Please accept our sincere appreciation for your generous personal donation to support our COVID-19 coverage, via the Local Media Foundation. We are most grateful for your commitment to helping our local news teams in this time of crisis.

Please keep this written acknowledgment of your donation for your tax records.

Your support comes at a critical time for our operation and helps us keep our reporters working tirelessly covering the impacts of COVID-19 and other news across Southern Maryland, in an attempt to provide vital information to our entire community. This pandemic has touched the world in ways only previously imagined, including many local businesses like ours. The shutdown of local businesses has directly impacted the revenue we receive in the form of advertising. These are critical sources for our operation.

Thank you again for your generous support of local news.

David M. Higgins II

Publisher/ The Southern Maryland Chronicle

The Southern Maryland Chronicle - COVID-19 Local News Fund is a program administered by Local Media Foundation, tax ID #36‐4427750, a Section 501(c)(3) charitable trust affiliated with Local Media Association. LMF is raising funds for educational activities; specifically, to educate the public on COVID-19 issues. LMF is providing funds to this news organization and many others to support this important educational project. All money raised by this effort will go directly to support COVID-19 reporting, to make sure the public has essential facts on this important topic.

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