I thought it was important to set up a page that explained the donation button and why folks might start seeing advertisements on Union Review.

The short answer is … for money.

The longer and better-explained answer is that I am doing Union Review entirely in my free-time. Everything on the site, thus far, has been donated to Union Review by very talented people who believe in what I am doing. With added technical features and a greater reach to a larger community, I need to raise as much dollars as possible to keep this going to the level that I have envisioned the site -- and then beyond.  (I dream big). 

In order to not put a burden on people to assist financially, I have spent some time to learn about advertising on sites like this one. There are ways to control Google Ads, and post very good looking ads, like the ones on the left-hand panel for very affordable and reasonable rates.

Thanks for everything,

---Richard