Every year, during this season, each participant in the Brigada family gets his or her chance to reflect his or her stake in the Brigada “brigade.” If you’ve ever been thankful, if you’ve ever appreciated an item, if you’ve ever passed an item on, if you’ve ever wanted to cheer on the Brigada email, server, or staff, here’s your chance. And it’s so easy: Just click “Donate” (upper right) on any Brigada page and give like you’ve always yearned to give. It’s that easy. So far this year, participants like you have pitched in $4,460. Our annual budget each year (which pays for a dedicated and fire-walled Brigada server at GoDaddy managed 24/7 by GoDaddy staff, along with a part-time writer/assistant, and Amazon SES email for the thousands who receive Brigada each week) is exactly $17,000 – and not a penny more. It’s been that same amount now for the past 15 years and we’ve never raised the budget in spite of increasing expenses. Since $4,460 has already come in, that leaves exactly $12,540 to go — meaning that if only 126 people pitched in $100 this week, we’d be done. We wouldn’t have to mention the budget again for an entire year. So this week, will you help with just *one* of those 125 shares of the Brigada empowerment? Remember, all you have to do is browse to https://brigada.org/empower-brigada and click Donate. God bless you!