Hey team! I’m Ben, Rob’s Digital Director. I wish I was introducing myself under better, more celebratory circumstances, but hey, here we are.

More specifically though, we’re here:

For context, I’m talking to Rob on Monday about our digital fundraising program, and I’m hoping we can right the ship a bit before that convo takes place.

We had a tremendous fundraising push to close out 2025, but that won’t amount to much if we rest on our laurels and let our efforts slip.

Running a successful campaign requires careful planning, and flexibility when things don’t go according to plan. That’s a heck of a lot easier when you’ve got resources.

Coming up short would leave gaps in our budgets, and we’d be starting the year already having to adjust our projections and potentially scale back outreach efforts across channels.

So here’s what I’m proposing, John:

If 450 supporters each chipped in $25 or $50 today, we could flip this graph and I’ll be able to give Rob some great news to start next week. So what do you say?

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Gotta run, thanks!

Ben Cobley
Digital Director
Rob Sand for Iowa