Donors offering financial assistance to ministry

CHAMPAIGN – The new year rang in some welcome financial news for Restoration Urban Ministries.

More than 100 donors sent in checks ranging from $5 to $5,000 after reading about the not-for-profit agency's financial troubles in Dec. 29 editions of The News-Gazette.

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