Community Involvement
The News Journal continues to participate in the Newspapers for Education program, which provides free newspapers for area schools. On Fridays during the school year, the paper publishes an informational feature for school children, in the form of colorful, pull-out, double truck page in the Life section.
In 2006, The News Journal provided Glasgow High School with a $10,000 grant to assist the school's newspaper, The Dragon Fire. The News Journal also sent editors to Glasgow to assist the Dragon Fire with page layout and web design.
The News Journal Company also runs the Needy Family Fund, which partners with local charities to assist family in need of food and clothing. Each Christmas season, The News Journal asks readers to donate to the fund, and publishes a list of those who do.
To date, The News Journal Media Group has partnered with nearly half of the registered not-for-profit companies (registered 501 ( c ) 3 in New Castle County. A customized link - offering all types of correspondence from not-for-profits, church leaders and community affairs personnel is available at the bottom of DelawareOnline.com. In addition, The News Journal publishes a dedicated not-for-profit customized publication, GET INVOLVED - which is distributed in-paper on a bi-monthly basis.
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