People make great use of their local Front Porch Forum every day. Check out this recent posting from a mother on the Wallingford Forum:
And another from a neighbor in the Wimington forum:
Here’s to more real in-person connections in our increasingly online lives!
Summer begins, and, along with it, YARD SALES! People are filling up FPF‘s local Forums and Community Calendars with sale announcements. Not only do members write in to advertise the details of their yard sales, they also use FPF to ask neighbors advice on how to have a better yard sale!
In response, people posted great tips — make signs, start early, use bins and tables to separate items by price, have a free pile, wash items before selling — and… “Advertise on Front Porch Forum“
Thanks to thousands of Front Porch Forum members… We made it! So many folks generously chipped in to reach FPF’s spring Supporting Member Campaign goal. These dollars will help fund FPF operations in the months ahead.
If you meant to donate to FPF and haven’t yet had a chance, there’s still time. Please give today!
FPF is a Vermont Public Benefit Corporation and not a nonprofit. Contributions are not tax deductible.
Is FPF useful to you? To your community? According to a recent survey, more than 90% of Front Porch Forum members say YES! That’s why so many people sign up, read, and post every day.
If you’re among them, please help us continue to provide our essential civic service to every town in the state.
We need to raise $175,000 statewide from our members by this Wednesday, May 10, 2023, to meet our spring goal. Please donate today.
If you are in the position to donate, please do. We’re eager to keep FPF going strong. We need your help to get there.
Please give today and help the spring flowers bloom! https://frontporchforum.com/supporting-members
Thanks from FPF’s 26 employees
FPF is a Vermont Public Benefit Corporation and not a nonprofit. Contributions are not tax deductible. Ad sales to local businesses cover most of our expenses, and your Supporting Member contribution helps close the gap.
While we prefer online donations by credit card or PayPal, we gratefully accept payment by check too.
What would the internet look like if it weren’t dominated by a few huge corporations? And is such an internet even possible? A few smart folks at the Initiative for Digital Public Infrastructure have some really interesting ideas about what a more humane and diverse internet might look like. In a short, highly readable paper called “The Three Legged Stool: A Manifesto for a Smaller, Denser Internet”, they outline a different world and explain how to make it happen.The “three legged stool” refers to the three core principles of a better internet:
Front Porch Forum is a strong believer in a diverse and people-centric internet. We’re pleased to be working towards that future in the company of smart and committed folks like these. Let’s build a better internet together!
Ghost of Midnight is an online journal about fostering community within neighborhoods, with a special focus on Front Porch Forum (FPF). My wife, Valerie, and I founded FPF in 2006... read more