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Kentuckians who testified at three public hearings last summer or submitted written comments overwhelmingly want strict controls or an outright ban on high-volume hydraulic fracking.

Thanks to hundreds of KFTC members who made gifts over the past week, we met our $50,000 challenge match. In fact, we raised more than $55,000!

Meeting our challenge in this way shows the kind of participation and inclusiveness that have made KFTC what we are today. And you are such an important part of that.

In the last 24 hours of the challenge, KFTC received nearly 300 donations totaling more than $16,000. That’s pretty amazing and inspiring.

If you contributed to KFTC during the past week or any time during this fall campaign, thank you so much.

If you haven’t yet made a gift, you still have time to help us reach our annual goal of $500,000.

We’re excited and proud to have met our match. And we’re still pushing toward our larger goal. Raising $500,000 will enable us to do the work in 2016 that it takes to achieve our vision for Kentucky.

This is how we build power, by working together. 

During KFTC’s membership and fundraising campaign, our PowerBuilders are a huge part of our success. By reaching out to their own networks, PowerBuilders recruit members, raise funds and build power to achieve our vision for Kentucky.

If you’d like to support KFTC during the campaign, donating through a PowerBuilder is a great way to do it. You can renew your membership, join KFTC or make a special donation through any of our more than 50 PowerBuilder pages. And you’ll read some great stories!

To suport a PowerBuilder, go to powerbuilders.causevox.com.

Kentuckians throughout the state are elated that Gov. Steve Beshear has taken steps to restore the voting rights for tens of thousands of state residents.

“Pretty awesome,” is how KFTC member Mantell Stevens reacted to the news. “To be able to vote means a lot to me. I always encourage people to vote, but now I can lead by example. I tell my nieces and nephews the importance of voting, but I could never vote myself.

“To be able to actually go and vote and to show them the importance of participating in democracy will mean so much to me,” added Stevens, who lost his right to vote in 2000 after spending 30 days in jail and three years on probation for a drug possession charge.