As we enter the fifth week of the Pathfinder Fund, $9,276 has been received from supporters around the world. Pledges by Pathfinder readers and friends internationally total $82,400. Both these facts—coupled with the example at the truck assembly plant—indicate work is still ahead of us to organize talking to every possible contributor and to carefully plan fund-raising events to maximize contributions. Focusing on this will help us meet the $125,000 goal in full by the November 15 deadline.

At the moment, supporters in the Twin Cities in Minnesota, as well as in Houston, are leading the way in the amount of money contributed. Supporters of Pathfinder in Canada and Cleveland are of the top-ranking in percentages with 25 percent and 19 percent of their goals, respectively, mailed in so far.

A fund-raising event held September 11 at the Pathfinder bookstore in St. Paul, Minnesota, helped supporters in the state maintain the steady flow of funds collected.

The evening featured a talk by Doug Jenness, the local Pathfinder Fund director, on "World Politics Today." Jenness reports that the event netted $425 in contributions from those attending, with $1,000 in new pledges for the fund. "Almost $2,500 of the current $6,365 pledged" in the Twin Cities area alone, Jenness said, "is from supporters donating their sales tax rebates" from the state of Minnesota to the fund. So far, they have sent in $2,914 of their $10,000 goal.

Houston supporters have taken an initial goal of $6,100, said local fund director Dave Ferguson, a member of the United Steelworkers of America. Five enthusiastic contributors—including one of Ferguson's co-workers—wanted to cover a good portion of their pledges early on in the drive. Their five contributions totaled $925 toward Houston's goal.

Haithcoath, the auto worker in New Jersey, said he also sees Pathfinder books as an alternative to the capitalist media. "The regular media tells people how to think," he said, "and if you're not careful, you fall into that pattern. Pathfinder opens your mind." His contribution, he concluded, "is to help the struggle."

To find out more about the Fund, to get involved or to make a contribution, contact your nearest Pathfinder bookstore listed on page 12.

Please make all checks and money orders out to Pathfinder, earmarked Pathfinder Fund, and send to:

Pathfinder, 410 West Street, New York, NY 10014-2570.  
 
 
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