As The Creemore Echo enters into our annual subscription drive, we cannot help but feel a sense of gratitude. And there is much to be grateful for.
The newspaper has a dedicated readership and an important role in the community.
Our office is considered the hub of the community, a place with a lot of energy with people coming and going all the time, information coming in and going out.
In this day and age, we cannot deny that we are especially fortunate to have an independent newspaper dedicated to news and views in and around Creemore.
Fewer and fewer communities can boast a genuinely local independent newspaper that is operated by people who live in the community.
This community makes it all possible.
We strive to make The Creemore Echo as accessible as possible by sending it out in the mail to homes in Creemore and parts of Clearview and Mulmur townships but we also encourage people to take up volunteer subscriptions as a show of support and a way of making sure The Echo is around for the foreseeable future.
We will be at the Creemore Farmers’ Market four consecutive Saturdays beginning May 16 to visit and talk up the newspaper.
In addition to our annual subscription for the low price of $49 per year, which includes an early bird electronic version every Thursday evening, we are also looking for boosters and champions.
A booster, with a contribution of $75 per year, is a keen promoter of community and the newspaper, someone who wants to give a little extra boost of encouragement.
A champion, with a contribution of $100 or more, is someone who champions our mission to share the community’s stories, keep watch over its politicians and celebrate its accomplishments.
So while we are very happy to toot everyone else’s horns, we sometimes find it difficult to toot our own but this newspaper is a very important part of the community.
We would go so far as to say that there aren’t many people who don’t get something out of The Creemore Echo, whether it’s a quick glance at the community calendar on a Friday night before planning the weekend’s activities, advertising businesses, expressing an opinion with a letter-to-the-editor, catching up on the latest news, announcing a wedding or birth or at the very least, getting the fire started.
So come see us at the market next week and say hello. We will be selling and raffling off Creemore Echo T-shirts and accepting subscriptions.
As the campaign progresses, boosters and champions will see their names in the newspaper as a big thanks for the support.
We strive to reinforce a refrain heard so often in the community – Everyone reads The Echo.