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A nice story:

On Tuesday, we published a story on the front page about Greensboro Urban Ministry's need for $100,000 to operate its emergency shelters.

This morning, Mike Aiken, the executive director of Urban Ministry, sent out an e-mail reminding folks of the annual Feast of Caring that included this note:

The Feast of Caring started the day with some very good news! The Bank of America Foundation just awarded Urban Ministry $12,500 for the WE shelters. In addition, a $1,000 check was received in the mail from an individual who scratched through the $100,000 needed headline in the newspaper and wrote in $99,000. (Bold added.)

Another reason to love our readers.

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Posted by John Robinson on Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 10:36 am

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Doug Johnson

November 19, 2009 - 12:44 pm EST

That's great!
I am sure there is a lot of need now.

Illiterati

November 19, 2009 - 1:01 pm EST

That is good news. Thanks for sharing that. I hope people will prioritize local charities over those more famous national ones. Don't just buy locally, give locally as well.