The Justice Society Donor Reception provided a special opportunity to acknowledge the “exeeded goal” status of the 2015 Campaign for Justice. With a $280,000 fundraising goal to support programs at three legal service agencies – Volunteer Legal Services Project, Inc., Rochester Legal Aid Society, and LawNY – the individual “high givers” ($350+) accounted for $116,000 or nearly 40% of the dollars pledged.
Law firm pledges, in-house council contributions, pledges from a dozen or more vendors, and numerous individual donors of smaller amounts comprised the balance of the $284,435 recorded for this year’s campaign.
About 86% of campaign pledges have been paid, but the remaining $40k needs to be collected to officially wrap up the Campaign for Justice by March 31.
Campaign co-chairs Frank Novak, William Q. Lowe, and Arline Santiago all expressed their relief and gratitude at this year’s campaign success.
“Setting a $280,000 goal did make me nervous,” admitted Frank Novak, grinning broadly at the March 10th reception held at the Memorial Art Gallery.
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