14.05.1998

Printing money

Summer Offensive ’98

Unpaid voluntary work at the Party’s printshop brought in £492 in the first week of the CPGB’s 15th annual Summer Offensive fundraising drive. Other sums raised by the printshop comrades brings their total to £607, almost 21% of their £2,900 worth of personal pledges. Next week I hope to see them lead the way in raising their cautious initial pledges to levels which can put our organisation within reach of the campaign target of £20,000 by June 29.

Other comrades are invited to participate in the good work of building the Party’s print business while boosting their own Summer Offensive totals. Printshop work by ‘extra hands’ when needed will be credited to your SO total, as will 25% of the ‘profit’ gained on any new custom arising from your sales lead. Remember, the printshop can serve any locality in the country.

The £1,480 total, achieved in week one of an eight-week campaign, represents 12.9% - or roughly one eighth - of the £11,500 pledged by individual comrades at the start. While this puts us on course to fulfil pledges, it falls well short of what is needed to achieve £20,000.

Stan Kelsey