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Free 48 Hills keychain for our next 100 monthly donors!

We're rolling out more perks for our recurring monthly donors, including free newsletter upgrades and Gala tickets.

We only have a few weeks left to reach our $50K matching Spring Bloom fundraising goal, and every bit helps! We’re rolling out perks for new subscribers, including an awesome, locally produced 48 Hills keychain for new $5+ monthly recurring donors! Sign up to donate here.

Here’s a list of recurring monthly donor perks, with more on the way! By automatically donating monthly, you are helping us stay stable, pay our writers, and plan for the future—including expanding our news reporting.

$5/month recurring donor: An awesome cherry-wood keychain with fob, individually laser inscribed with the 48 Hills logo on one side. Produced in Oakland by independent POC-owned owned design company Identafire.

$10/month recurring donor: The keychain, plus a free upgraded 48 Hills newsletter subscription to receive Tim Redmond’s essential weekly political newsletter The Agenda and food writer Tamara Palmer’s Good Taste newsletter, full of dining recommendations and tips.

$20+/month recurring donor: The keychain, the upgraded newsletter subscription, PLUS a pair of free tickets to our annual 48 Hills Fall Gala!

Help us survive and thrive in the billionaire-owned media landscape and pay local, human journalists and writers to cover the city we love. Sign up for a monthly donation now.

(If you are a current donor and would like to receive these, or have not already, please reach out to marke@48hills.org with any questions.)

Marke B.
Marke B.
Marke Bieschke is the publisher and arts and culture editor of 48 Hills. He co-owns the Stud bar in SoMa. Reach him at marke (at) 48hills.org, follow @supermarke on Twitter.

48 Hills welcomes comments in the form of letters to the editor, which you can submit here. We also invite you to join the conversation on our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. 

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