Give in November and December, and your donation will be doubled!

An extra edition for an extra-important cause: Help keep the Applegater coming!

Since 2021, the Applegater has published an extra edition each year—and every year, our readers have shown up to donate when it means the most. Our annual matching-funds drive begins November 1, giving you an especially powerful opportunity to support local, independent news.

From November 1 through December 31, 2026, every donation to the Applegater will be doubled, up to a total of $12,000! Through our membership in the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN), we once again qualify for INN’s annual NewsMatch program. National funders who believe in the importance of community journalism will match donations from individual supporters made during November and December, up to $1,000 per donor.

We’re excited to continue building on this support as we work to keep local journalism available to everyone in the Applegate Valley. Your donation helps us report on the people, issues, events, and communities that make the Applegate what it is.

We depend on donations to cover most of the costs of publishing the Applegater, and recurring monthly gifts are especially valuable. Even a pledge of $5 a month helps provide steady support throughout the year. And during the NewsMatch period, the full annual value of a recurring gift can be matched—a potential 12-to-1 boost to your support! Just click the Donate button at applegater.org and select “Make this a monthly donation.”

Four times a year, the Applegater delivers 24 pages of local news and information—free of charge—to more than 12,000 mailboxes across the 700 square miles of the Applegate Valley. Additional copies are available at dozens of local businesses throughout the watershed. What makes this possible? You do.

The Applegater is published by Applegate Valley Community Newspaper, Inc., a nonprofit organization created by Applegaters, for Applegaters. We are sustained by the generous support of our readers, donors, and local advertisers.

Whether you donate online by credit card or send a check in the envelope included with this extra edition, your support makes a difference. The Applegater is the only free newspaper delivered directly to homes throughout the Applegate River Watershed, bringing you stories about your neighbors, neighborhoods, and communities that you won’t find anywhere else.

Help keep the Applegater coming in 2027 and beyond.

Use the reply envelope included in this extra edition, and be sure to date your check November 1–December 31, 2026, so your donation qualifies for the matching funds.

You can also donate by credit card at applegater.org. Look for the red “Donate Now” button on the home page, or click “Donate Today” at the bottom of the list in the far-right column.

Thank you for keeping local journalism alive and thriving. You are the Gater!

With much appreciation,

Applegater Board of Directors

gater@applegater.org • applegater.org