
- Judith Beezhold
- Dan Bergan
- Barry Bergstrom
- Tony Blejski
- Sally Blom
- Linda Blue
- Susan Bovino
- Danielle Bovino
- Theresa Bresnahan
- John Bush
- Scott and Bonnie Cable
- Maria Cabrera
- Anonymous Friend
- Maryann Centracchio
- Laurel Clausing
- Greg and Jane Compeau
- Marlene Cook
- Diane Costello
- Denise Cox
- Jeannine Cusson
- Kerry Czarobski
- Christopher Deckinga
- Owen and Linda Deckinga
- Debbie DeNardo
- Deborah Dennis
- Geary DePue
- Terry Dombrowski
- Fran Duffy
- Rich and Barb Dust
- Roseann Dykstra
- Don Dykstra
- Frank Fetters
- Fine Tune Auto
- Jennifer Fischer
- Michelle Ford
- Kim Foster
- Pat Frederickson
- Marilyn Freeman
- Jim and Judy Friesema
- Tina Funchion
- Michael Gaffney
- Friend of The Lansing Journal
- Christina Gaura
- Mary Gavin
- John Gehring
- Debra Glidden
- Edward Gonzalez
- Evelyn Gossman
- Jacob Gourley
- Tony and Maureen Grady-Perovich
- Jennifer Gray
- Cynthia Griffiths
- Patty Grigutis
- Jim Grutzius
- Joyce Haak
- Renée Hale
- Jim Hansen
- Sally Haywood Larsen
- Beth Henning-Polizzatto
- Ted and Helen Hnatusko
- Marjorie Holme
- Mark Hornung
- Donna Huizenga
- Carol Jabaay
- Jim Janssen
- Melanie Jongsma
- Ken and Becky Jongsma
- Anonymous Friends
- John and Carol Kapteyn
- Jim and Joann Kijewski
- Jean Klacik
- Nicole Kleidon
- Judith Koch
- Pat Kremer
- Cynthia Krusza
- Pamela Lancy
- Desiree Lange
- Lansing Junior Woman’s Club
- Laurene Lemanski
- Bev Lich
- Tom Lockton
- Jim and Suzanne Long
- Luci Lugowski
- Diane Lund
- Kathleen Maanum
- Chris Mahoney
- Nick Maloni
- Donna Marshall Attinello
- Jean McCall
- Tom McSwiggan
- Roberto Mendoza
- Dehlia Mendoza
- Lynda Mendoza
- Christine Merchat
- Marilyn Miller
- Molenaar Eyecare Specialists
- Joyce Mulder
- Marion Munnich
- Chuck Murach
- Roger Murphy
- Nauta Enterprises
- Dominique Newman
- Alonzo Nichols
- Carolyn Nordyke
- Angela Oldenkamp
- Marilou Ooms
- Grant Oppenhuis
- Bernadette Ott
- Gregory Ott
- Don and Mary Beth Palka
- Katie Palka-Larson
- Thomas Panichi
- Robert Parrent
- Jennifer Patterson Wagenmaker
- Julie Peddy
- Moira Peterson
- Richard Podgorski
- Rosemarie Polgar
- Jennifer Polley
- Jay and Chris Popp
- Robin Pottinger
- Rev. David Price
- Joanne Pritchard
- Lorraine Przybyl
- Donna Pyritz
- Jean Qualls
- Unknown Supporter
- Penelope Rellis
- Mike and Kathleen Ridder
- Pastor Dan Roels
- Jane Roseen
- Jennifer Saia
- Carol Schaap
- Ann Schenkel
- Schultz Insurance Agency
- Dave Schurman
- Beverly Schweitzer
- Carolyn Scofield
- Patricia Seibel
- Connie Simon
- Elvis Slaughter
- Slaughter & Associates
- Michelle Smith
- Micaela Smith
- Kelsee Stallinga
- Ada Stovall
- Raymond Sutorius
- Victoria Szewczyk
- Melissa Teller
- Linda Todd
- Anonymous Friends
- Becca Trepton
- Virginia and John Ulaszek
- Leo Valencia
- Rita Van Drunen
- James Van Milligen
- Carl and Jan Vander Molen
- Martha Vargas
- Gerrit Veenstra
- Tim Vermeer
- Jeri Villa
- Sandy Vree
- Phyllis Warsen
- Waters Edge Aquascaping
- Josie Whiting-Smith
- Maureen Williamson
- Robert Wood
- Dana Wood
- Patricia Yos
- Chris Zdanowski
