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Canada Reports on First Seven Months of Year

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Canada Reports on First Seven Months of Year

The total mail we received this year is close to what we received in all of calendar year 2005. That year we received an average of about 31 items of mail per day (including Internet and e-mail). This year, we're averaging close to 44 items per day. (We're running slightly ahead of last year's record pace.) Over 48 percent of this year's mail is via the Internet and e-mail. With all the incoming mail, there is also a lot of outgoing mail. We are still sending out about 7,100 semiannual letters to readers of The Good News magazine. Even while the letters are still being mailed out, we're receiving responses to the letters already sent. In the first seven months of the year, we've distributed an average of 14,865 items per month. Last year's average was 14,360 items per month. Our subscriber list to The Good News magazine is just over 13,000. Responses to the Beyond Today television program are approaching the 2,100 mark. Some viewers of the program have now become donors. Our income for July was short of our budget, but we're still ahead of budget for the fiscal year. The income for August is starting on a strong note. The preparations for the upcoming advertisement in Reader's Digest are coming along. The recent ad in the U.S. edition of Reader's Digest is drawing better than expected responses. We pray that the same will hold true for Canada.