In 2013, about 350 Andover families donated to the Beacon — roughly one-third of the households in town.

So far in 2014, 138 Andover families have donated in response to the Round Tuit envelope in the February issue of the Beacon and the brightly-colored reminder postcard we sent by mail at the end of April.

Hopefully, this article will serve as a crucial reminder to several hundred more families that without significant support every year from a very broad base of Andover households, the Beacon can’t continue. If you can remember to send your donation soon, we won’t have to contact you personally during the canvassing campaign in the fall.

So enough suspense already! It’s time to announce the winners of the drawing from those who donated to the Beacon by May 15. Drumroll, please ….

Kathy Bennett … Lauren Duquette … Rich and Stephanie Gross — c’mon down! You’ve won a $50 Visa card from the Beacon for getting “a round tuit” and making your 2014 donation to the Beacon by May 15. Please contact the Beacon at your convenience.

For everyone else who has sent their 2014 donation, thank you very much! Please “double down” on your support for the Beacon and make it a point to urge your friends and neighbors to send their annual donation soon!