In gratitude

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend Dear Academy Supporter:   I want to thank the many readers like you who supported the Academy of American Poets during our year-end campaign last month. Shortly after 2014 drew to a close, we discovered we raised $42,000—more than matching the $25,000 challenge made by one of our Board members!   We rely on contributions from our members and donors to help showcase poets and champion the art of poetry with our programs, including Poets.org, Poem-a-Day, and the free educational resources we provide for K-12 teachers during National Poetry Month and year-round.   As our Chancellor Alberto Ríos wrote in his poem, “When Giving Is All We Have:”   What you did not have, and I gave you What I had to give—together, we made   Something greater from the difference.   Together, we are helping to ensure the important place poets and poetry have in our culture.   Here’s to a new and inspiring year!   In gratitude,     Jennifer Benka, Executive Director     We Did It!

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