In our July issue, we asked readers to contact us if they were receiving copies of The Active Age addressed to someone else. Thanks to everyone who did so for helping update our subscription list. A bonus was hearing from many people who let us know they enjoy the publication and want to keep receiving it.
With the updated list and help from the U.S. Postal Service, we’ve been able to identify a significant number of households that have been receiving The Active Age despite subscribers no longer living there. (Our office manager, Tammara Fogle, has worked long hours on this.)
Starting with this month’s issue, those households will no longer receive the publication. That will save us money on postage and printing and help us keep delivering The Active Age to people who want it.
Unfortunately, the postal service also announced an overall 7.4 percent rate increase last month — the seventh postage hike since 2021. We are now paying more than twice as much to mail The Active Age as we did in 2021.
If you are in a position to do so, please consider making a donation to the active age to help us defray the rising postage cost. The Active Age is a 501(c)(3) organization that relies on donations for an important portion of our revenue — about 25 percent last year. Without your gifts, we simply could not continue publishing the active age in its present form.
Our goal is to continue bringing you The Active Age for as long as we can. It’s been a part of the community since 1979, and the readership it serves has never been a bigger or more vibrant part of that community.
Let’s stay active together!
Have a question, comment or story idea for The Active Age? Contact Editor Joe Stumpe at joe@theactivegage.com.
